diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/MainActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/MainActivity.java
index d39edb9b2..d1716e009 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/MainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/MainActivity.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
+import android.widget.EditText;
 import android.widget.FrameLayout;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
@@ -542,6 +543,11 @@ public class MainActivity extends CastEnabledActivity {
     //Hardware keyboard support
     @Override
     public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
+        View currentFocus = getCurrentFocus();
+        if (currentFocus instanceof EditText) {
+            return super.onKeyUp(keyCode, event);
+        }
+
         AudioManager audioManager = (AudioManager) getSystemService(AUDIO_SERVICE);
         Integer customKeyCode = null;
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/VideoplayerActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/VideoplayerActivity.java
index 2d4510e8f..9ab1755f5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/VideoplayerActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/VideoplayerActivity.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.animation.AlphaAnimation;
 import android.view.animation.AnimationSet;
 import android.view.animation.ScaleAnimation;
+import android.widget.EditText;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 
 import androidx.appcompat.view.menu.ActionMenuItem;
@@ -489,6 +490,11 @@ public class VideoplayerActivity extends MediaplayerActivity {
     //Hardware keyboard support
     @Override
     public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
+        View currentFocus = getCurrentFocus();
+        if (currentFocus instanceof EditText) {
+            return super.onKeyUp(keyCode, event);
+        }
+
         AudioManager audioManager = (AudioManager) getSystemService(AUDIO_SERVICE);
 
         switch (keyCode) {