How to hide the soft keyboard inside a fragment?

Question

I have a FragmentActivity using a ViewPager to serve several fragments. Each is a ListFragment with the following layout:

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

        <EditText android:id="@+id/entertext"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

When starting the activity, the soft keyboard shows. To remedy this, I did the following inside the fragment:

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    //Save the container view so we can access the window token
    viewContainer = container;
    //get the input method manager service
    imm = (InputMethodManager)getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    . . .
}

@Override
public void onStart() {
    super.onStart();

    //Hide the soft keyboard
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(viewContainer.getWindowToken(), 0);
}

I save the incoming ViewGroup container parameter from onCreateView as a way to access the window token for the main activity. This runs without error, but the keyboard doesn't get hidden from the call to hideSoftInputFromWindow in onStart.

Originally, I tried using the inflated layout instead of container, i.e:

imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(myInflatedLayout.getWindowToken(), 0);

but this threw a NullPointerException, presumably because the fragment itself isn't an activity and doesn't have a unique window token?

Is there a way to hide the soft keyboard from within a fragment, or should I create a method in the FragmentActivity and call it from within the fragment?

Solution 1

As long as your Fragment creates a View, you can use the IBinder (window token) from that view after it has been attached. For example, you can override onActivityCreated in your Fragment:

@Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
    final InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getView().getWindowToken(), 0);
}

Solution 2

Nothing but the following line of code worked for me:

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

Solution 3

If you add the following attribute to your activity's manifest definition, it will completely suppress the keyboard from popping when your activity opens. Hopefully this helps:

(Add to your Activity's manifest definition):

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

Solution 4

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
            Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_my, container,
                false);
        someClass.onCreate(rootView);
        return rootView;
    }

Keep an instance of my root view in my class

View view;

public void onCreate(View rootView) {
    view = rootView;

Use the view to hide the keyboard

 public void removePhoneKeypad() {
    InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) view
            .getContext()
            .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

    IBinder binder = view.getWindowToken();
    inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(binder,
            InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}

Solution 5

Exception for DialogFragment though, focus of the embedded Dialog must be hidden, instead only the first EditText within the embedded Dialog

this.getDialog().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);

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Comments

[WilHall]

Thanks, this is what I ended up doing. However, I would still like to know how to use the Input Method Manager to show/hide the keyboard, because I might need to use it sometime after the activity starts.

[andro-girl]

i added this to my project.but when i click on another tab it is crashing.

[Matjaz Kristl]

This is the only way to hide keybord, if you have DialogFragment.

[hBrent]

SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN also worked for me, though I don't know what the difference between that and `SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN' is.

[MrEngineer13]

I used this but I used getView() from my fragment instead of keeping an instance of my view.

[Mobile Applications]

The onCreate is a class outside the Fragment, so I pass it the rootView to be able to use it to remove the phoneKeyPad in this class. I suppose they wanted it from inside the Fragment not a class in the Fragment.

[moujib]

The first answer didn't work , this one did the trick . Thanks

[Aurasphere]

For those who are doing this and getting a crash with a NullPointerException, just use the InputMethodManager inside your fragment onCreateView method. Doing so, you will have your view and you can change the last line using the view you have inflated to imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);

[Mstack]

where to write this?

[Harish Reddy]

Thanks for saving my time buddy.

[Ronny Sulistio]

if you have tab fragment and want to hide keyboard for few tab only, use this.

[Sami Issa]

@Mstack, works on onActivityCreated() method.override fun onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState) dialog?.window?.setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.‌​SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALW‌​AYS_HIDDEN)}

[Dark]

it doesn't work on api < 26, but this does (inside fragment class) @Override public void onResume() { super.onResume(); getView().setFocusable(true); getView().setFocusableInTouchMode(true); getView().requestFocus(); }

[Programming Padawan]

My situation is I am using fragment/TabView. The first tab has "Tips" in a TextView. The second tab has an activity where I have EditText(s) with "editText1.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);" command set and my own custom keypad. When I put the app to the background and then bring the app back into view the unwanted soft keyboard would pop-up. Setting the above command in the onStart Life Cycle Override method stops this. Thanks @Shajeel Afzal

[Duc Trung Mai]

Works but you have to check if getActivity().getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken() is not null otherwise it'll cause error if there's no focused editText. See my answer below

[Sherif farid]

perfect answer , and I suggest to add same function to on Resume to handle it in case of many fragments created inside viewpager and one of them need to hide keypad after created

[truthsayer]

You just saved me more than 48 hours of work bro!