You can set focus on some other thing ... like empty text view (set inputType to none)
hope this help :D On Feb 16, 6:05 am, Achanta <krishna.acha...@gmail.com> wrote: > How can we prevent an edittext from getting focus and displaying the > soft keyboard. > > I have an searchbox which should not be focussed by default and should > have focus only when user clicks on it to enter something. But right > now it takes focus and shows the keyoard as soon as I open the > activity. > > Is this a bug or can this be changed to behave in the way we want? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en