Show keyboard automatically

Question

Please explain me the issue about soft keyboard. For example, I have an EditText on my activity or dialogfragment or fragmentactivity, whatever. here it is:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/edPswrd"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:ems="10"
    android:inputType="textPassword" >

    <requestFocus />
</EditText>

When it shows for the first time I do not see the soft keyboard and have to press editText for it to receive focus and the keyboard appears. Another activities are different, when it appears on screen the keyboard are loaded without any help. I thought that

< requestFocus />

means that EditText will be focused and keyboard will appear, but I am wrong.

How should I manage what component will receive focus and keyboard will automatically appear.

Possible duplicate of [How to show soft-keyboard when edittext is focused](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5105354/how-to-show-soft-keyboard-when-edittext-is-focused) — raukodraug, May 20 '17 at 22:10

andr · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-07T20:06:47.473

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I think it's a bug or a feature which tries to present the whole activity to you without obscuring it with the soft keyboard at first. I've searched once for information regarding that but unfortunately found nothing coming from a really reliable source.

Anyway, to show the soft keyboard you can do this:

EditText editText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit_text_id);
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

I've also seen this code that should force the soft keyboard to become visible just after activity start, but never tried it:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);

And if you want to hide soft keyboard you can do this:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editText.getWindowToken(), 0);

Hope that helps.

Edit:

For a DialogFragment this should work: in the onCreateView() method do this:

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
        Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_id, container);
    EditText editText = (EditText)view.findViewById(R.id.edit_text_id);

    // show soft keyboard
    editText.requestFocus();
    getDialog().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);

    return view;
}

edited Feb 07 '13 at 20:06

answered Feb 07 '13 at 19:37

andr

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I tried, but not one of method here doesn't work with my dialogfragment. I did this: InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); imm.showSoftInput(edPswrd, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT); And it doesn't work :( – Foenix Feb 07 '13 at 19:58
thank you. I imported android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams but still there is a error SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE cannot be resolved or is not a field – Foenix Feb 07 '13 at 20:23
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I also did this: getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE); like in advise below but keyboard still doesn't appear – Foenix Feb 07 '13 at 20:24
also I just tried you "hide keyboard" on other activity, wrote this InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editText.getWindowToken(), 0); in onCreate() but keyboard appears :( – Foenix Feb 07 '13 at 20:39
I got it to work in onCreateDialog also. See [my response](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14759253/show-keyboard-automatically/29923690#29923690) – MidasLefko Apr 28 '15 at 15:36
How do you get the keyboard to disappear after you dismiss the dialog? The keyboard stays up even after dismissing the dialog if you use `getDialog().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);`. – VIN Jan 18 '17 at 18:17

score 31 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 07 '13 at 19:33

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Open the Android Manifest file.

Look for the activity tag like this

<activity  
        android:name="com.example.framework.MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" 
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible"       //Add this line    
         >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

Add the line android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible" as shown above

answered Feb 07 '13 at 19:33

manpreet singh

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ok, thank you, it worked for the activity, and it didn't suit for dialogs. – Foenix Feb 07 '13 at 19:49
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what about viewpager?! – sepehr Jul 31 '16 at 18:28

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 28 '15 at 15:33

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I know this has already been answered, but I found a way to do the accepted answer in onCreateDialog instead of just in onCreateView. When you finish with the builder, before you return do the following:

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());  
// blah blah blah do builder stuff here like setTitle, setView, etc

Dialog d = builder.create();

Here's the important part:

d.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
return d;

answered Apr 28 '15 at 15:33

MidasLefko

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I had to use SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE to show keyboard (Nexus 5). Anyway, thanks for the solution in onCreateView() method. – JerabekJakub Jan 05 '17 at 16:59
How do you dismiss the keyboard if you use this method of showing the keyboard? – VIN Jan 18 '17 at 18:19
same as always. Check [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7200281/programatically-hide-show-android-soft-keyboard) and [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1109022/close-hide-the-android-soft-keyboard) – MidasLefko Jan 18 '17 at 18:42

score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 07 '13 at 19:32

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add to onCreate or onStart();

myView.requestFocus();
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);

answered Feb 07 '13 at 19:32

Konrad Winkowski

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I have got a dialogfragment and did this: edPswrd.requestFocus(); getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE); It doesn't work :( – Foenix Feb 07 '13 at 19:55
which part, the focus on the dialogfrag or the keyboad comming up ? – Konrad Winkowski Feb 07 '13 at 20:07
there is still no keyboard on screen when dialog appears – Foenix Feb 07 '13 at 20:21
It works like this: getDialog().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE); Thank you! – Foenix Feb 07 '13 at 20:40

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered May 12 '14 at 12:53

Try this

@Override
public void onResume() {
   super.onResume();
   final View v = getDialog().findViewById(R.id.edit_text_id);
   v.post(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        v.requestFocus();
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        if (imm != null) imm.showSoftInput(v, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
      }
   });
 }

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 09 '17 at 07:21

for me by adding this line android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible" in your manifest like this

**<activity
            android:name=".mmmmm.zzzzzzz.yyyyyy.xxxxxx"
            android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_print_recharge"></activity>**

this is how I solved it

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 23 '16 at 10:32

This is what worked for me -

Create your own EditText class and override following method -

public class FocussableEditText extends EditText {

    public FocussableEditText(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public FocussableEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public FocussableEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    @Override
    public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasWindowFocus) {
        super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasWindowFocus);
        if (hasWindowFocus) {
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            imm.showSoftInput(this, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);
        }
    }
}

http://debuggingisfun.blogspot.in/2014/08/android-show-soft-keyboard.html

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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I Recommend the following link, i was followed the steps which is mentioned below link, perfectly working, it's pretty good answer, done in very simple steps. credit goes to answered person. hope it will helps the person who mess-up with keyboard popup on dialog activity.

DialogFragment and force to show keyboard

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Jan 11 '17 at 13:23

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 08 '18 at 16:39

This is what I did and it works nice...

You can use the

Utilities.showSoftKeyboard(...)

anywhere across your code

public final class Utilities {

  // Shows the soft keyboard. V on which view (typically EditText) to focus the keyboard input
  public static void showSoftKeyboard(Activity activity, EditText editText) 
  {
      InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
      imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);
  }
}

/**
 * Called when user clicks/touches the search button
 * @param v The clicked/touched view (EditText)
 */
protected void onSearchButtonClick(View v)
{
    EditText seekTopic = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.SeekTopicBox);
    setActivityContent(seekTopic.getText().toString());
}

The

onSearchButtonClick()

method belongs to the activity, which hold the EditView which I want to edit and therefore I need the soft keyboard..

HTH

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