Clear focus on touch outside for all EditText inputs.

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends Activity
  // ... any code

  /**
   * Clear focus on touch outside for all EditText inputs.
  */
  @Override
  public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
    if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
      View v = getCurrentFocus();
      if (v instanceof EditText) {
        Rect outRect = new Rect();
        v.getGlobalVisibleRect(outRect);
        if (!outRect.contains((int)event.getRawX(), (int)event.getRawY())) {
          v.clearFocus();
          InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
          imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);
        }
      }
    }
    return super.dispatchTouchEvent( event );
  }
}

Oh wow, It works perfectly! Thank you

Works perfectly! Many Thanks ❤

Not so good when you click into another EditText... keyboard is dismissed and then immediately re-opens. @DeCryptinWeb @RayNjire @sc0rch

EDIT... here is a version which includes some extra code to check whether you're clicking into another EditText... in which case you don't hide the keyboard: https://stackoverflow.com/a/61290481/4070848

To avoid keyboard dismissed and re-open everytime just evaluate the ACTION_UP and not ACTION_DOWN as follows:

if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP)

Great! It works perfect, as what I needed..

Thank you soooo much!

Very precise! works like a charm.

Thank You! It finally works :)

it's works very well thanks 👍

worked wonderfully! helped me out so much, ty!

surprised how often people find this piece of code, I don't even code on Android anymore for the last 8 years.

Here's the Kotlin implenetation if anyone's interested. Just add it below (or above) the 'onCreate' function and you're set:

    /**
     * Clear focus on touch outside for all EditText inputs.
     */
    override fun dispatchTouchEvent(event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
        if (event.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
            val v = currentFocus
            if (v is EditText) {
                val outRect = Rect()
                v.getGlobalVisibleRect(outRect)
                if (!outRect.contains(event.rawX.toInt(), event.rawY.toInt())) {
                    v.clearFocus()
                    val imm = getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
                    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.windowToken, 0)
                }
            }
        }
        return super.dispatchTouchEvent(event)
    }