Give a certain EditText focus

Question

I'm using 2 EditText next to each other, the left one gains focus on the fragment startup, I want to give the right one focus I've tried to call requestFocus() on the right EditText but it's not working

public View onCreateView(@NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable ViewGroup container, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.sandwich_fragment,container, false);

        sandwichNameEditText = view.findViewById(R.id.sandwich_name_edit_text);
        sandwichPriceEditText = view.findViewById(R.id.sandwich_price_edit_text);
        insertSandwichImageView = view.findViewById(R.id.insert_sandwich_btn);
        sandwichListView = view.findViewById(R.id.sandwich_list);

        dbHandler = new DBHandler(getContext(),null);
        sandwichArrayList = dbHandler.getSandwiches();

        final SandwichListAdapter adpater = new SandwichListAdapter(getContext(),
                R.layout.sandwich_item, sandwichArrayList);

            sandwichListView.setAdapter(adpater);


        insertSandwichImageView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
        {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v)
            {
                if(sandwichNameEditText.getText().toString().equals("") || sandwichPriceEditText.getText().toString().equals("")){
                    Toast.makeText(getContext(),"No empty strings.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    return;
                }
                Sandwich sandwich = new Sandwich(sandwichNameEditText.getText().toString(),
                        Double.parseDouble(sandwichPriceEditText.getText().toString()));
                dbHandler.addSandwich(sandwich);
                adpater.add(sandwich);
                sandwichNameEditText.setText("");
                sandwichPriceEditText.setText("");
                sandwichNameEditText.requestFocus(); // working here

            }
        });
        sandwichNameEditText.requestFocus(); // not working here
        return view;

Show what you have tried so far. – Lekr0 Dec 09 '18 at 10:04 — Lekr0, Dec 09 '18 at 10:04
Please add some code snippets. – G. Spyridakis Dec 09 '18 at 10:09 — G. Spyridakis, Dec 09 '18 at 10:09
sorry, but I thought the question is clear. – Ahmed Nabil Dec 09 '18 at 10:12 — Ahmed Nabil, Dec 09 '18 at 10:12

magicleon94 · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-10T08:14:20.110

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Try to call requestFocus in the onViewCreated method.

The request for focus is something you should do once your View is created.

You can find some insights about the difference between onCreateView and onViewCreated methods for a Fragment here.

That said, you should move your view elements initialisations in the onViewCreated as well, since they're something you want to do after the view is created and not while it's being created. Just leave the inflate logic there, and do the other logic once the View is there.

edited Dec 10 '18 at 08:14

answered Dec 10 '18 at 08:07

magicleon94

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Glad to have helped, happy coding! – magicleon94 Dec 10 '18 at 21:02

Give a certain EditText focus

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