I have an edittext that i am passing focus to programmatically. but when i do, i want the keyboard to show up as well (and then go down when that edittext lose focus). right now, the user has to click on the edittext to get the keyboard to show up -- even thought the edittext already has focus.. Show soft keyboard automatically when edittext receives focus posted by david chandler on may 2, 2012 i’ve been unpleasantly surprised at how difficult it is to find info on showing or hiding the android soft keyboard, so i’m putting a few code snippets out here for posterity.. When i click on the edittextview then some times keyboard shown or some times keyboard are not shown. in android 2.1 it show the keyboard when i click on the edittextview. but when i start same application it on android 2.2 then it not show the keyboard. help me how to show that problem..
Defines the next view to give focus to when the next focus is view.focus_forward if the reference refers to a view that does not exist or is part of a hierarchy that is invisible, a runtimeexception will result when the reference is accessed. android:nextfocusleft: defines the next view to give focus to when the next focus is view.focus_left. Although android gives focus to the first text field in your layout when the activity starts, it does not show the soft keyboard. to show the keyboard when your activity starts, add the android:windowsoftinputmode attribute to the <activity> element with the "statevisible" value within the android manifest.. You can hide or show the soft keyboard programmatically in android by using the inputmethodmanager. you can hide and show the keyboard programmatically with the following methods. call the below methods by passing edittext, searchview or any view object in it. hiding soft keyboard.
