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Douglas Fornaro
Douglas Fornaro

Reputation: 2037

requestFocus on EditText not working

I'd like that when I start an activity my edit text open keyboard automatically

I'm using this code

<EditText
            android:id="@+id/add_account_et_name"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="@dimen/component_height"
            android:background="@android:color/transparent"
            android:ellipsize="start"
            android:ems="10"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:hint="@string/account_name"
            android:inputType="textCapWords"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearance" >

            <requestFocus />
        </EditText>

It's not working!!

I'm using the same edittext in another activity and it's working! Why??? Anybody can help me?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1435

Answers (1)

Philipp Jahoda
Philipp Jahoda

Reputation: 51411

In your manifest file, try adding the following to the activity that you want to show the keyboard when the activity starts:

<activity android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible" ... />

Another way:

EditText et = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourEditText);
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(et, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

Upvotes: 2

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