Android Question Stop Soft Keyboard from showing

[Rusty]

I am using IME exclusively. On occasion, someone swipes over an edittext and it causes the built-in keyboard to show.
Of course, I'm expecting IME control and wish to dismiss the built-in android keyboard if/when it appears.
Is there a way to detect the appearance of the built-in android keyboard and subsequently hide it?
Thanks,
Rusty

 

[Andrew (Digitwell)]

Erel takes about this in relation to b4xpages here:

[B4X] B4XPages - Cross platform and simple framework for managing multiple pages

B4XPages is a library that serves two purposes: 1. Make it simple to develop B4A apps by solving almost all of the challenges involved with Android complex activities life cycle. B4XPages makes B4A behave more similar to B4J and B4i where the new "B4XPage" element is a regular object that is...

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You need to look for the heightchanged event.

B4xPages HideKeyboard

Hi All, In B4A "HideKeyboard" is handled as below. Private Ph As Phone Private Display1 As EditText 'In Designer --- Input Type Decimal numbers Sub Display1_EnterPressed dummytext.RequestFocus Ph.HideKeyboard(Activity) End Sub In B4XPages "Activity" of course is not valid...

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which shows how to hide a keyboard using IME.

If you are using B4i, it is a bit simpler.

B4XPages - hide keyboard

How can i hide the keyboard on B4I with B4XPages? Page1.ResignFocus

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