How to hide Android soft keyboard on EditText

This will help you

editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

Edit:

To show soft keyboard, you have to write following code in long key press event of menu button

editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
            editText.requestFocus();
            InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            mgr.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);

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