How can I set the focus and display the keyboard on my EditText programmatically

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I have a layout which contains some views like this    lt LinearLayout gt   lt TextView    gt   lt TextView    gt   lt ImageView     gt   lt EditText    gt   lt Button    gt   lt  linearLayout gt    How can I set the focus  display the keyboard  on my EditText programmatically   I ve tried this and it works only when I launch my Activity normally  but when I launch it in a TabHost  it doesn t work   txtSearch setFocusableInTouchMode true   txtSearch setFocusable true   txtSearch requestFocus

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I tried a lot ways and it s not working tho  not sure is it because i m using shared transition from fragment to activity containing the edit text   Btw my edittext is also wrapped in LinearLayout   I added a slight delay to request focus and below code worked for me    Kotlin    et search postDelayed        editText requestFocus         showKeyboard      400    only 400 is working fine  even 300   350  the cursor is not showing   showKeyboard     val imm   getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager  imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0

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First way       etPassword post    - gt            etPassword requestFocus            InputMethodManager manager    InputMethodManager  getContext   getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE           manager showSoftInput etPassword  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT             Second way   In Manifest        lt activity         android name   activities LoginActivity          android screenOrientation  portrait          android windowSoftInputMode  stateVisible   gt    In code   etPassword requestFocus

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Try this    EditText editText    EditText  findViewById R id myTextViewId   editText requestFocus    InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm showSoftInput editText  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT     http   developer android com reference android view View html requestFocus

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I tried the top answer by David Merriman and it also didn t work in my case  But I found the suggestion to run this code delayed here and it works like a charm  val editText   view findViewById lt View gt  R id settings input text   editText postDelayed       editText requestFocus        val imm   context getSystemService INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as  InputMethodManager     imm  showSoftInput editText  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT     100

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Here is KeyboardHelper Class for hiding and showing keyboard import android content Context  import android view View  import android view inputmethod InputMethodManager  import android widget EditText          Created by khanhamza on 06-Mar-17       public class KeyboardHelper   public static void hideSoftKeyboard final Context context  final View view        if  context    null            return            view requestFocus        view postDelayed new Runnable              Override         public void run                 InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   assert imm    null  imm hideSoftInputFromWindow view getWindowToken    0        1000      public static void hideSoftKeyboard final Context context  final EditText editText        editText requestFocus        editText postDelayed new Runnable              Override         public void run                 InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   assert imm    null  imm hideSoftInputFromWindow editText getWindowToken    0        1000       public static void openSoftKeyboard final Context context  final EditText editText        editText requestFocus        editText postDelayed new Runnable              Override         public void run                 InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   assert imm    null  imm showSoftInput editText  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT        1000

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showSoftInput was not working for me at all   I figured I needed to set the input mode   android windowSoftInputMode  stateVisible   here in the Activity component in the manifest   Hope this help

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I recommend using a LifecycleObserver which is part of the Handling Lifecycles with Lifecycle-Aware Components of Android Jetpack    I want to open and close the Keyboard when the Fragment Activity appears  Firstly  define two extension functions for the EditText  You can put them anywhere in your project   fun EditText showKeyboard         requestFocus       val imm   context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager     imm showSoftInput this  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT     fun EditText hideKeyboard         val imm   context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager     imm hideSoftInputFromWindow this windowToken  0      Then define a LifecycleObserver which opens and closes the keyboard when the Activity Fragment reaches onResume   or onPause   class EditTextKeyboardLifecycleObserver private val editText  WeakReference lt EditText gt         LifecycleObserver         OnLifecycleEvent Lifecycle Event ON RESUME      fun openKeyboard             editText get    postDelayed   editText get    showKeyboard      100              OnLifecycleEvent Lifecycle Event ON PAUSE      fun closeKeyboard             editText get    hideKeyboard             Then add the following line to any of your Fragments Activities  you can reuse the LifecycleObserver any times  E g  for a Fragment   override fun onViewCreated view  View  savedInstanceState  Bundle             super onViewCreated view  savedInstanceState          inflate the Fragment layout      lifecycle addObserver EditTextKeyboardLifecycleObserver WeakReference myEditText            do other stuff and return the view

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Here is how a kotlin extension for showing and hiding the soft keyboard can be made   fun View showKeyboard       this requestFocus     val inputMethodManager   context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager   inputMethodManager showSoftInput this  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT     fun View hideKeyboard       val inputMethodManager   context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager   inputMethodManager hideSoftInputFromWindow windowToken  0      Then you can just do this   editText showKeyboard      OR editText hideKeyboard

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I finally figured out a solution and create a Kotlin class for it object KeyboardUtils        fun showKeyboard editText  EditText            editText requestFocus           val imm   editText context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager         imm showSoftInput editText  0             fun hideKeyboard editText  EditText            val imm   editText context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager         imm hideSoftInputFromWindow editText windowToken  0

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use   editText requestFocus    InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  InputMethodManager HIDE IMPLICIT ONLY

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This worked for me   Thanks to ungalcrys  Show keyboard   editText    EditText findViewById R id myTextViewId   editText requestFocus    InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager getSystemService this INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED InputMethodManager HIDE IMPLICIT ONLY     Hide keyboard   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService this INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm hideSoftInputFromWindow editText getWindowToken    0

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editTxt setOnFocusChangeListener   v  hasFocus - gt              val imm   getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager             if  hasFocus                    imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  InputMethodManager HIDE IMPLICIT ONLY                else                   imm hideSoftInputFromWindow v windowToken  0

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final EditText tb   new EditText this   tb requestFocus    tb postDelayed new Runnable          Override     public void run             InputMethodManager inputMethodManager    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE           inputMethodManager showSoftInput tb  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT            1000

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I couldn t get any of these answers to work on their own  The solution for me was to combine them   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  InputMethodManager HIDE IMPLICIT ONLY   editText requestFocus    imm showSoftInput editText  InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED     I m not sure why that was required for me -- according to the docs it seems that either method should have worked on their own

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