Android show soft keyboard automatically when focus is on an EditText

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I m showing an input box using AlertDialog  The EditText inside the dialog itself is automatically focused when I call AlertDialog show    but the soft keyboard is not automatically shown   How do I make the soft keyboard automatically show when the dialog is shown   and there is no physical hardware keyboard   Similar to how when I press the Search button to invoke the global search  the soft keyboard is automatically shown

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I found this example http   android-codes-examples blogspot com 2011 11 show-or-hide-soft-keyboard-on-opening html  Add the following code just before alert show     InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED 0

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Snippets of code from other answers work  but it is not always obvious where to place them in the code  especially if you are using an AlertDialog Builder and followed the official dialog tutorial because it doesn t use final AlertDialog     or alertDialog show     alertDialog getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE     Is preferable to  InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED 0     Because SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE will hide the keyboard if the focus switches away from the EditText  where SHOW FORCED will keep the keyboard displayed until it is explicitly dismissed  even if the user returns to the homescreen or displays the recent apps   Below is working code for an AlertDialog created using a custom layout with an EditText defined in XML   It also sets the keyboard to have a  go  key and allows it to trigger the positive button   alert dialog xml    lt RelativeLayout android id    id dialogRelativeLayout  xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android layout width  match parent  android layout height  wrap content   gt        lt  -- android imeOptions  actionGo  sets the keyboard to have a  go  key instead of a  new line  key  -- gt       lt  -- android inputType  textUri  disables spell check in the EditText and changes the  go  key from a check mark to an arrow  -- gt       lt EditText         android id    id editText          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android layout marginTop  16dp          android layout marginLeft  4dp          android layout marginRight  4dp          android layout marginBottom  16dp          android imeOptions  actionGo          android inputType  textUri   gt    lt  RelativeLayout gt    AlertDialog java   import android app Activity  import android app Dialog  import android content DialogInterface  import android graphics drawable BitmapDrawable  import android graphics drawable Drawable  import android os Bundle  import android support annotation NonNull  import android support v4 app DialogFragment  import android support v7 app AlertDialog  import android support v7 app AppCompatDialogFragment  import android view KeyEvent  import android view LayoutInflater  import android view View  import android view WindowManager  import android widget EditText   public class CreateDialog extends AppCompatDialogFragment          The public interface is used to send information back to the activity that called CreateDialog      public interface CreateDialogListener           void onCreateDialogCancel DialogFragment dialog               void onCreateDialogOK DialogFragment dialog              CreateDialogListener mListener          Check to make sure that the activity that called CreateDialog implements both listeners      public void onAttach Activity activity            super onAttach activity           try               mListener    CreateDialogListener  activity            catch  ClassCastException e                throw new ClassCastException activity toString       must implement CreateDialogListener                             onCreateDialog requires  NonNull       Override      NonNull     public Dialog onCreateDialog Bundle savedInstanceState            AlertDialog Builder alertDialogBuilder   new AlertDialog Builder getActivity             LayoutInflater customDialogInflater   getActivity   getLayoutInflater                Setup dialogBuilder          alertDialogBuilder setTitle R string title           alertDialogBuilder setView customDialogInflater inflate R layout alert dialog  null            alertDialogBuilder setNegativeButton R string cancel  new DialogInterface OnClickListener                  Override             public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int which                    mListener onCreateDialogCancel CreateDialog this                                     alertDialogBuilder setPositiveButton R string ok  new DialogInterface OnClickListener                  Override             public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int which                    mListener onCreateDialogOK CreateDialog this                                         Assign the resulting built dialog to an AlertDialog          final AlertDialog alertDialog   alertDialogBuilder create                Show the keyboard when the dialog is displayed on the screen          alertDialog getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE               We need to show alertDialog before we can setOnKeyListener below          alertDialog show             EditText editText    EditText  alertDialog findViewById R id editText               Allow the  enter  key on the keyboard to execute  OK           editText setOnKeyListener new View OnKeyListener                 public boolean onKey View v  int keyCode  KeyEvent event                       If the event is a key-down event on the  enter  button  select the PositiveButton  OK                   if   event getAction      KeyEvent ACTION DOWN   amp  amp   keyCode    KeyEvent KEYCODE ENTER                            Trigger the create listener                      mListener onCreateDialogOK CreateDialog this                           Manually dismiss alertDialog                      alertDialog dismiss                            Consume the event                      return true                    else                          If any other key was pressed  do not consume the event                      return false                                                          onCreateDialog requires the return of an AlertDialog          return alertDialog

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Well  this is a pretty old post  still there is something to add  These are 2 simple methods that help me to keep keyboard under control and they work just perfect   Show keyboard  public void showKeyboard         InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE       View v   getCurrentFocus        if  v    null          imm showSoftInput v  0       Hide keyboard  public void hideKeyboard         InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE       View v   getCurrentFocus        if  v    null          imm hideSoftInputFromWindow v getWindowToken    0

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This is good sample for you     lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android orientation  vertical   gt        lt ScrollView         android id    id scrollID          android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  0dip          android layout weight  1   gt            lt LinearLayout             android id    id test              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content              android orientation  vertical   gt           lt  LinearLayout gt       lt  ScrollView gt        lt LinearLayout         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android baselineAligned  true          android orientation  horizontal          android paddingBottom  5dp          android paddingLeft  5dp          android paddingRight  5dp          android weightSum  1   gt            lt EditText             android id    id txtInpuConversation              android layout width  0dip              android layout height  wrap content              android layout weight  0 5              android hint   string edt Conversation   gt                lt requestFocus   gt           lt  EditText gt            lt Button             android id    id btnSend              android layout width  0dip              android layout height  wrap content              android layout weight  0 5              android text   string btn Conversation    gt       lt  LinearLayout gt    lt  LinearLayout gt

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To show keyboard  for me  I had to do the following  Android TextField   set focus   soft input programmatically  Essentially the solution is the following   Override public void onResume         super onResume          passwordInput requestFocus     lt -- that doesn t work     passwordInput postDelayed new ShowKeyboard    325     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 requestFocusFromTouch      this gives touch event to launcher in background - -         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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Try this     SomeUtils java  public static void showKeyboard Activity activity  boolean show        InputMethodManager inputMethodManager    InputMethodManager  activity getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE        if show          inputMethodManager toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED 0       else         inputMethodManager toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager HIDE IMPLICIT ONLY 0

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

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Let me point some additional info to the solution of yuku  because I found it hard to get this working  How do I get the AlertDialog object from my AlertDialog Builder  Well  it s the result of my alert show   execution   final AlertDialog Builder alert   new AlertDialog Builder getActivity     final EditText input   new EditText getActivity     alert setView input       do what you need  like setting positive and negative buttons     final AlertDialog dialog   alert show     input setOnFocusChangeListener new OnFocusChangeListener         Override    public void onFocusChange View v  boolean hasFocus          if hasFocus             dialog getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE

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Why this answer - Because above solution will show your keyboard but it will not vanish if you click anywhere other that EditText  So you need to do something to make the keybaord disappear when EditText loses focus   You can achieve this by doing the following steps    Make the parent view content view of your activity  clickable and focusable by adding the following attributes      android clickable  true       android focusableInTouchMode  true    Implement a hideKeyboard   method      public void hideKeyboard View view            InputMethodManager inputMethodManager   InputMethodManager getSystemService Activity INPUT METHOD SERVICE           inputMethodManager hideSoftInputFromWindow view getWindowToken   InputMethodManager HIDE IMPLICIT ONLY           Lastly  set the onFocusChangeListener of your edittext       edittext setOnFocusChangeListener new View OnFocusChangeListener              Override         public void onFocusChange View v  boolean hasFocus                if   hasFocus                    hideKeyboard v

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The problem seems to be that since the place where you enter text is hidden initially  or nested or something   AlertDialog is automatically setting the flag WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG ALT FOCUSABLE IM or WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG NOT FOCUSABLE so that things don t trigger a soft input to show up   The way that to fix this is to add the following            Create the dialog and show it Dialog dialog   builder create   dialog show        After show  this is important specially if you have a list  a pager or other view that uses a adapter   clear the flags and set the soft input mode dialog getWindow   clearFlags WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG NOT FOCUSABLE WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG ALT FOCUSABLE IM   dialog getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE

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Take a look at this discussion which handles manually hiding and showing the IME  However  my feeling is that if a focused EditText is not bringing the IME up it is because you are calling AlertDialog show   in your OnCreate   or some other method which is evoked before the screen is actually presented  Moving it to OnPostResume   should fix it in that case I believe

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Put these methods in your Util class and use anywhere   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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You can request a soft keyboard right after creating the dialog  test on  SDK - r20      create dialog final AlertDialog dialog             request keyboard    dialog getWindow   setSoftInputMode  WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE

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I know this question is old by I think using an extension function is a prettier way to show keyboard for an edit text  here is the method I use to show keyboard for an edittext   kotlin code  just need to call edittext showKeyboard    fun EditText showKeyboard       post       requestFocus       val imm   context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager     imm showSoftInput this  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT          the java code   public static void showKeyboard EditText editText        editText post new Runnable            Override       public void run             editText requestFocus            InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  editText getContext                getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE           imm showSoftInput editText  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT

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For showing keyboard use   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED 0     For hiding keyboard use   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm hideSoftInputFromWindow view getWindowToken   0

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This is bit tricky  I did in this way and it worked   1 At first call to hide the soft Input from the window  This will hide the soft input if the soft keyboard is visible or do nothing if it is not   2 Show your dialog  3 Then simply call to toggle soft input   code   InputMethodManager inputManager    InputMethodManager getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE      hiding soft input inputManager hideSoftInputFromWindow findViewById android R id content  getWind  owToken    0     show dialog yourDialog show      toggle soft input inputManager toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT

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getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE     I call this in onCreate   to show keyboard automatically  when I came in the Activity

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Tried many but this is what worked for me  kotlin            val dialog   builder create           dialog setOnShowListener               nameEditText requestFocus               val s   ContextCompat getSystemService requireContext    InputMethodManager  class java              s  toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0                     dialog setOnDismissListener               val s   ContextCompat getSystemService requireContext    InputMethodManager  class java              s  toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager HIDE IMPLICIT ONLY  0                     dialog show

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The original question concerns Dialogs and my EditText is on a regular view  Anyhow  I suspect this should work for most of you too  So here s what works for me  the above suggested highest rated method did nothing for me   Here s a custom EditView that does this  subclassing is not necessary  but I found it convenient for my purposes as I wanted to also grab the focus when the view becomes visible    This is actually largely the same as the tidbecks answer  I actually didn t notice his answer at all as it had zero up votes  Then I was about to just comment his post  but it would have been too long  so I ended doing this post anyways  tidbeck points out that he s unsure how it works with devices having keyboards  I can confirm that the behaviour seems to be exactly the same in either case  That being such that on portrait mode the software keyboard gets popped up and on landscape it doesn t  Having the physical keyboard slid out or not makes no difference on my phone   Because  I personally found the behaviour a bit awkward I opted for using  InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  This works as I wanted it to work  The keyboard becomes visible regardless of the orientation  however  at least on my device it doesn t pop up if the hardware keyboard has been slid out   import android app Service  import android content Context  import android util AttributeSet  import android view View  import android view inputmethod InputMethodManager  import android widget EditText   public class BringOutTheSoftInputOnFocusEditTextView extends EditText        protected InputMethodManager inputMethodManager       public BringOutTheSoftInputOnFocusEditTextView Context context  AttributeSet attrs  int defStyle            super context  attrs  defStyle           init               public BringOutTheSoftInputOnFocusEditTextView Context context  AttributeSet attrs            super context  attrs           init               public BringOutTheSoftInputOnFocusEditTextView Context context            super context           init               private void init             this inputMethodManager    InputMethodManager getContext   getSystemService Service INPUT METHOD SERVICE           this setOnFocusChangeListener new View OnFocusChangeListener                  Override             public void onFocusChange View v  boolean hasFocus                    if  hasFocus                        BringOutTheSoftInputOnFocusEditTextView this inputMethodManager showSoftInput BringOutTheSoftInputOnFocusEditTextView this  InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED                                                           Override     protected void onVisibilityChanged View changedView  int visibility            super onVisibilityChanged changedView  visibility           if  visibility    View VISIBLE                BringOutTheSoftInputOnFocusEditTextView this requestFocus

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Looking at https   stackoverflow com a 39144104 2914140 I simplified a bit      In onCreateView    view edit text run       requestFocus       post   showKeyboard this       fun showKeyboard view  View        val imm   view context getSystemService          Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager      imm  showSoftInput view  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT      It is better than https   stackoverflow com a 11155404 2914140   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0     because when you press Home button and move to home screen  the keyboard will stay open

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I had the same problem and solved it with the following code  I m not sure how it will behave on a phone with hardware keyboard      TextEdit final EditText textEdit   new EditText this       Builder AlertDialog Builder alert   new AlertDialog Builder this   alert setTitle  Enter text    alert setView textEdit    alert setPositiveButton  Ok   new DialogInterface OnClickListener          Override     public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int which            String text   textEdit getText   toString            finish               alert setNegativeButton  Cancel   new DialogInterface OnClickListener          Override     public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int which            finish                  Dialog AlertDialog dialog   alert create    dialog setOnShowListener new OnShowListener           Override     public void onShow DialogInterface dialog            InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE           imm showSoftInput textEdit  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT              dialog show

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Yes you can do with setOnFocusChangeListener it  will help you   editText setOnFocusChangeListener new View OnFocusChangeListener          Override     public void onFocusChange View v  boolean hasFocus            if  hasFocus                dialog getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE

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just add this line to manifest file necessary activity  android windowSoftInputMode  quot stateVisible quot

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I created nice kotlin-esqe extension functions incase anyone is interested  fun Activity hideKeyBoard         val view   this currentFocus     val methodManager   this getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager     assert view    null      methodManager hideSoftInputFromWindow view   windowToken  InputMethodManager HIDE NOT ALWAYS     fun Activity showKeyboard         val view   this currentFocus     val methodManager   this getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager     assert view    null      methodManager showSoftInput view  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT

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

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You can create a focus listener on the EditText on the AlertDialog  then get the AlertDialog s Window  From there you can make the soft keyboard show by calling setSoftInputMode   final AlertDialog dialog         editText setOnFocusChangeListener new View OnFocusChangeListener          Override     public void onFocusChange View v  boolean hasFocus            if  hasFocus                dialog getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE

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If anyone is getting           Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getSystemService String  from the type Activity      Try adding context to getSystemService call   So  InputMethodManager imm     InputMethodManager  context getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED 0

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