When i focus on edit text with numeric input type, standart qwerty keyboard pops up

Question

I have set my EditText field like this:

   <EditText
        android:inputType="number"
        android:layout_width="130dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/editText" android:layout_gravity="center"
        />

When I click on that Edittext, correct numeric input keyboard shows up, but then immediately is replaced by the standard keyboard. If I click again, numeric keyboard appears and is not replaced by the standard keyboard. This happens in dynamically generated ListView, if that affects anything, and happens in both the emulator and the phone (samsung galaxy note). How can I prevent the standard keyboard from appearing?

Here is the actual code:

public class Delivery extends Activity {
ListView deliveryTipes;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.delivery_main);
    deliveryTipes=(ListView) findViewById(R.id.tasksID);
    String[] deliveryTipesList = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.tasks);
    deliveryTipes.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.delivery_line,R.id.taskName, deliveryTipesList));
}

}

delivery_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<ListView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/tasksID" android:layout_gravity="center" android:padding="10dp"/>
</LinearLayout>

delivery_line.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:orientation="horizontal"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:paddingLeft="10dp" android:paddingRight="10dp">

<TextView
        android:layout_width="130dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Task Name"
        android:id="@+id/taskName" android:layout_gravity="left|center_vertical" android:textStyle="bold"/>
<Space
        android:layout_width="50dp"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:id="@+id/space"/>
<EditText

        android:inputType="number"
        android:layout_width="130dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/editText" android:layout_gravity="center"
        />
</LinearLayout>

I noticed that Android doesn't like having EditText inside a ListView line. If you can redesign your program to have EditText separately (e.g. you click a ListView line and get an EditText in a dialog) it should work. — cyanide, Apr 09 '13 at 11:19
Look at [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2680077/315306) — Raffaele, Apr 09 '13 at 11:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '13 at 11:21

This kind of problems are very annoying. The short story is that by default a ListView is meant to simply show items, and optionally select them.

ListView doesn't assume its children to be focusable, it handles the focus by itself and triggers the appropriate listeners. When you start putting focusable widgets in a ListView, things soon get wild. Post the actual code, and you'll have more chances to get help.

When i focus on edit text with numeric input type, standart qwerty keyboard pops up

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