Android - show keyboard programmatically

Question

I have an EditText field which is disabled at the beginning.

I would like to set it to enabled, put the cursor on it and the keyboard should be visible.

I tried the following code and all works - only the keyboard will not be shown.

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState{
    editText.setEnabled(true);
    editText.requestFocus();
    getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}

see this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8991522/how-can-i-set-the-focus-and-display-the-keyboard-on-my-edittext-programmatic — Rachita Nanda, Dec 16 '15 at 07:31

Nabeel K · Accepted Answer · 2023-03-22T03:54:22.793

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This is possibly a deprecated solution now.

For hiding keyboard:

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

For Showing keyboard:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)   getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

edited Mar 22 '23 at 03:54

answered Dec 16 '15 at 07:42

Nabeel K

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I run your code in `onCreate` and it doesn't work for me. – Saeed Neamati Jul 19 '18 at 08:01
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Since you're using "toggleSoftInput" to show keyboard you can use it for both showing and hiding since its toggling. – Marc Alexander Jan 28 '19 at 22:32
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toggleSoftInput is deprecated – Wajid Mar 16 '22 at 07:43
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Use imm.showSoftInput(view, 0) instead of toggleSoftInput as it's depreciated. – Farruh Habibullaev Jan 24 '23 at 19:21

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 16 '15 at 07:45

try my showKeyboard method

 public static void showKeyboard(EditText mEtSearch, Context context) {
    mEtSearch.requestFocus();
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY, 0);
}

public static void hideSoftKeyboard(EditText mEtSearch, Context context) {
    mEtSearch.clearFocus();
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mEtSearch.getWindowToken(), 0);


}

I'd just remove Context from params and take it from mEtSearch.getContext() — Eugene Voronoy, Dec 08 '20 at 22:28

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 16 '15 at 07:38

You can use this method for showing keyboard forcefully after calling requestFocus() on EditText.

public static void showKeyboard(FragmentActivity activity) {
        InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(activity.getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
    }

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