title: how to make the edittext inactive till selected
body: <p>Hi guys i am new to android. I have an activity which has an edittext and a continue button at the bottom of the page. when the activity is running the user can choose to type something in the edittext or just press the continue button without using the edittext. the problem i have is when the activity starts the edittext automatically opens up the keyboard which covers my continue button. How do i make the edittext inactive unless selected by the user so that the user can have the choice not to use the edittext and just press the continue button?</p>