Doesn't show Keyboard when requesting EditText after Dialog

Question

I have a problem.

I made custom Dialog(loading spinner). I touching down the Button. Then opens RelativeLayout with table and edit text which works like search.

My problem is that when i show loader between button touch and opening Layout it focuses on EditText but doesn't show keyboard. When i don't use my dialog, it works fine. I tried it on foreground and in thread - the same result.

XML:

        <ProgressBar
            android:layout_width="100dp"
            android:layout_height="100dp"
            android:indeterminateOnly="false"
            android:id="@+id/loader_spiner"

            android:background = "@xml/progress"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

    </RelativeLayout>

Code:

 public void prepareLoader(){
        loader = new Dialog(context);
        loader.setContentView(R.layout.ag_loader);
        loader.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT));
        spinerLoader = (ProgressBar) loader.findViewById(R.id.loader_spiner);
    }

    public void showLoader(){

        spinerLoader.startAnimation(AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.xml.splash_spinner));
        loader.show();
    }

    public static void hideLoader(){

        loader.hide();

    }

Thanks a lot.

have you checked this? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5105354/how-to-show-soft-keyboard-when-edittext-is-focused — salihgueler, Oct 09 '15 at 11:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 09 '15 at 12:21

in 'loader.show()' you can try this code to show keyboard:

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

or:

loader.setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);

or:

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

or if not work again try it:

Handler delayedRun = new Handler();
delayedRun.post(new Runnable() {
  @Override
  public void run() {
    youreditText.requestFocus();
    InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    mgr.showSoftInput(youreditText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
  }
});

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 17 '16 at 11:46

I found a solution with getting some time for keyboard to appear.

new android.os.Handler().postDelayed(
    new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            if (thisSearchable) {
                InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                imm.showSoftInput(searchInput, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
            }
        }
    }, 300);

Doesn't show Keyboard when requesting EditText after Dialog

2 Answers2