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Ahmad Al-arn'uti
Courses Plus Student 684 Pointswhy nobody answer me
When I enter the program the keyboard shows ............. how I can prevent its automatic appearance "In Android studio"

Ahmad Al-arn'uti
Courses Plus Student 684 Pointshi steve I mean.... when I open the app the keyboard suddenly shows when I have editText........how can I make it the" keyboard" don't show. thanks for you Interest.

Steve Hunter
57,684 PointsOK. So when your app starts up, does it have an EditText getting focus. I think there's a way to divert focus elsewhere. If that's not on the EditText the keyboard won't appear.

Ahmad Al-arn'uti
Courses Plus Student 684 PointsGreat... are you know a way to divert focus elsewhere......if you know please tell me

Ahmad Al-arn'uti
Courses Plus Student 684 PointsI tryed to convert focus elsewhere by properties Affiliate to editText.......... but I can't found anything.

Steve Hunter
57,684 PointsI won't be at a computer until tomorrow morning. I'll have a look then. A Google search would probably help you more than I can right now.

Ahmad Al-arn'uti
Courses Plus Student 684 Pointsokay thank you for help :)
Steve Hunter
57,684 PointsSteve Hunter
57,684 PointsWhy do you want to prevent the virtual keyboard appearing in an Android mobile app? It appears when the user needs to enter text. What scenario are you trying to cover here?
Steve.