Programatically Hide/Show Android Soft Keyboard not Working Api 16 working in gretherthen 16

Question

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                imm.showSoftInput(Search_client,
                        InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

Answer 1

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

to show keyboard

public void ShowKeyboard(View view){
 imm.showSoftInput(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}

to hide keyboard

public void HideKeyboard(View view){
     imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
    }