Disable soft keyboard on NumberPicker

Question

I'm trying to deactivate the soft keyboard when using a NumberPicker to enter numerical values (for aesthetic reasons). This is my layout-xml-code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/linearLayout2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="30dp" >

        <NumberPicker
            android:id="@+id/repetitionPicker"
            android:layout_width="40dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView1"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
            android:text="@string/repetitions_short_divider"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

        <NumberPicker
            android:id="@+id/weightPicker"
            android:layout_width="40dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginLeft="40dp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
            android:text="@string/pounds"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
    </LinearLayout>


    <Button
        android:id="@+id/saveButton"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:text="@string/save" />

</LinearLayout>

And finally this is the code where I try to block the keyboard in the onCreate()-method:

// hide keyboard
View.OnClickListener disableKeyBoardListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View v) {
        ((InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE))
                .hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
    }
};

((EditText) weightPicker.getChildAt(1)).setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
((EditText) repetitionPicker.getChildAt(1)).setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

((EditText) weightPicker.getChildAt(1)).setOnClickListener(disableKeyBoardListener);
//((EditText) repetitionPicker.getChildAt(1)).setOnClickListener(disableKeyBoardListener);
//weightPicker.setOnClickListener(disableKeyBoardListener);
//repetitionPicker.setOnClickListener(disableKeyBoardListener);     

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(
        WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN); 

Sadly, the soft keyboard still shows up when clicking on a NumberPicker. Any ideas?

Solution 1

Just found this and it works like a charm:

myNumberPicker.setDescendantFocusability(NumberPicker.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS);

You can also set this in XML:

android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants" 

Solution 2

Xml version of Andrew Webber's answer

android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"

Example

<NumberPicker
        android:id="@+id/your_numberpicker"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"/>

Solution 3

After reading through the com/android/internal/widget/NumberPicker.java source code i got to the following solution:

// Hide soft keyboard on NumberPickers by overwriting the OnFocusChangeListener
OnFocusChangeListener fcl = new OnFocusChangeListener() {
    public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
        // Do nothing to suppress keyboard
    }
};

((EditText) numberPicker.getChildAt(1)).setOnFocusChangeListener(fcl);

// Suppress soft keyboard from the beginning
((EditText) numberPicker.getChildAt(1)).setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

Solution 4

Just enhanced the @MaxVogler 's ans (so if wannt vote this vote @MaxVogler too) and make it a robust hack. Also we dont need to call setOnFocusChangeListener and setInputType. Only setFocusable to false will do.

Below is a helper api to enable/disable the feature

public static void enableNumberPickerManualEditing(NumberPicker numPicker,
        boolean enable) {
    int childCount = numPicker.getChildCount();

    for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
        View childView = numPicker.getChildAt(i);

        if (childView instanceof EditText) {
            EditText et = (EditText) childView;
            et.setFocusable(enable);
            return;
        }
    }
}

Solution 5

Working code Programatically :

mp.setDescendantFocusability(NumberPicker.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS);

XML:

android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants" 

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Comments

[damaxxed]

Yes, I had to directly edit the child views of the NumberPicker. The Android API is very sparse sometimes.

[frenziedherring]

Unless I'm missing something, this removes the ability to type in a value for the NumberPicker. It's not necessarily a bad thing, depending on how you are using the picker, but it does appear to be a limitation of the solution.

[Ben Clayton]

You can also set this in XML: android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"

[smoothumut]

only this one helped me to solve my problem, thanks for your approach

[Lev]

Aaah,blocksDescendants, ofcourse. Thank you very much :)

[Hamzeh Soboh]

Amazing solution, saved me!

[hgoebl]

Only the programmatic version worked for me with androidx 1.2.0-rc2, and I combined it with isClickable=true and isFocusable=true (Kotlin)

[Bogdan Stolyarov]

If I add android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants", after clicking to current value it's hiding. Only adding click listener helped me. Thanks! You save my mind.