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Soft Keyboard shows up on EditText focus ONLY once


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!


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Comments

  1. Try this code,

    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);

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  2. try this:

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

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  3. 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);
    }

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