Android show digits keypad on activity start

Question

As stated in the title, how do I call the digits keypad on activity start? Right now I have this:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

in OnCreate. But this is just a normal full keyboard with letters.

Did you try this one: android:inputType="number" in your xml-layout? — Marc Juschkeit, Aug 01 '11 at 14:22
Yeah but it doesn't work... note I have no edittext box etc, just a linear layout with listview. But I want the keypad to appear. — bunbun, Aug 01 '11 at 14:27
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509719/android-how-to-make-the-keypad-always-visible — Marc Juschkeit, Aug 01 '11 at 14:31
hey thank I have seen that already. But what I really need is the numeric/digits keypad. That one only solves for the normal keyboard — bunbun, Aug 01 '11 at 14:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 19 '13 at 20:59

this was my aproach.

To show it

InputMethodManager lIMManager

lIMManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(this.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
lIMManager.getInputMethodList();
lIMManager.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

To hide it

mIMManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(txtPin.getWindowToken(), 0);

The down side is that you have to close it by hand( it wont even close if you close the app) Hope this helps! Regards

Android show digits keypad on activity start

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