Can not open soft keyboard in EditText control

Question

I want to create 1 edit text with the below condition: - User can not focus on this control in normal. - When user click on this control, soft-keyborad is displayed and user can input into this control - When user press enter on this soft-keyborad or back on device, it is closed and back to normal view with control is not focus.

I tried the below code but not work :( When starting, control is not focus: ok

When click on control, at the first click, control is focus but not display soft-keyborad

In the second click, display soft-keyborad

• When press enter button in soft-keyborad: back to screen with control is not focus: OK

• When press back button device, back to screen with control is still focus : not ok

  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
  {
  final EditText txtSearch = (EditText)this.findViewById(R.id.p60004_txt_search_str);
  txtSearch.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
  
      @Override
      public void onClick(View v) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          txtSearch.setFocusable(true);//(false);
          txtSearch.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
          txtSearch.requestFocus();
      }
  });
  txtSearch.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
  
      @Override
      public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) &&
                  (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER))
              {
                  String strSearch = txtSearch.getText().toString();
                  if (strSearch != null && strSearch != ""){
                          searchFriend(UserAPIConstants.FRIEND_SEARCH_TYPE_SC, strSearch);
                  }
  
                  hideSoftKeyboard(v);
                  txtSearch.setFocusable(false);
                  txtSearch.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
  
              }
  
          return false;
      }
  });
  public void hideSoftKeyboard (View view) {
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)this.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
  }
  

Answer 1

1. In your xml which has edittext put these values for the layout node

    android:focusable="true" 
   android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
   

   and dont put any focusable or focusable in touch mode attributes for your edittext..

2. Then in your code in onKey method remove thse lines..

    txtSearch.setFocusable(false);
      txtSearch.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
   

   and put

    txtSearch.clearFocus();
   

3. And You should override this method

   onBackPressed() 
   

   like this..

    @Override
     public void onBackPressed() {
    txtSearch.clearFocus();
    //hide the soft keyboard..
   
     }
   

Answer 2

use this in onClick()

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(yourEditText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

to close the keypad use

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(yourEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);

Answer 3

try commenting

hidekeyboard(v);

and the changes that Alex Lockwood suggested.