requestFocus not working

Answer 1

To do this in code, in your Activity:

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);

Answer 2

I usually use the following to set the focus: Add following attributs to your xml-layout

<AutoCompleteTextView 
    android:focusable="true" 
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"> 
</AutoCompleteTextView>

and set focus programmatically like

((AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.autocomplete_zone)).requestFocus();

f.e. in onResume or onWindowChanged

public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) {
    super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);

    if (hasFocus) {
        ((AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.autocomplete_zone)).requestFocus();
    }
}

Answer 3

Solved it! In manifest I added following to the activity:

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible"

Answer 4

None of the above worked for me... this is what I used

txtView.getParent().requestChildFocus(txtView,txtView);

Answer 5

You can try this in the code if you want to forcefully show the keyboard.

((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);

then you can to use this code to close the keyboard:

((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).hideSoftInputFromWindow(autocomplete_zone.getWindowToken(), 0);