How to Trigger the soft keyboard?

Question

How can I trigger the software keyboard and add listeners to it\'s keys?

Answer 1

To display the soft keyboard you might try: InputMethodManager.showSoftInput()

As for adding listeners, the best you can do is add a TextChangedListener to an EditText to listen to the changes in the EditText view that are made via the keyboard.

Answer 2

You can do this from your`s AndroidManifest.xml by adding

<activity
    android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible" ... >
    ...
</activity>

But note: If the user's device has an attached hardware keyboard, the soft input method does not appear. http://developer.android.com/training/keyboard-input/visibility.html

Answer 3

Ive tried two options, but none of them worked in the emulator, as i said, i am trying to pop up soft keyboard on long-press menu:

@Override

public boolean onKeyLongPress(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)

{

            if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU)
        {
             showSoftInput.getInputMethodList();
             showSoftInput.toggleSoftInput(showSoftInput.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

            return true;
        }
        return super.onKeyLongPress(keyCode, event);
    }

second option:

View.OnLongClickListener mLongClickListener = new View.OnLongClickListener()
    {

        @Override
        public boolean onLongClick(View v)
        {

            Configuration config = RouteMapActivity.this.getResources()
                    .getConfiguration();
            if (config.hardKeyboardHidden == Configuration.HARDKEYBOARDHIDDEN_YES)
            {
                InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) RouteMapActivity.this
                        .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                imm.showSoftInput(mapView, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT); // .SHOW_FORCED);
            }
            return false;
        }

    };