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

editTxt.setOnFocusChangeListener { v, hasFocus ->
            val imm = getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
            if (hasFocus) {
                imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY)
            } else {
                imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.windowToken, 0)
            }
        }

Answer 2

Here is KeyboardHelper Class for hiding and showing keyboard

import android.content.Context;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
import android.widget.EditText;

/**
 * Created by khanhamza on 06-Mar-17.
 */

public class KeyboardHelper {
public static void hideSoftKeyboard(final Context context, final View view) {
    if (context == null) {
        return;
    }
    view.requestFocus();
    view.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
assert imm != null;
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
}, 1000);
}

public static void hideSoftKeyboard(final Context context, final EditText editText) {
    editText.requestFocus();
    editText.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
assert imm != null;
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editText.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
}, 1000);
}


public static void openSoftKeyboard(final Context context, final EditText editText) {
    editText.requestFocus();
    editText.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
assert imm != null;
imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}
}, 1000);
}
}

Answer 3

final EditText tb = new EditText(this);
tb.requestFocus();
tb.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(tb, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
    }
}, 1000);

Answer 4

Try this:

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myTextViewId);
editText.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#requestFocus()

Answer 5

use:

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

Answer 6

I recommend using a LifecycleObserver which is part of the Handling Lifecycles with Lifecycle-Aware Components of Android Jetpack.

I want to open and close the Keyboard when the Fragment/Activity appears. Firstly, define two extension functions for the EditText. You can put them anywhere in your project:

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

fun EditText.hideKeyboard() {
    val imm = context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(this.windowToken, 0)
}

Then define a LifecycleObserver which opens and closes the keyboard when the Activity/Fragment reaches onResume() or onPause:

class EditTextKeyboardLifecycleObserver(private val editText: WeakReference<EditText>) :
    LifecycleObserver {

    @OnLifecycleEvent(Lifecycle.Event.ON_RESUME)
    fun openKeyboard() {
        editText.get()?.postDelayed({ editText.get()?.showKeyboard() }, 100)
    }

    @OnLifecycleEvent(Lifecycle.Event.ON_PAUSE)
    fun closeKeyboard() {
        editText.get()?.hideKeyboard()
    }
}

Then add the following line to any of your Fragments/Activities, you can reuse the LifecycleObserver any times. E.g. for a Fragment:

override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)

    // inflate the Fragment layout

    lifecycle.addObserver(EditTextKeyboardLifecycleObserver(WeakReference(myEditText)))

    // do other stuff and return the view

}