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mohamede1945
mohamede1945

Reputation: 7198

How can I force display the keyboard in landscape mode?

How can I force display the virtual keyboard in landscape mode in startup of the activity? and this keyboard doesn't fill the entire screen so I can display some views above the keyboard.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2478

Answers (3)

lenooh
lenooh

Reputation: 10682

This is the only combination that worked for me:

private void hideKeyboard() {
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) this.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    View view = this.getCurrentFocus();
    if (view != null && imm != null) {
        imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
    }
}

and to show it:

private void showKeyboard(View view){
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    if (imm != null) {
        imm.showSoftInput(view, 0);
    }
}

I also added android:imeOptions="flagNoExtractUi" to the view in XML.

Upvotes: 0

Yevgeny Simkin
Yevgeny Simkin

Reputation: 28379

Please refer to my answer at a similar question here: How to open only half keyboard in Landscape mode?

For the solution.

You'll need to introduce an attribute of android:imeOptions="flagNoExtractUi" into your xml to produce the effect you seek.

Upvotes: 1

RamboWang
RamboWang

Reputation: 272

I guess you are talking to force to show the soft keyboard in landscape mode in a device with hard keyboard, right?

We can do this by following code:

InputMethodManager input = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if(input != null)
    input.showSoftInput(view, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

Upvotes: 0

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