EditText not displaying keyboard

Question

I have an EditText in a service but when I click on it my keyboard doesn't show up. Any reasons for this? or is there some extra code for showing keyboard? but the EditText still acts like one. For example, I tried to copy random text and tried to past it and it works just fine but just that the keyboard isn't showing when I click on it. Please help me out

Code

private EditText messageArea;

onCreate

 messageArea = (EditText) myview.findViewById(R.id.input_message);

XML

        <EditText
        android:paddingVertical="5dp"
        android:paddingHorizontal="10dp"
        android:textColorHint="@color/white"
        android:hint="Write a message..."
        android:id="@+id/input_message"
        android:textColor="@color/white"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/add_image"
        android:layout_toStartOf="@+id/send_message" />

Its a service and not an activity or a fragment

Code

        params = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
            750, 1250,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_PHONE,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE,
            PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);

    params.gravity = Gravity.CENTER | Gravity.CENTER;

    wm.addView(myview, params);
    params.x = 0;
    params.y = 0;

Check if keyboard is not disabled anywhere in your code. https://stackoverflow.com/a/10636686/6891563 — Khemraj Sharma, Oct 17 '18 at 09:46
But i have no such code... So how can i enable it if its disabled? because i have never seen any example of an edittext in service so im not sure @Khemraj — , Oct 17 '18 at 09:48
Or is there some code for opening keyboard in android? @Khemraj Like programatically — , Oct 17 '18 at 09:53
It is default behaviour that If you click on EditText then your keyboard opens. — Khemraj Sharma, Oct 17 '18 at 10:03
Make a new sample app, run in your mobile, there is something in your device or your code that is blocking keyboard, you must identify that. By making sample app you will be clear if that is your code issue or device issue. — Khemraj Sharma, Oct 17 '18 at 10:13
@MichelleKinsten Why did you do the ui in a service? Why not use an activity or fragment? — Vall0n, Oct 17 '18 at 10:35
@MichelleKinsten Yes this is the issue, can you try an activity/dialog/fragment-dialog? — Khemraj Sharma, Oct 17 '18 at 10:42
I want it over other apps... Can i programatically get an editText in Service? @Vall0n — , Oct 17 '18 at 10:45
Yeah new activities open from my service... just the edittext isnt opening... @Khemraj — , Oct 17 '18 at 10:48
There is no fault in code... i created a basic service and tried to put edittext in there and try it and it still isnt opening keyboard @Khemraj — , Oct 17 '18 at 10:52
As I said EditText default behaviour is showing keyboard, your code was blocking keyboard. — Khemraj Sharma, Oct 17 '18 at 11:03
That's why we say, whenever you ask question then show code always. Happy coding — Khemraj Sharma, Oct 17 '18 at 11:03

Sanyam Saini · Answer 1 · 2018-10-17T10:18:24.017

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<EditText
    android:paddingVertical="5dp"
    android:paddingHorizontal="10dp"
    android:textColorHint="@color/white"
    android:hint="Write a message..."
    android:id="@+id/input_message"
    android:textColor="@color/black"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/add_image"

change it to this. You have given textcolor white that's why it is not showing up.Change it to black or any other color to show up there.

edited Oct 17 '18 at 10:18

answered Oct 17 '18 at 10:16

Sanyam Saini

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But the background is black – Oct 17 '18 at 10:17
try making the height to wrap_content. @MichelleKinsten – Sanyam Saini Oct 17 '18 at 10:20
you are saying background is black but there is no background attribute in edittext. which background is black? – Sanyam Saini Oct 17 '18 at 10:29
android:background="@null" – Oct 17 '18 at 10:38
but how does color relate to keyboard not opening – Oct 17 '18 at 10:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 17 '18 at 10:58

The mistake was in here

        params = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
            750, 1250,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_PHONE,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE,
            PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);

I had to remove FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE as that was preventing the keyboard from opening...

I replaced it with

        params = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
            750, 1250,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_PHONE,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL,
            PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);

EditText not displaying keyboard

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