Soft Keyboard doesn't appear when tapping on EditText

Question

I got a really weird problem. I am working on an Android app. If I use my layout on an Activity everything works as expected. But, if I use my layout in a Fragment the Soft Keyboard doesn't show anymore when I focus an EditText.

Here is the code of my fragment:

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.EditText;

import mariohenkel.com.familycheck.R;
import mariohenkel.com.familycheck.fragment.api.BaseFragment;

/**
 * Created by Developer on 15.06.2015.
 */
public class SuchenFragment  extends BaseFragment {

    public static SuchenFragment newInstance() {
        return new SuchenFragment();
    }

    private View v;
    EditText etOrt;

    public SuchenFragment(){ }

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        Log.i("SuchenFragment", "onCreate");
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_suchen_neu, container, false);

        loadViewComponents();
        loadInfoView();

        return v;
    }

    private void loadViewComponents() {
        etOrt = (EditText) v.findViewById(R.id.editText_Ort);

        etOrt.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Log.i("onClick", "onClick");

            }
        });
    }

    private void loadInfoView() {

    }
}

The onClick() Event of the EditText fires correctly. I tried to force show the keyboard within the onClick() with following code

InputMethodManager mImm = (InputMethodManager) 
                        getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);  
mImm.showSoftInput(SearchEdit, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

but without success. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

EDIT: I am using this project https://github.com/halysongoncalves/Material-Design-Example and I am trying to use the second tab. The first one is working as expected.

EDIT2: This is my layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@android:color/white">

    <TableLayout
        android:id="@+id/tl_views"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:stretchColumns="1">
        <TableRow
            android:background="@color/accent"
            android:minHeight="60dp">

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/titel_ort"
                android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textColor="@android:color/white"
                android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceLarge"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                android:text="Ort: "/>

            <EditText
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                android:hint="Ort eingeben"
                android:id="@+id/editText_Ort"
                android:paddingRight="16dp">
                <requestFocus />
            </EditText>

        </TableRow>
        <TableRow
            android:background="@color/gruen"
            android:minHeight="60dp">
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/titel_kategorie"
                android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textColor="@android:color/white"
                android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceLarge"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                android:text="Kategorie: "/>

            <Spinner
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/spinner_Kategorie"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                android:paddingRight="16dp"
                android:spinnerMode="dropdown" />

        </TableRow>
        <TableRow
            android:background="@color/gelb"
            android:minHeight="60dp">
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/titel_suchbegriff"
                android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textColor="@android:color/white"
                android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceLarge"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                android:text="Suchbegriff: "/>

            <EditText
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/editText_Suchbegriff"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                android:hint="Suchbegriff"
                android:paddingRight="16dp"/>
        </TableRow>
    </TableLayout>
    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_below="@+id/tl_views"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="40dp"
        android:background="@color/theme_dialer_primary"
        android:gravity="center">
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/titel_suchen"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceLarge"
            android:text="Jetzt suchen"/>
    </RelativeLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

Update: One more weird thing. If I open another activity and go back to the activity which hosts the fragments the keyboard is working as expected...

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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In your xml use, in your EditText tags

<requestFocus />

source : EditText request focus

Also checkout : Android: show soft keyboard automatically when focus is on an EditText

P.S. Little exploration on SO or Google would have the problem, and will save your time of writing the question.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Jun 15 '15 at 14:27

Rachit Mishra

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Unfortunately that didn't work. I added the to the appropriate EditText but still no luck. – hariom Jun 15 '15 at 14:31
What is your AndroidManifest declaration for this activity? – Rachit Mishra Jun 15 '15 at 14:32
– hariom Jun 15 '15 at 14:35
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does the emulator has show soft input enabled? also add your layout! – Rachit Mishra Jun 15 '15 at 14:37
I am debugging on a real device (Galaxy Nexus). I added my layout to the original post – hariom Jun 15 '15 at 14:39
try giving an inputType to the EditText – Rachit Mishra Jun 15 '15 at 14:39
Still no luck after adding input type – hariom Jun 15 '15 at 14:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '15 at 08:58

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After recreating my project step by step I found my mistake.

In my first fragment I used an AsyncTask with .get() to aquire a SID from a server. After I removed that .get() and changed my following logic everything worked as expected.

answered Jun 16 '15 at 08:58

hariom

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Soft Keyboard doesn't appear when tapping on EditText

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