Hiding the SoftKeyboard without Losing Focus on the Entry

Environment

Version	Product	Author
6.8.0	Telerik UI for .NET MAUI Entry	Dobrinka Yordanova

Description

This article describes how to hide the soft keyboard without losing the focus on the Entry control.

Solution

Use either of the following options to hide the SoftKeyboard without losing focus on the Entry control:

• Hide when tapping outside of the Entry control
• Hide manually by using the Navive Views

Option 1: Hide the Keyboard When Tapping Outside of the Entry Control

To achieve this, set the HideSoftInputOnTapped property to the page where the Entry control is used. Here's an example:

<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2022/xaml/maui"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MauiApp5"
             HideSoftInputOnTapped="True"
             x:Class="MauiApp5.MainPage">
    <VerticalStackLayout>
        <Entry Placeholder="maui entry" x:Name="maui"/>
        <telerik:RadEntry Placeholder="telerik entry" x:Name="telerik"/>
    </VerticalStackLayout>
</ContentPage>

Option 2: Manually Hide the Keyboard Using the Native Views

You can also manually hide the SoftKeyboard by implementing a hide keyboard function for Android and iOS. Here's an example:

public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
{
    public MainPage()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    public void HideKeyboard()
    {
#if ANDROID
        var imm = (Android.Views.InputMethods.InputMethodManager)MauiApplication.Current.GetSystemService(Android.Content.Context.InputMethodService);
        if (imm != null)
        {
            var activity = Microsoft.Maui.ApplicationModel.Platform.CurrentActivity;
            Android.OS.IBinder wToken = activity.CurrentFocus?.WindowToken;
            imm.HideSoftInputFromWindow(wToken, 0);
        }
#elif IOS
        {
            var window = UIKit.UIApplication.SharedApplication?.KeyWindow;
            if (window != null)
            {
                window.EndEditing(true);
            }
        }
#endif
    }

    private void Button_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.HideKeyboard();
    }
}