Utility for hiding android keyboard #android

KeyboardUtil.java

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;

public class KeyboardUtil {

    public static void hideKeyboard(final Context ctx, final View view) {
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)ctx.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        if (view != null) {
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
        } else {
            if (ctx instanceof Activity) {
                ((Activity)ctx).getWindow().setSoftInputMode(
                        WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
            }
        }
    }

}