Question

I have created a method to check if the keyboard is used in an activity(tab) with the editText: searchfield. Whenever I leave the activity(tab) and switches to another one, I want to close the keyboard. Therefor I call the method in onStop(). But nothing happens, why is this not working, anyone with more insights on how onStop() works in Android? How can I make it work? /Thanx alot!

@Override
protected void onStop()
{
    super.onStop();
    this.hideKeyboard();  <----------------------
    if(this.data != null)
    {
        this.data.destroy();
    }
}

private void hideKeyboard()
{
    if (this.searchField != null)
    {
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(this.searchField.getWindowToken(), 0);
    }
}

Answer 1

From Comment

onStop() won’t be called when you switch the Tab. Use onPause() instead.