Android show softkeyboard with showSoftInput is not working?

Question

I have created a trivial application to test the following functionality. When my activity launches, it needs to be launched with the softkeyboard open.

My code doe

Answer 1

Solution for Xamarin developers (_digit1 == EditText):

        var focussed = _digit1.RequestFocus();
        if (focussed)
        {
            Window.SetSoftInputMode(SoftInput.StateAlwaysVisible);
            var imm = (InputMethodManager)GetSystemService(InputMethodService);
            imm.ToggleSoftInput(ShowFlags.Forced, 0);
        }