Android - Stop EditText from gaining focus at Activity startup?

I have an android activity, with two elements:

1. EditText
2. ListView

when my activity starts, the EditText immediately has input focus (flashing cursor). I don't want any control to have input focus at startup. I tried:
EditText.setSelected(false);
no luck. How can I convince the EditText to not select itself when the Activity starts?

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