how to display a keyboard automatically

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When an activity is started, the keyboard should automatically get displayed without click of the edittext. I know that when we click the edittext, the keyboard is displayed. But I want that the keyboard should automatically get displayed. How to do this? Please reply.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '11 at 08:15

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You should consider adding android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible" to your activity xml tag in AndroidManifest.xml. More details can be found in documentation.

<manifest ...>
    ...
    <application ...>
        <activity android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible" ... />
    </application>
    ...    
</manifest>

answered Jun 06 '11 at 08:15

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Do I need to write something in the corresponding activity Java file? – sohaib rahman Jun 06 '11 at 10:42

how to display a keyboard automatically

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