Open soft keyboard programmatically

Question

I have an activity with no child widgets for it and the corresponding xml file is,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/myLayout"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:focusable="true"
>
</LinearLayout>

and I want to open soft keyboard programmatically while the activity gets start.and what I've tried upto now is,

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    if (inputMethodManager != null) {
        inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
    }

Give me some guidance.

hi vignesh but what is the need to open soft keyboard without any textView? — milind, Apr 08 '11 at 09:24
Actually I'm trying to use key listener in that activity, for that I need to do so. — Vignesh, Apr 08 '11 at 09:29
What you have done is correct. I am not sure why you are not seeing the keyboard. I used this code once to launch the keyboard without any user action on a editText and it was successful. — Vinoth, Apr 08 '11 at 11:15
Hi Vinoth, I've changed my code as exactly as DSouza posts and I've updated in my question too, so check is there anything I've to change. — Vignesh, Apr 08 '11 at 11:59

score 157 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 01 '17 at 08:14

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I have used the following lines to display the soft keyboard manually inside the onclick event, and the keyboard is visible.

InputMethodManager inputMethodManager =
    (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(
    linearLayout.getApplicationWindowToken(),
    InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

But I'm still not able to open this while the activity gets opened, so are there any solution for this?

edited Dec 01 '17 at 08:14

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answered Apr 11 '11 at 05:31

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@YosiTaguri, much more elegant if you are dealing with activities. And what about fragments ?! +1 for both answers – S.Thiongane Feb 19 '14 at 15:07
and what if you have to open keyboard on dialog having edit text? How to do that? – seema May 14 '14 at 08:02
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@Vignesh : you need to give some delay like 500 milliseconds while opening the keyboard if you want to implement this code at time of launching the activity. – Vinit Saxena Jun 19 '16 at 14:09
@vinitsaxena Thank you for your valuable comment – Vignesh Jun 20 '16 at 11:19
i am not sure but i was try get any view for example TextView and append listener like this myTextView.post(new Runnable() { public void run() { //here your method } }); and when this view will create it means that all screen visible now you can call whatever you want – Sirop4ik Jun 28 '16 at 12:15

score 130 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '11 at 14:15

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In your manifest file, try adding the following to the <activity> that you want to show the keyboard when the activity starts:

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible"

This should cause the keyboard to become visible when the activity starts.

For more options, checkout the documentation.

answered Oct 13 '11 at 14:15

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Wish I could upvote more often for this answer just to get all those dirty hacks to the bottom of the page ;) – fjdumont May 08 '12 at 17:47
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How do you do this programatically? I only want the keyboard to automatically show in certain situations. – phreakhead Jan 03 '13 at 21:56
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i have input dialog like this link [link](http://www.mkyong.com/android/android-prompt-user-input-dialog-example/) how to show keyboard not on activity but on prompt? this did work thank InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); if (inputMethodManager != null) { inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0); } – shareef May 11 '13 at 18:13
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He says "programmatically". – Mert Akcakaya Aug 07 '13 at 06:54
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It doesn't work for me. Instead, this does: android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible" – Rendicahya Oct 24 '13 at 16:28
works well - particularly if you know that a screen will always need (or not need) a keyboard – Shaun Neal Jan 13 '14 at 18:51
Awesome answer. I was weary of the answers that say to use a runnable with a 300 MS timeout to constantly request focus. – JakeWilson801 Apr 18 '16 at 20:20

score 39 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 17 '15 at 04:39

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Please follow the below code. I am sure your problem will be solved.

if (imm != null){
        imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,0);
   }

edited Dec 17 '15 at 04:39

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answered Apr 11 '11 at 06:49

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Hi I just pasted your code inside onCreate function but still there is no change in my activity, if you want me to paste the code, I'll paste in comment. – Vignesh Apr 11 '11 at 07:16
When you want to access the softkeyboard please tell me so that i resolve your problem. Please send me code.... if possible – AndroidDanger Apr 11 '11 at 07:37
I want to set onKeyboardActionListener for my activity which has nothing other than linear layout. – Vignesh Apr 11 '11 at 07:43
Just see my question above in which I have edited the code with what you have provided for me. – Vignesh Apr 11 '11 at 07:48
This activity is only for keyboard action, I want to listen to each key pressed (using onKeyboardActionListener)and I'll pass it to the local server simultaneously – Vignesh Apr 11 '11 at 08:10
I know I'm three years late, but I've found this solution is correct if you use it inside the onCreateView method. – cbuchart Feb 14 '14 at 15:08

score 29 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 06 '13 at 01:29

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This is works

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

or

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

answered Sep 06 '13 at 01:29

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Thanks for the programmatic way of setting this - this works, while the InputMethodManager hacks do not. – Martin Vysny May 21 '14 at 14:21

score 20 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 24 '12 at 07:16

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All I needed was to expose the keyboard, in a very precise moment. This worked for me! Thanks Benites.

    private Handler mHandler= new Handler();

And in the very precise moment:

    mHandler.post(
    new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            InputMethodManager inputMethodManager =  (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(yourEditText.getApplicationWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
            yourEditText.requestFocus();
        }
    });

answered Aug 24 '12 at 07:16

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This solution worked for me inside onResume() with a slight modification on delaying the post action: `postDelayed( runnable, 500 /* msec */ );` – AVIDeveloper Nov 23 '13 at 22:41
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I would recommend putting it in a ViewTreeObserver callback so it gets called on the first layout to avoid having to wait for an arbitrary amount of time. It should be safer/more responsive. – Gabriel Apr 17 '15 at 17:44
Only this solution worked for me. I had previous methods before which worked but unfortunately for the latest OS, The handler is the workable solution. – MD. Shafiul Alam Biplob Dec 25 '19 at 20:35

score 17 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 09 '15 at 10:28

I have used the following lines to display the soft keyboard manually inside the onclick event.

public void showKeyboard(final EmojiconEditText ettext){
          ettext.requestFocus();
          ettext.postDelayed(new Runnable(){
            @Override public void run(){
              InputMethodManager keyboard=(InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
              keyboard.showSoftInput(ettext,0);
            }
          }
        ,200);
        }

I was struggling with this for hours. Luckily your solution works great! Thanks for sharing! — Nick, Jan 26 '21 at 16:50

score 15 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 01 '18 at 10:00

Kotlin

fun hideKeyboard(activity: Activity) {
    val view = activity.currentFocus
    val methodManager = activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
    assert(view != null)
    methodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view!!.windowToken, InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS)
}

private fun showKeyboard(activity: Activity) {
    val view = activity.currentFocus
    val methodManager = activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
    assert(view != null)
    methodManager.showSoftInput(view, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT)
}

Java

public static void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
    View view = activity.getCurrentFocus();
    InputMethodManager methodManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    assert methodManager != null && view != null;
    methodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}

private static void showKeyboard(Activity activity) {
    View view = activity.getCurrentFocus();
    InputMethodManager methodManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    assert methodManager != null && view != null;
    methodManager.showSoftInput(view, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}

score 12 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 19 '12 at 14:57

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Put that in onResume method:

findViewById(R.id.root_view_of_your_activity_layout).post(
new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
        InputMethodManager inputMethodManager =  (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(yourEditText.getApplicationWindowToken(),     InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
        yourEditText.requestFocus();
    }
});

the runnable is needed because when the OS fires the onResume method you can't be sure that all the views where draw, so the post method called from your root layout makes it wait till every view is ready.

answered Jul 19 '12 at 14:57

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I had a SearchView in a DialogFragment and the first time the Dialog came up the SearchView had focus... but the keyboard was NOT up unless the user touched it. We had trying to just use showSoftInput and also toggleSoftInputFromWindow from the OnResume ALONE... or even in the OnFocusChangeListener for the SearchView... but none of those worked because they seemed to fire before the window was up and drawn......using this post event in the OnResume finally solved it. – lepert Sep 16 '13 at 20:52
i had a custom edittext in it's `onAttachedToWindow()` method i just called `requestFocus()` it worked in dialog fragment same thing didn't work in normal fragment couldn't understand why? – Abhinav Chauhan May 29 '21 at 10:40

Alex · Answer 9 · 2016-12-06T09:36:44.357

in onCreate method of activity or onActivityCreated of a fragment

....
view.getViewTreeObserver().addOnPreDrawListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onPreDraw() {
            view.removeOnPreDrawListener(this);
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

            // !Pay attention to return `true`
            // Chet Haase told to 
            return true;
        }
    });

score 9 · Answer 10 · edited Oct 21 '15 at 19:08

seems like this is working

 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_patientid);

        editText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.selectPatient);
        //editText.requestFocus(); //works without that

    }

@Override
    protected void onResume() {

        findViewById(R.id.selectPatient).postDelayed(
        new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                 editText.requestFocus();
                InputMethodManager inputMethodManager =  (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(editText,InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
            }
        },100);
        super.onResume();
    }

seems this works better: in manifest:

<application>
    <activity
        android:name="com.doodkin.myapp.ReportActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_report"
        android:screenOrientation="sensor" 
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" > // add this or stateVisible
    </activity>
</application>

seems the manifest working in android 4.2.2 but not working in android 4.0.3

score 9 · Answer 11 · answered Dec 01 '17 at 07:21

I used it as singleton like:

public static void showSoftKeyboard(final Context context, final EditText editText) {
        try {
            editText.requestFocus();
            editText.postDelayed(
                    new Runnable() {
                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            InputMethodManager keyboard = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                            keyboard.showSoftInput(editText, 0);
                        }
                    }
                    , 200);
        } catch (NullPointerException npe) {
            npe.printStackTrace();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

Use it in your activity like:

showSoftKeyboard(this, yourEditTextToFocus);

Thank you very much for including a short snippet on how to use the function as well as the function itself. It works exactly as I needed it to! — Chad Wilson, Apr 26 '20 at 13:47

score 8 · Answer 12 · answered Oct 14 '12 at 13:30

I have used like this to show the soft keyboard programatically and this is worked for me to prevent the auto resize of the screen while launching the keyboard.

In manifest:

<activity android:name="XXXActivity" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan">
</activity>

In XXXActvity:

EditText et =  (EditText))findViewById(R.id.edit_text);  
  Timer timer = new Timer();
            TimerTask task = new TimerTask() {

                @Override
                public void run() {
                    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager=(InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                    inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(et.getApplicationWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

                }
            };
            timer.schedule(task, 200);

I assume this will save others time to search for this problem.

Works, but the keyboard remains visible even if you exit the app, and once you close the keyboard if you open again the app, the keyboard does not appear — nulll, Jul 29 '13 at 14:33
I didn't faced this problem till now. I assume that it is device problem. — Noundla Sandeep, Jul 30 '13 at 07:31

score 5 · Answer 13 · answered Jan 29 '16 at 16:07

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InputMethodManager inputMethodManager=(InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,0);

answered Jan 29 '16 at 16:07

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score 5 · Answer 14 · answered Feb 24 '19 at 19:48

This works:

private static void showKeyboard(Activity activity) {
    View view = activity.getCurrentFocus();
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
}

And you call this method like this:

showKeyboard(NameOfActivity.this);

score 4 · Answer 15 · answered Jun 29 '17 at 11:28

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

Use above code in onResume() to open soft Keyboard

answered Jun 29 '17 at 11:28

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score 4 · Answer 16 · answered Mar 28 '19 at 15:25

InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED isn't good choice. If you use this setting you should manage hiding keyboard state. My suggestion is like this;

    public void showSoftKeyboard(View view) {
    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    view.requestFocus();
    inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, 0);
}

Also, you can focus on view (usually EditText) taking parameters it. This makes it a more useful function

for more info about InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT and SHOW_FORCED; InputMethodManager

score 4 · Answer 17 · answered Aug 15 '19 at 12:33

public final class AAUtilKeyboard {

public static void openKeyboard(final Activity activity, final EditText editText) {
    final InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    if (imm != null) {
        imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
    }
}

public static void hideKeyboard(final Activity activity) {
    final View view = activity.getCurrentFocus();
    if (view != null) {
        final InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        if (imm != null) {
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
        }
    }
}

score 4 · Answer 18 · edited Jun 25 '21 at 08:07

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import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat.Type
import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsControllerCompat

fun Activity.openKeyboard() {
    WindowInsetsControllerCompat(window, window.decorView).show(Type.ime())
}

fun Activity.hideKeyboard() {
    WindowInsetsControllerCompat(window, window.decorView).hide(Type.ime())
}

edited Jun 25 '21 at 08:07

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Getting NoMethodFoundError in the Huawei P30, OS - Android 10 – Krunal Shah Jul 20 '22 at 05:47

EpicPandaForce · Answer 19 · 2022-07-27T15:52:12.827

Similar to the answer of @ShimonDoodkin this is what I did in a fragment.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/29229865/2413303

    passwordInput.postDelayed(new ShowKeyboard(), 300); //250 sometimes doesn't run if returning from LockScreen

Where ShowKeyboard is

private class ShowKeyboard implements Runnable {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        passwordInput.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
        passwordInput.requestFocus();            
        getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE);
        ((InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).showSoftInput(passwordInput, 0);
    }
}

After a successful input, I also make sure I hide the keyboard

getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);
((InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE))
                    .hideSoftInputFromWindow(getView().getWindowToken(), 0);

sorry your answer perfect.i confused your answer . just implemented from myside — lava, Jul 28 '22 at 08:32

score 3 · Answer 20 · answered Mar 05 '17 at 15:43

There are already too many answers but nothing worked for me apart from this

inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(emailET,InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);

I used showSoftInput with SHOW_FORCED

And my activity has

 android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible|adjustResize"

hope this helps someone

score 3 · Answer 21 · edited Aug 18 '20 at 04:44

perfectly working code to show and hide softkeyboard for edittextbox.....

// code to hide soft keyboard
public void hideSoftKeyBoard(EditText editBox) {
     InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);  
     imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editBox.getWindowToken(), 0);  
}




// code to show soft keyboard
private void showSoftKeyBoard(EditText editBox){
     InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) this.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
     editBox.requestFocus();
     inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
}

F.Mysir · Answer 22 · 2021-01-06T12:21:45.107

Based on above answers like this it works in KOTLIN as long as you have the context.

fun Context.showKeyboard(editText: EditText) {

    editText.requestFocus()
    editText.setSelection(editText.text.length)

    GlobalScope.launch {
        delay(200L)

        val inputMethodManager: InputMethodManager =
            getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
        inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(
            editText.applicationWindowToken,
            InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, 0
        )
    }
}

Then you can call it in your fragment for example as follows

requireContext().showKeyboard(binding.myEditText)

score 2 · Answer 23 · answered Apr 29 '15 at 13:14

This is the required source code :

public static void openKeypad(final Context context, final View v) 
 {
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() 
{
    @Override
    public void run() 
    {
        InputMethodManager inputManager =   (InputMethodManager)context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); 
        inputManager.showSoftInput(v, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);    
        Log.e("openKeypad", "Inside Handler");
    }
},300);}

For details , Please go through this link. This helped me. https://github.com/Nikhillosalka/Keyboard/blob/master/README.md

score 2 · Answer 24 · answered Jun 17 '18 at 16:29

Post this method in your base activity and use it other activities like a charm

public void openKeyboard() {
    InputMethodManager imm =
            (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    if (imm != null) {
        imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
    }
}

score 2 · Answer 25 · answered Aug 25 '20 at 19:19

I like to do it as an extension to Context so you can call it anywhere

fun Context.showKeyboard(editText: EditText) {
    val inputMethodManager: InputMethodManager =
        getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
    inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(
        editText.applicationWindowToken,
        InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, 0
    )
    editText.requestFocus()
    editText.setSelection(editText.text.length)
}

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

score 2 · Answer 26 · answered Jun 17 '22 at 07:36

In the Kotlin, you can use the below extension functions to show and hide the soft keyboard.

/**
  * Extension method to provide show keyboard for [Activity].
 */
fun Activity.showSoftKeyboard() {
  if (currentFocus != null) {
    val inputMethodManager =
        getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
 inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(this.currentFocus,InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT)
   } 
}


/**
 * Extension method to provide hide keyboard for [Activity].
 */
fun Activity.hideSoftKeyboard() {
   if (currentFocus != null) {
      val inputMethodManager =
        getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
    inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(currentFocus!!.windowToken, 0)
    }
 }

That's all! Cheers!

score 1 · Answer 27 · answered May 12 '22 at 11:22

If you want the keyboard to be up along with the activity/fragment launch, you can use the below code.

new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                InputMethodManager inputMethodManager =
                        (InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(
                        etPhoneNumber.getApplicationWindowToken(),
                        InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
            }
        }, 500);

score 0 · Answer 28 · edited Aug 26 '22 at 00:08

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Best way to open Keyboard is to call the below kotlin code:

val inputMethodManager: InputMethodManager =
    getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager

inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(editText, 2)

edited Aug 26 '22 at 00:08

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score 0 · Answer 29 · answered Oct 04 '22 at 07:34

Try use this:

    fun closeKeyboard(view: View) {
    (getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager)
        .hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.windowToken, HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY)
}

fun showKeyBoard(view: View) {
    (getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager).showSoftInput(
        view,
        SHOW_IMPLICIT
    )
}

And if not work, try wrap func in a run block like this:

  view.postDelayed({showKeyBoard(view)},100)

Open soft keyboard programmatically

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