WP8.0 vs WP8.1: Hide Soft keyboard C#

This tip is useful for hiding/showing keyboard in windowsphone 8.0 and windowsphone 8.1.

WindowsPhone 8.0:

In WP8.0,you can easily hide the soft keyboard by focusing the other UI element.

//To hide the soft keyboard,focus the current page
this.Focus();

WindowsPhone 8.1:

In WP8.1,Fortunately we have InputPane class which is available from 'Windows.UI.ViewManagement'.So InputPane class having two methods 'TryHide' & 'TryShow' for hiding as well as showing keyboard.

//To hide keyboard
InputPane.GetForCurrentView().TryHide();

//To show keyboard
InputPane.GetForCurrentView().TryShow();

Please read more related beginners tips@ WindowsPhone Tips.