setCursorVisible (boolean visible)/android:cursorVisible - Make the Cursor Invisible in a TextView

How to Make the Cursor Invisible in a TextView using setCursorVisible

setCursorVisible (boolean visible) was added in API Level 1
android:cursor was added in API Level 1

Makes the cursor visible (the default) or invisible. Note that this property only makes sense for editable TextView.
Aka, How to hide the cursor

1. Find a TextView using ID

2. In the MainActivity.java file, add the below line to the onCreate method.

myTextView.setCursorVisible(false);   

3. Compile and run!

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• android:cursor - Make the Cursor Invisible in a TextView

Resources:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:cursorVisible

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setCursorVisible(boolean)
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19045435/edit-text-cursor-not-visible-after-setting-setcursorvisiblefalse-and-click-aga