Question

• I navigate from Activity1 to Activity2
  On Activity 2 I have a keyboard and this keyboard stays on the screen after selecting the back button and going to Activity 1.

This is how I fixed this issue

    // This code is in Activity 2
@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    startActivity(intentForActivity1);
    finish();
}

Is this a wrong solution to my problem?
Is it a bad idea to handle the back button manually?

Answer 1

Since you’re capturing the back button press, most probably the soft keyboard does not receive the press and thus it does not hide.

Try hiding it yourself:

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(myEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
    startActivity(intentForActivity1);
    finish();
}

See Reto Meier’s answer for more details on this method to hide the keyboard: Close/hide the Android Soft Keyboard