Is it possible to open virtual keyboard forcefully?

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Is it possible to popup virtual keyboard when some command is being received from server? I am trying to call focus on text area but soft keyboard is not coming. I agree that for keyboard to popup, user event is required. Is there any way to show virtual keyboard forcefully? I am talking about web app inside Android chrome browser.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5593053/open-soft-keyboard-programmatically — Niko, Mar 06 '13 at 09:53
Are you talking about a native app or a web app inside Android browser ? — sdabet, Mar 06 '13 at 09:53

bbsimonbb · Answer 1 · 2017-05-24T13:23:30.187

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You can do this by calling focus() then click() on the input, but, as you say, only when the script is initiated by user input. My current answer, having spent a day fiddling, is that there is no way to get around this.

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answered May 23 '17 at 12:15

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Thanks, "calling `focus()` then `click()` on the input" was precisely what I was looking for and it worked. – Dário Mar 17 '18 at 01:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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This question may help you: Showing Android's soft keyboard when a field is .focus()'d using javascript

In your case you could try to have a hidden text input field on your page and trigger a click event on it when the command is received from the server.

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 09:54

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myEdit);
InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
// only will trigger it if no physical keyboard is open
mgr.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

May this will help you

Is it possible to open virtual keyboard forcefully?

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