How can I set the focus (and display the keyboard) on my EditText programmatically

Question

I have a layout which contains some views like this:

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Answer 1

First way:

    etPassword.post(() -> {
        etPassword.requestFocus();
        InputMethodManager manager = (InputMethodManager) getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        manager.showSoftInput(etPassword, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
    });

Second way:

In Manifest:

    <activity
        android:name=".activities.LoginActivity"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible"/>

In code:

etPassword.requestFocus();

Answer 2

This worked for me, Thanks to ungalcrys

Show keyboard:

editText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.myTextViewId);
editText.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(this.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);

Hide keyboard:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(this.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editText.getWindowToken(), 0);

Answer 3

Here is how a kotlin extension for showing and hiding the soft keyboard can be made:

fun View.showKeyboard() {
  this.requestFocus()
  val inputMethodManager = context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
  inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(this, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT)
}

fun View.hideKeyboard() {
  val inputMethodManager = context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
  inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(windowToken, 0)
}

Then you can just do this:

editText.showKeyboard()
// OR
editText.hideKeyboard()

Answer 4

I tried the top answer by David Merriman and it also didn't work in my case. But I found the suggestion to run this code delayed here and it works like a charm.

val editText = view.findViewById<View>(R.id.settings_input_text)

editText.postDelayed({
    editText.requestFocus()

    val imm = context.getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as? InputMethodManager
    imm?.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT)
}, 100)

Answer 5

I tried a lot ways and it's not working tho, not sure is it because i'm using shared transition from fragment to activity containing the edit text.

Btw my edittext is also wrapped in LinearLayout.

I added a slight delay to request focus and below code worked for me: (Kotlin)

 et_search.postDelayed({
     editText.requestFocus()

     showKeyboard()
 },400) //only 400 is working fine, even 300 / 350, the cursor is not showing

showKeyboard()

 val imm = getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
 imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0)

Answer 6

I couldn't get any of these answers to work on their own. The solution for me was to combine them:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
editText.requestFocus();
imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);

I'm not sure why that was required for me -- according to the docs it seems that either method should have worked on their own.