Open soft keyboard programmatically

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I have an activity with no child widgets for it and the corresponding xml file is    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android id    id myLayout  android orientation  vertical  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android focusable  true   gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    and I want to open soft keyboard programmatically while the activity gets start and what I ve tried upto now is   public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout main       InputMethodManager inputMethodManager    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE       if  inputMethodManager    null            inputMethodManager toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0           Give me some guidance

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Post this method in your base activity and use it other activities like a charm  public void openKeyboard         InputMethodManager imm                InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE       if  imm    null            imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0

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Similar to the answer of  ShimonDoodkin this is what I did in a fragment   https   stackoverflow com a 29229865 2413303      passwordInput postDelayed new ShowKeyboard    300     250 sometimes doesn t run if returning from LockScreen   Where ShowKeyboard is  private class ShowKeyboard implements Runnable        Override     public void run             passwordInput setFocusableInTouchMode true           passwordInput requestFocus                        getActivity   getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE             InputMethodManager  getActivity   getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   showSoftInput passwordInput  0             After a successful input  I also make sure I hide the keyboard  getActivity   getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE HIDDEN     InputMethodManager  getActivity   getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE                        hideSoftInputFromWindow getView   getWindowToken    0

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Kotlin  fun hideKeyboard activity  Activity        val view   activity currentFocus     val methodManager   activity getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager     assert view    null      methodManager hideSoftInputFromWindow view   windowToken  InputMethodManager HIDE NOT ALWAYS     private fun showKeyboard activity  Activity        val view   activity currentFocus     val methodManager   activity getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager     assert view    null      methodManager showSoftInput view  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT      Java  public static void hideKeyboard Activity activity        View view   activity getCurrentFocus        InputMethodManager methodManager    InputMethodManager  activity getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE       assert methodManager    null  amp  amp  view    null      methodManager hideSoftInputFromWindow view getWindowToken    InputMethodManager HIDE NOT ALWAYS      private static void showKeyboard Activity activity        View view   activity getCurrentFocus        InputMethodManager methodManager    InputMethodManager  activity getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE       assert methodManager    null  amp  amp  view    null      methodManager showSoftInput view  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT

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I have used like this to show the soft keyboard programatically and this is worked for me to prevent the auto resize of the screen while launching the keyboard   In manifest    lt activity android name  XXXActivity  android windowSoftInputMode  adjustPan  gt   lt  activity gt    In XXXActvity   EditText et     EditText  findViewById R id edit text       Timer timer   new Timer                TimerTask task   new TimerTask                       Override                 public void run                         InputMethodManager inputMethodManager  InputMethodManager getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE                       inputMethodManager toggleSoftInputFromWindow et getApplicationWindowToken    InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0                                                 timer schedule task  200     I assume this will save others time to search for this problem

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public final class AAUtilKeyboard    public static void openKeyboard final Activity activity  final EditText editText        final InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  activity getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE       if  imm    null            imm showSoftInput editText  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT            public static void hideKeyboard final Activity activity        final View view   activity getCurrentFocus        if  view    null            final InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  activity getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE           if  imm    null                imm hideSoftInputFromWindow view getWindowToken    0

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This works   private static void showKeyboard Activity activity        View view   activity getCurrentFocus        InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  activity getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE       imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0       And you call this method like this   showKeyboard NameOfActivity this

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in onCreate method of activity or onActivityCreated of a fragment       view getViewTreeObserver   addOnPreDrawListener new ViewTreeObserver OnPreDrawListener              Override         public boolean onPreDraw                 view removeOnPreDrawListener this               InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE               imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0                    Pay attention to return  true                 Chet Haase told to              return true

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I have used the following lines to display the soft keyboard manually inside the onclick event  and the keyboard is visible   InputMethodManager inputMethodManager        InputMethodManager getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   inputMethodManager toggleSoftInputFromWindow      linearLayout getApplicationWindowToken        InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0     But I m still not able to open this while the activity gets opened  so are there any solution for this

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InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED isn t good choice  If you use this setting you should manage hiding keyboard state  My suggestion is like this       public void showSoftKeyboard View view        InputMethodManager inputMethodManager    InputMethodManager  getActivity   getSystemService Activity INPUT METHOD SERVICE       view requestFocus        inputMethodManager toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT  0       Also  you can focus on view  usually EditText  taking parameters it  This makes it a more useful function  for more info about InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT and SHOW FORCED  InputMethodManager

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perfectly working code to show and hide softkeyboard for edittextbox         code to hide soft keyboard public void hideSoftKeyBoard EditText editBox         InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE          imm hideSoftInputFromWindow editBox getWindowToken    0              code to show soft keyboard private void showSoftKeyBoard EditText editBox        InputMethodManager inputMethodManager    InputMethodManager  this getSystemService Activity INPUT METHOD SERVICE        editBox requestFocus         inputMethodManager toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0

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getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE     Use above code in onResume   to open soft Keyboard

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I used it as singleton like   public static void showSoftKeyboard final Context context  final EditText editText            try               editText requestFocus                editText postDelayed                      new Runnable                              Override                         public void run                                 InputMethodManager keyboard    InputMethodManager  context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE                               keyboard showSoftInput editText  0                                                                         200             catch  NullPointerException npe                npe printStackTrace              catch  Exception e                e printStackTrace                      Use it in your activity like   showSoftKeyboard this  yourEditTextToFocus

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This is the required source code    public static void openKeypad final Context context  final View v      new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable           Override     public void run                  InputMethodManager inputManager      InputMethodManager context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE            inputManager showSoftInput v  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT               Log e  openKeypad    Inside Handler            300      For details   Please go through this link  This helped me  https   github com Nikhillosalka Keyboard blob master README md

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seems like this is working   protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout activity patientid            editText    EditText findViewById R id selectPatient             editText requestFocus      works without that          Override     protected void onResume              findViewById R id selectPatient  postDelayed          new Runnable                 public void run                      editText requestFocus                    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager     InputMethodManager getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE                   inputMethodManager showSoftInput editText InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT                           100           super onResume            seems this works better  in manifest    lt application gt       lt activity         android name  com doodkin myapp ReportActivity          android label   string title activity report          android screenOrientation  sensor           android windowSoftInputMode  stateHidden   gt     add this or stateVisible      lt  activity gt   lt  application gt    seems the manifest working in android 4 2 2 but not working in android 4 0 3

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In your manifest file  try adding the following to the  lt activity gt  that you want to show the keyboard when the activity starts   android windowSoftInputMode  stateVisible   This should cause the keyboard to become visible when the activity starts   For more options  checkout the documentation

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Please follow the below code  I am sure your problem will be solved     if  imm    null           imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED 0

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InputMethodManager inputMethodManager  InputMethodManager getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE               inputMethodManager toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED 0

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Based on above answers like this it works in KOTLIN as long as you have the context  fun Context showKeyboard editText  EditText         editText requestFocus       editText setSelection editText text length       GlobalScope launch           delay 200L           val inputMethodManager  InputMethodManager               getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager         inputMethodManager toggleSoftInputFromWindow              editText applicationWindowToken              InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT  0                    Then you can call it in your fragment for example as follows  requireContext   showKeyboard binding myEditText

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This is works   lt activity             android windowSoftInputMode  stateVisible   gt   lt  activity gt    or  getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE VISIBLE

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There are already too many answers but nothing worked for me apart from this   inputMethodManager showSoftInput emailET InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED     I used showSoftInput with SHOW FORCED  And my activity has    android windowSoftInputMode  stateVisible adjustResize    hope this helps someone

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All I needed was to expose the keyboard  in a very precise moment  This worked for me  Thanks Benites        private Handler mHandler  new Handler      And in the very precise moment       mHandler post      new Runnable             public void run                 InputMethodManager inputMethodManager     InputMethodManager getSystemService INPUT METHOD SERVICE               inputMethodManager toggleSoftInputFromWindow yourEditText getApplicationWindowToken    InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0               yourEditText requestFocus

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Put that in onResume method   findViewById R id root view of your activity layout  post  new Runnable         public void run             InputMethodManager inputMethodManager     InputMethodManager getSystemService INPUT METHOD SERVICE           inputMethodManager toggleSoftInputFromWindow yourEditText getApplicationWindowToken        InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0           yourEditText requestFocus                the runnable is needed because when the OS fires the onResume method you can t be sure that all the views where draw  so the post method called from your root layout makes it wait till every view is ready

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I have used the following lines to display the soft keyboard manually inside the onclick event   public void showKeyboard final EmojiconEditText ettext             ettext requestFocus              ettext postDelayed new Runnable                 Override public void run                  InputMethodManager keyboard  InputMethodManager getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE                 keyboard showSoftInput ettext 0                                      200

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I like to do it as an extension to Context so you can call it anywhere fun Context showKeyboard editText  EditText        val inputMethodManager  InputMethodManager           getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager     inputMethodManager toggleSoftInputFromWindow          editText applicationWindowToken          InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT  0           editText requestFocus       editText setSelection editText text length     fun Context hideKeyboard editText  EditText        val imm   getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager     imm hideSoftInputFromWindow editText windowToken  0

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