Tap outside edittext to lose focus

Suppose your EditText is placed on Linear layout or other ViewGroup. Then you should make this container clickable, focusable and focusableInTouchMode. After that set onClickListenet to this container with following code in onClick method:

@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) view.getContext()
            .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}

Answers

woodshy has the answer for hiding keyboard, but maybe put the code at onClick is not as good as putting it to the onFocusChanged(). As for force it to lose focus, you need to set the object you want to transfer the focus to, at its xml file:

   android:focusable="true"
   android:focusableInTouchMode ="true"

Answers

I had the same requirement as I had to hide the keyboard once I touch anywhere outside my EditText box. The setOnFocusChangeListener does not do the job as even if you touch outside the edit text box is still selected.

For this I used the solution edc598 here.

I first got the MainLayout containing the whole view and add touch listener to it. When onTouch event was triggered I check if the EditText box has focus. If the EditText box has focus then I check the event's X-Y co-ordinates. Based on the placement of my EditText box I hide the key board if touched anywhere outside the box

Code sample modified from here:

LinearLayout MainLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.MainLayout);
EditText textBox        = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.textBox);   
int X_TOP_LEFT      = 157;
int Y_TOP_LEFT      = 388;
int X_BOTTOM_RIGHT  = 473;
int Y_BOTTOM_RIGHT  = 570;   
MainLayout.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {

    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        if(textBox.isFocused()){

            Log.i("Focussed", "--" + event.getX() + " : " + event.getY() + "--");

            if(event.getX() <= 157 || event.getY() <= 388 || event.getX() >= 473 || event.getY() >= 569){
                //Will only enter this if the EditText already has focus
                //And if a touch event happens outside of the EditText
                textBox.clearFocus();
                InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) v.getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);
                //Do something else
            }
        }
        Log.i("X-Y coordinate", "--" + event.getX() + " : " + event.getY() + "--");
    //Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        return false;
    }
});