Soft Keyboard shows up on EditText focus ONLY once

Question

Thanks for reading.

I am facing a strange problem: My app behavior is such that when the Activity starts, I requestFocus() on an EditText and show the soft keyboard.

However, when I press the back button to dismiss the keyboard and tap the EditText I don't get the keyboard to pop up ever again. Only way out is to the start the Activity again.

Here's what my code looks like:


EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
editText.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        if(imm != null) {
            imm.toggleSoftInput(0, 0);
            imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);    
        }

And here's my XML:


<EditText android:id="@+id/editText" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:imeOptions="actionSearch" android:hint="Test Hint"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" 
        android:maxLength="30"> 
</EditText>

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Lalit Poptani · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-11T02:34:39.160

Try to open and hide inside a Runnable as,

TO OPEN

                 ettext.requestFocus();
                 ettext.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        InputMethodManager keyboard = (InputMethodManager)
                        getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                        keyboard.showSoftInput(ettext, 0);
                    }
                },200);

TO CLOSE

                    ettext.requestFocus();
                    ettext.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        InputMethodManager keyboard = (InputMethodManager)
                        getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                        keyboard.hideSoftInputFromWindow(ettext.
                                                         getWindowToken(), 0);
                    }
                },200);

That worked! I just used the Open Keyboard code though. I just hit Back key to hide the keyboard. Thanks! :) — Sagar Hatekar, Sep 05 '11 at 04:18
I've done this same solution before I arrived at this page - but I just wanted an explanation on why our solution works — Ryhan, Sep 15 '15 at 18:13

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '11 at 03:48

6

You used the wrong view for showing the input window.

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
editText.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager imm =(InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if(imm != null) {
    imm.showSoftInput(editText, 0); 
}

answered Sep 03 '11 at 03:48

Ron

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thanks for pointing out, I just corrected it. It was a typo while framing the question. But original code has correct view. – Sagar Hatekar Sep 05 '11 at 04:01

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 03 '11 at 04:06

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try this:

final InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)EnterWordsActivity.this.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    if (imm != null)
    {
        imm.toggleSoftInput(YOUE_EDTITE_TEXT.SHOW_FORCED,1);
    }

answered Sep 03 '11 at 04:06

Shreyash Mahajan

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You mean imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 1); right? If yes, that didn't work :( Thanks for your time. – Sagar Hatekar Sep 05 '11 at 04:05
@SagarHatekar You might have added something to your manifest. I have already try it out many times. It work proper. – Shreyash Mahajan Sep 16 '15 at 10:30

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 13 '19 at 00:15

None of above work until i clear the forces textField.clearFocus(); before requesting focus, so my final code in onResume looks like this.

   @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        Log.d(TAG, "onResume: ");
        resumed = true;
        textField.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                textField.clearFocus();
                textField.requestFocus();
                if (!editMode)
                    textField.getText().clear();
                inputMathodType = SharedPref.read(SharedPref.KEY_INPUT_MATHOD_SHARED_PREF, -1);
                setInputMethod();

            }
        }, 200);
    }

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 06 '14 at 05:21

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Used this coding in your Activity,It will hide your keyboard this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

answered Feb 06 '14 at 05:21

Jagan

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 15 '22 at 10:12

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I faced the same problems for days. Solutions provided with creating threads and delays in the code are not efficient. The framework has solution. you can check my short solution here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/74442682/6906562

answered Nov 15 '22 at 10:12

Araz

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Soft Keyboard shows up on EditText focus ONLY once

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