EditText request focus

Question

I am designing a login page as:

UserName:  .....

Password:  .....

     LoginButton

When the activity starts, I want the focus to go to "UserName" textbox and the keyboard to appear.

I am using the following code:

    boolean checkFocus=user.requestFocus();
    Log.i("CheckFocus", ""+checkFocus);
    if(checkFocus==true)
    {
    InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    mgr.showSoftInput(user, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
    }

I don't understand where to write this code to make the keyboard appear when the activity starts and focus is on the "UserName" editText box. Can anyone please guide me?

Awais Tariq · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-31T09:41:59.560

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Programatically:

edittext.requestFocus();

Through xml:

<EditText...>
    <requestFocus />
</EditText>

Or call onClick method manually.

edited Aug 31 '15 at 09:41

answered Nov 10 '11 at 10:09

Awais Tariq

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no in Layout XML where you declare edit text.. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2743559/set-initial-focus-in-an-android-application – Awais Tariq Nov 10 '11 at 10:17
you are testing on which device?? sometime Android O/S doesn't open keyboard even after on focus while activity start. This often happens in small screen devices.. Actually o/s intelligently detects the screen size and decides whether to show keyboard or not.. Another thing you can try is to call onclick listner of your edit text box manually...like : editText.onClick(null); and also make a check in onClick listner to handle null event (i.e prevent application from being crashed..) – Awais Tariq Nov 10 '11 at 10:28
I am testing it on HTC desire. – Kanika Nov 10 '11 at 10:29
no still that was not working..U tell me one thing that when my activity starts ,then first it would create xml file and using setcontentView(), – Kanika Nov 10 '11 at 10:46
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/4873/discussion-between-awais-tariq-and-kanika) – Awais Tariq Nov 10 '11 at 10:47
and only after this statement ,I am setting user.requestfocus()...then why its not showing me the QWERTY keypad? – Kanika Nov 10 '11 at 10:47

score 26 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 19 '17 at 09:51

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Yes, I got the answer.. just simply edit the manifest file as:

        <activity android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible" />

and set EditText.requestFocus() in onCreate()..

Thanks..

edited Aug 19 '17 at 09:51

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answered Nov 10 '11 at 11:47

Kanika

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This should be the accepted answer instead, this is the only thing that worked for me! thanks mate – Stillie Sep 14 '16 at 07:33

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 10 '11 at 10:07

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youredittext.requestFocus() call it from activity

oncreate();

and use the above code there

edited Nov 10 '11 at 10:07

Sai Kalyan Kumar Akshinthala

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answered Nov 10 '11 at 10:06

drooooooid

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user=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1); pass=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText2); – Kanika Nov 10 '11 at 10:13
I did..but it was not working..I already appended my code after these lines – Kanika Nov 10 '11 at 10:23
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4668210/automatic-popping-up-keyboard-on-start-activity – drooooooid Nov 10 '11 at 10:30

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 21 '21 at 15:31

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having the soft keyboard disabled (only external keyboards enabled), I fixed it by moving the cursors at the end on the EditText:

editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length)

answered Jul 21 '21 at 15:31

Alberto M

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Dec 12 '22 at 12:27

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You can write your code like:

if (TextUtils.isEmpty(username)) {
    editTextUserName.setError("Please enter username");
    editTextUserName.requestFocus();
    return;
}

if (TextUtils.isEmpty(password)) {
    editTextPassword.setError("Enter a password");
    editTextPassword.requestFocus();
    return;
}

edited Dec 12 '22 at 12:27

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answered Mar 05 '20 at 06:16

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 29 '21 at 11:03

Set to the Activity in Manifest:

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"

Set focus, when a view is ready:

fun setFocus(view: View, showKeyboard: Boolean = true){
    view.post {
        if (view.requestFocus() && showKeyboard)
            activity?.openKeyboard() // call extension function
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 13 '22 at 07:12

I know its too late but only solution is working for me is

edittext.requestFocus()   
edittext.dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent.obtain(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN,0f,0f,0))    
edittext.dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent.obtain(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),MotionEvent.ACTION_UP,0f,0f,0))

I used this to open keyboard programatically.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 06 '23 at 12:44

This worked for me perfectly in 2023.

add below line in manifest file for the activity you want the keyboard to open.

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible"

And in activity/Fragment add

 if (editText.text.isNullOrEmpty()) {
            editText.requestFocus()
        }

If you do'nt add this if clause keyboard will open in activity resume state as well.

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