I have an EditText where I used requestFocus() to get focus from it. I put setFocus(true) and setFocusableInTouchMode too.
When I open the activity, requestFocus() works, but does not open the keyboard and TextWatcher that I use in the same activity does not receive the data I type in TextView (When I click EditText it opens the keyboard).
Does anyone know what it can be?
To show the keyboard you can do this:
EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
editText.requestFocus();
getDialog().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
or alternatively (I usually use it):
EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
InputMethodManager imm=(InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
If you only have one EditText in your activity you just use the following Attributes in your manifest.xml
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible"
Where? :
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible" >
...................
</activity>
This will not require the use of setFocus(true) , setFocusableInTouchMode() or requestFocus()
Check if Manifest has this tag in activity:
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"
If you have, remove.
For you to focus on EditText :
editText.requestFocus();
And to revert (throw):
editText.clearFocus();