How to close Android Soft KeyBoard programmatically?

Question

I am currently showing softkeyboard using the following code

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput (InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.RESULT_HIDDEN);

And Here I d'not bind the softkeyboard with Edittext because of that I had used the above code.

Now I want to close the SoftKeyboard so i am currently using the below code but it is not working.

imm.toggleSoftInput (InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.RESULT_HIDDEN);

Can Anyone suggest me what to use for closing the softKeyboard ?

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Based on Below Answer I want to let you clear that I am not using EditText, I use Layout on which I want to show Keyboard and Hide keyboard. I want to send keyboard key event to remote area bcoz of that I didnot used editText.

• Lalit Poptani: You code for hiding keyboard is same as code for showing the keyboard.
• Mak: yes but i donot know what to use in place of that one..
• Lalit Poptani: Check this thread.
• Mak: this doesn't working for me..plz read above edits
• Pratik Butani: /* To Hide Soft Keyboard IN ONE LINE */ ((InputMethodManager)getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(),0);

Answer 1

I have tested and this is working:

...
//to show soft keyboard
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
//to hide it, call the method again
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

By the way, the second parameter of your code is not right, please have a look at here.

• János: Why do you use same code line for showing and hiding?
• SOFe: According to stackoverflow.com/q/3568919/3990767 and stackoverflow.com/q/4745988/3990767, it is quite difficult to check if the keyboard is shown, so toggling might not be a good idea if you don't know if it is already shown.
• Alexander: The problem with this approach is, if the user has hidden the keyboard, the second call will show up the keyboard again

Answer 2

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(EditTextName.getWindowToken(), 0);

• IgorGanapolsky: @Mak Then use: getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken()

Answer 3

Use this working code :

InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getActivity().getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);

• Weiyi: it works, thanks. I want to hide the keyboard when user click Login button, in this case, this solution works better than imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0). because in landscape phone, the keyboard cover the Login button, and user have to hide the keyboard manually.

Answer 4

If you want, you can use entire class and call KeyboardUtil.hideKeyBoard(context) method wherever:

public class KeyboardUtil
{
public static void hideKeyboard(Activity activity)
 {
 try
 {
 InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
 inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(activity.getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
 }
 catch (Exception e)
 {
 // Ignore exceptions if any
 Log.e("KeyBoardUtil", e.toString(), e);
 }
 }
}

• holgac: A solution that always works and sends flag "HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS", funny :)
• Vadiraj Purohit: This works well. There is no need of catching Exception though - catching Exception looks ugly.

Answer 5

Close/hide the Android Soft Keyboard

View view = this.getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) { 
 InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
 imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
it's working for me i hope it's work for you..

Open the Android Soft Keyboard

 InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
 if (inputMethodManager != null) {
 inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
 }

Answer 6

user942821's answer for hiding it works:

imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

But this also works for me to hide it:

imm.toggleSoftInput(0, 0);

You might also want to try:

imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, 0);

When using '0' in the first parameter sometimes the keyboard toggles on in the wrong places under weird circumstances that I haven't been able to figure out how to duplicate yet. I'm still testing this last example, but will update when I find out more.

See toggleSoftInput documentation page for more information.

• ForceMagic: Well, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED is just an enum which represent an int value. So of course it works, but that would be the same as if you set it to InputMethodManager.RESULT_UNCHANGED_SHOWN which holds the value 0. Enum should be always used where it needs to be. See developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/…
• uowaep: Sure, I understand, but shouldn't that go in the 2nd parameter? The first parameter is for showFlags. public void toggleSoftInput (int showFlags, int hideFlags) I think this is more appropriate: imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.RESULT_SHOWN, InputMethodManager.RESULT_UNCHANGED_SHOWN);
• ForceMagic: Good point! :) Actually, there is no Enum Flag which supports the 0 value in the ShowFlags parameter. By reading the doc again I realized that they specify it can be 0. Sorry, my bad, although I don't find it a good practice not having provided a default Enum flag.
• uowaep: I've been looking into it as well, seems like you're supposed to use magic numbers here. I added a link to the docs.

Answer 7

This works fine

InputMethodManager keyboard = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
keyboard.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getWindow().getAttributes().token, 0);

• gsamaras: An explanation would be nice.
• Joshua Pinter: Doesn't work in all cases. I'm finding out that this is a bigger problem then it first seems to capture all the edge cases.

Answer 8

You could also try

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

Answer 9

Here is s solution, which checks if keyboard is visible

 public static void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
 if (isKeyboardVisible(activity)) {
 InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
 imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY, 0);
 }
 }
 public static boolean isKeyboardVisible(Activity activity) {
 ///This method is based on the one described at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4745988/how-do-i-detect-if-software-keyboard-is-visible-on-android-device
 Rect r = new Rect();
 View contentView = activity.findViewById(android.R.id.content);
 contentView.getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(r);
 int screenHeight = contentView.getRootView().getHeight();
 int keypadHeight = screenHeight - r.bottom;
 return
 (keypadHeight > screenHeight * 0.15);
 }

Answer 10

InputMethodManager im =(InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
im.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

Answer 11

For hiding keyboard,

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mView.getWindowToken(), 0);

Here, "mView" can be any view which is visible on screen

Answer 12

This code hides the keyboard from inside onItemClick of an AutoCompleteTextView

public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterViewIn, View viewIn, int indexSelected, long arg3) {
 // whatever your code does
 InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(viewIn.getContext().INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
 imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(viewIn.getApplicationWindowToken(), 0);
}

Answer 13

Use a Kotlin Extension to hide keyboard

// Simple, reuseable call anywhere in code
myView.hideKeyboard()
fun View.hideKeyboard() {
 val inputMethodManager = context.getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
 inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(windowToken, 0)
}

How to show soft keyboard

fun View.showKeyboard() {
 val inputMethodManager = context.getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
 inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInput(SHOW_FORCED, HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY)
}

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Simplify adding Done/Next... action to edittext: read this post

Remove requirement for ever using getSystemService: Splitties Library

Answer 14

 public void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
 InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
 //Find the currently focused view, so we can grab the correct window token from it.
 View view = activity.getCurrentFocus();
 //If no view currently has focus, create a new one, just so we can grab a window token from it
 if (view == null) {
 view = new View(activity);
 }
 imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
 imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.RESULT_HIDDEN, 0);
 getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
}

and Call where you want

 hideKeyboard(MainActivity.this);

Answer 15

To hide the keyboard programmatically::

fun hideKeypad() {
 val view = currentFocus
 if (view != null) {
 val imm = getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
 imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.windowToken, 0)
 }
}

Answer 16

Kotlin way Hide and Show the Android Soft Keyboard:

Create a Extension file in kotlin and add below code for hide/show the Keyboard.

> fun EditText.showKeyboard(){
 requestFocus()
 val insetsController = ViewCompat.getWindowInsetsController(this)
 insetsController?.show(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.ime())
}
fun Activity.hideKeyboard(){
 val insetsController = ViewCompat.getWindowInsetsController(window.decorView)
 insetsController?.hide(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.ime())
}

Answer 17

private void close() {
 this.requestHideSelf(0);
}

this method is very simple

• Michael: Uhh, where are you getting this method from?