EditText in listview inside dialogfragment will not open sw keyboard

Question

I have a dialog with dynamic content, so I've created a listview inside this dialog and then an Adapter which decides what layout each item has,

Adapter chooses from 3 layouts,

one contains checkbox - works fine
second contains spinner - works fine
third contains edittext - SW keyboard will never display

Here is the edittext item layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:orientation="horizontal"
              android:layout_width="match_parent"
              android:layout_height="match_parent"
              android:minHeight="?android:listPreferredItemHeight"
              android:paddingStart="24dp"
              android:paddingEnd="24dp"
>

    <TextView
            android:id="@+id/name"
            android:layout_width="200dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="2"
            android:text="Test"
            android:gravity="center_vertical"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    />

    <EditText

            android:id="@+id/value"
            android:layout_width="300dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:gravity="center_vertical"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
            android:focusable="true"
    />

</LinearLayout>

and the adapter choosing a layout:

class FieldAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<ProfileField> {
    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        final ProfileField field = getItem(position);
        switch (field.type) {
            case ProfileFieldType.CUSTOM_TEXT:
                convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.scanprofile_dialog_edit_item, parent, false);
                break;
            case ProfileFieldType.CUSTOM_CHECK:
                convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.scanprofile_dialog_checkbox_item, parent, false);
                break;
            default:
                ProfileField.ListProfileField listField = (ProfileField.ListProfileField) field;
                convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.scanprofile_dialog_item, parent, false);
                break;
        }
        return convertView;
    }
    ...
}

I've tried adding this to onCreateDialog

final AlertDialog alertDialog = builder.create();
final Window dialogWindow = alertDialog.getWindow();
dialogWindow.clearFlags(
        WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM);
dialogWindow.setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE);
return alertDialog;

But it didn't help at all.

Any ideas why the SW keyboard is not shown?

tried that, in fact the `android:focusable="true"` was added as one of hopeless tries — Mazmart, Dec 17 '15 at 08:38
I have used `dialog.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);` and it is working fine for me. — vijaypalod, Dec 17 '15 at 10:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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EditText View inside ListView is not supported in android as both need focus to work properly. In Your case all the event are consume by ListView that's why keyboard is not opening when you are trying to clicking on EditText view. You can give focus to EditTextView but it will create problem in ListView functionality.

You can either put EditText in header/footer of ListView or if you have fix number of view like only 3 then directly plot those view on dialog view instead of inflating them inside ListView.

Refer the here if you still want to use EditText inside ListView.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Dec 17 '15 at 08:38

VikasGoyal

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Hmm, well it is up to user to combine the number of items so what you are saying is that either I will create the layout all programatically or I am out of luck? – Mazmart Dec 17 '15 at 08:40
Refer the added link for your question. – VikasGoyal Dec 17 '15 at 08:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 17 '15 at 08:48

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add in xml

<EditText...>
<requestFocus />

add in code

  boolean checkFocus=youredittext.requestFocus();
Log.i("CheckFocus", ""+checkFocus);
if(checkFocus==true)
{
InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
mgr.showSoftInput(youredittext, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}

answered Dec 17 '15 at 08:48

Mayuresh Gawande

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this didn't help, the edittext has focus, cursor is blinking but the keyboard is not shown – Mazmart Dec 17 '15 at 08:55

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 17 '15 at 08:55

you can try this code (help you proactively do it) any time you want)

//edittext demo code

final EditText myEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText);
    myEditText.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
            myEditText.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {

                    InputMethodManager keyboard = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                    keyboard.showSoftInput(myEditText, 0);
                }
            }, 50); //require system show soft keyboard after 50 miliseconds
        }
    });

EditText in listview inside dialogfragment will not open sw keyboard

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