Stop ScrollView from setting focus on EditText

This works. Not sure if it's the best solution or not.

// SCROLL VIEW HACK
    // BOGUS
    ScrollView view = (ScrollView)findViewById(R.id.scrollView);
    view.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_BEFORE_DESCENDANTS);
    view.setFocusable(true);
    view.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
    view.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            v.requestFocusFromTouch();
            return false;
        }
    });

ah it is very late. But I still want to add this solution to help newbies like me.

ScrollView sv = (ScrollView)findViewById(R.id.scrollView);
sv.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            sv.clearFocus();
            return false;
        }
    });

yes it works, just set a listener to clearfocus. and it is better than ing requestFocusFromTouch to another view 'x', which will lead to the same problem-- srolling to the view 'x'.

First, you can remove the parent of the ScrollView. Second, add focus options for the child(only one child per ScrollView):

android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

This is how your xml should look like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/scrollView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_marginRight="50dp"
        android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
        android:focusable="true"
        android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/editText_one"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="100dp"
            android:text="TestApp 1" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btn_one"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TestApp 1" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btn_two"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TestApp 1" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btn_three"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TestApp 1" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/editText_two"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="100dp"
            android:text="Bleh...." />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btn_four"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TestApp 1" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/editText_three"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="100dp"
            android:text="TestApp 1" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btn_five"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TestApp 1" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btn_six"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="MeeEEEEEEEEEEEEE" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btn_seven"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TestApp 1" />
    </LinearLayout>

</ScrollView>

Also, notice that you have multiple id's with the same name. Try giving them unique names.

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If you want only to hide the soft-keyboard, and let the EditText still have it's focus, you can do this by adding the following property to your activity in manifest:

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"