Android : Jquery .focusout not working on mobile(slicknav)

Slicknav only closes if you click the menu button again.

so I did this bit of code to make it close when you click anywhere

$(document).ready(function() {
   //close menu on lost focus
   $('.slicknav_menu').focusout(function(event){
      $('.menu').slicknav('close');
   });  
});

This works on desktop when I make my window small to test, but on phone i have to touch an image for it to close, not if i just click anywhere, its like it only registers a click if you touch an element.

Can i use somethign else instead of focusout?