How to stop EditText from gaining focus at Activity startup? - Android

I have an activity with EditText at the top and a ListView under it.. EditText takes focus as soon as the Activity starts.. and also the soft keyboard comes up..

To fix this problem, add the following code in your enclosing layout of EditText, ListView,

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:id="@+id/mainLayout"
  android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
  android:focusableInTouchMode="true" >

and also remove

 <requestFocus />

from EditText.