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 a custom view if you need it more often

public class RequestFocusEditText extends AppCompatEditText {
    private RequestFocusEditText self;

    public RequestFocusEditText(final Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        this.self = this;

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