I would like to as if there is a way to programmatically dismiss the context menu of android .
The menu shows whenever I long press the TextInputEditText. "Cut", "Copy", "Paste", "Share".
I want to dismiss this menu when either pressing a button or just pressing outside the TextInputEditText.
Currently, nothing happens when I do the above actions. It only gets dismissed whenever I choose an option or press the back button.
For the mean time I used "clearFocus()" to dismiss the active context menu.
I added this after dismissing the keyboard to ensure that it will not interfere with the process of closing the keyboard on the current active textField.
fun hideSoftKeyboard(activity: Activity) {
val inputMethodManager: InputMethodManager = activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
if (inputMethodManager.isAcceptingText) {
//Close keyboard
inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(
activity.currentFocus?.windowToken,
0
)
//Remove focus and open context menu from the current selected TextField
activity.currentFocus?.clearFocus()
}
}
Usage:
From Fragment:
hideSoftKeyboard((activity as AppCompatActivity))
From Activity:
hideSoftKeyboard(this@MainActivity)
or
hideSoftKeyboard(this)
