Keyboard not showing on activity start: Android phones - android

I have an edittext in my activity, and on activity and on create view
I am setting the focus on the activity. while setting focus, I am also
trying to show the keyboard. It works on some devices, but on others it
just doesn't show.
I tried to step through the code and found that the view is not created, when
the show keyboard is called. Maybe that is the reason.
I am not sure what the problem is. Is there a way to make sure, that if a edit text
is in focus, the keyboard shows up on app start.
Thanks,

You can try to show the Soft Keyboard by calling the following line during onCreate:
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
I hope that helps.

In your AndroidManifest.xml, add this attribute to the <activity> tag for the Activity you want the keyboard shown:
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible"

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how to set InputType to InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER in Android Version 7.0 (nougat) and above

I have created Custom Edittext in which i set the InputType as this.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER); but the problem is it working perfectly on below 7.0(nougat) but above 7.0 it show me alphanumeric keyboard.
one another weird thing happen is when I touch the EditText, I quickly get the soft numerical keyboard, but in less than a second it automatically changes to regular soft keyboard showing all letters. also when keyboard is open, than ill press back button, than keyboard close, but when i re-enter in Edittext. keyboard is not open until i click on onther edittext then current edittext
Is this issue in Nougat or I am doing something wrong
For information i have used code to setSoftInputMode to ADJUST PAN
setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN
|WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);
and to set Numeric keypad use this.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER);
Edited -
when i remove -
setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN
|WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);
from activity every thing work fine( number keypad open at number edittext , alphanumerical keypad open at alphanumerical edittext ) except the content not goes up-direction means keypad hide edittext(because ignorance of this property SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN)
Help appreciated thanks
I tried to use setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER) on devices 7+ and didn't see the behaviour that you described. Looking for another thread, runnable or any callback which changing InputType of your EditText after opening or simultaneously.
Try setting softInputMode in your Manifest file, it might give you your desired behavior.
<activity
android:name=".YourActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan|stateAlwaysHidden" />

Issue with Soft keyboard, wanted to show an Edit text full view

I am sure this is not a duplicate question.
When I touch my edit text, android O.S. makes the Soft keyboard visible.
So that my editText lied just above the keyboard. This is usual.
But I have button in that activity which has the property as
<button
android:alignParentBottom : "true"
...
/>
And finally this button hides the half view of my edit text.
What I have already tried is :
android:windowSoftInputMode : "adjustPan | adjustResize"
with fullscreen and also not with fullscreen.
None of these works fine.
Again please consider I am damn sure that this issue arises because of the button with the
android:alignParentBottom : "true" property. But I am not supposed to edit or remove this button and its property.
Correct form should be the **EditText** must be lied up to the button and this **button** must be lied up to the soft keyboard, whenever this Soft keyboard is visible.
Help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Change themes in android manifest file.

Why does soft keyboard show up?

Is there any way to find out why the soft keyboard show up in one of my views ?
The app is quite big and it's not obvious why the keyboard gets enabled. Do you know any way to debug that?
You can use the following line of code in the activity's onCreate method to make sure the keyboard only pops up when a user clicks into an EditText
this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
or
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"
In the manifest.

Android Keyboard automatically appears for EditText when activity is created

I have a single activity class and it has a two EditTexts on the screen. When the activity launches the keyboard launches with it. Why is this? I did not request enter anything yet into the edit box. Why does it do this? And how can I get rid of this behavior?
Try setting your stateHidden in the manifest file for the activity:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#wsoft
and this might be helpful:
How to keep soft keyboard from opening on activity launch in Android?

Supress the Soft Keboard when an activity loads... yet again

this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
Same problem that I've read on other posts. I don't want the soft keyboard to pop up when the Activity loads. The above code snippet works, however my View no longer scrolls up so that the User can still see the EditText.
It scrolls without this line of code. Any ideas?
Set right attribute on your activity in manifest
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#wsoft

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