Android Question How to keep the virtual keyboard closed

Ime.hidekeyboard

    Dim ime As IME
    ime.HideKeyboard

#IF JAVA
    import android.widget.EditText;
    import android.os.Build;
    import android.text.InputType;

 public void disableSoftKeyboard(final EditText v) {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
        v.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
        v.setTextIsSelectable(true);
        v.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);
     } else {
        v.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
        v.setFocusable(true);
     }
}

 public static void enableSoftKeyboard(final EditText v, int iKeyBoardType) {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
        v.setRawInputType(iKeyBoardType);
        v.setTextIsSelectable(true);
        v.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(true);
     } else {
        v.setRawInputType(iKeyBoardType);
        v.setFocusable(true);
     }
                     
}
#END IF

Sub Class_Globals
     Public NativeMe As JavaObject
End Sub

Sub DisableKeyboard(edt as EditText)
    If NativeMe.IsInitialized = False Then
        NativeMe.InitializeContext
    End If
    NativeMe.RunMethod("disableSoftKeyboard", Array As Object(edt))
End Sub