Hide the keyboard after clicking on the EditText

Question

I'm using Date and Time Picker to handle the meeting date field, so there is no need for the keyboard. How can I prevent the keyboard from showing after clicking on the field? enter image description here

Answer 1

val activity: Activity = this //if you are in the Activity
val imm = activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
            var view = activity.currentFocus
            if (view == null) {
                view = View(activity)
            }
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.windowToken, 0)

this piece of code should hide your virtual keyboard. Just put it in a method and call. :)

Answer 2

You can use property android:focusableInTouchMode="false" in xml

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
    android:id="@+id/editText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
    android:inputType="text|date"/>

And add click listener to this view in code

editText.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
       //show date picker
    }
});

Answer 3

There is a better way of programatically hiding the keyboard.

Go in xml and add the following attribute android:focusable="false"

Eg

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/time_date_et"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:fontFamily="@font/prompt_light"
    android:focusable="false"
    android:textSize="17sp" />

The above attribute ensures that the keyboard won't appear!