Default Focus and Keyboard to EditText in Android AlertDialog

Question

I am using the AlertDialog.Builder in Android to quickly prompt the user for text. The dialog shows up and works great, but the user must click on the EditText field to load th

Answer 1

Use the following code. It worked for me.

    editText.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
            editText.post(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager= (InputMethodManager) YourActivity.this.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                    inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
                }
            });
        }
    });
    editText.requestFocus();