android - show soft keyboard on demand - android

Hi I wrapped edittext control onto a control that is being displayed on the screen at users request. It overlays the whole screen until user presses 'done' button on the keyboard.
I am not able to explicitly show the control on the screen. only when user taps into control only then its shown. Am I missing something?
I even try this and it does not brin it up when I launch the overlay that Edit Text exists on:
customCOntrol.showKeyboard();
public void showKeyboard()
{
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)_context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(this._textView.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}
here is the settig I have on the screen itself in the config file android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustPan"
Thank you in advance

In your showKeyboard function you are calling:
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(this._textView.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
This will hide the softInput keyboard from the window!
Do you want to show the keyboard? If yes then would you use:
imm.showSoftInput(view, flags, resultReceiver);
EDIT: I think you can also toggle the keyboard from the InputMethodManager, try:
imm.toggleSoftInput(0, 0);

#dropsOfJupiter
You can do: editText.requestFocus() as you launch the Activity or Fragment containing your EditText reference. This will give the focus to the EditText and will bring uo the SoftKeyboard.
I hope this helps.

PROBLEM:
I faced with this keyboard not showing up problem. I wrote the following solution inspired by this answer but not their solution! It works fine. In short the reason for this mess is that the request focus and the IMM provided service can only run on a view that is created and active. When you do all these on the creation phase onCreate(Bundle savedInstance).. or onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater... and the view is still in initializing state, you won't get an active view to act on! I have seen many solutions using delays and checks to wait for that view to get active then do the show keyboard but here is my solution based on the android frame work design:
SOLUTION:
in your activity or fragment override the following make sure your view has the access (define it in the top of the activity/fragment):
#Override
public void onStart() {
yourView.requestFocus();
showSoftKeyboard(yourView);
super.onStart();
}
public void showSoftKeyboard(View view) {
if(view.requestFocus()){
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)mContext.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(view,InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}
}

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Minimise Keyboard when you have an EditText Field in an Activity

I am creating an app which contains multiple activities. A number of my activities have an 'EditText' field. As soon as I enter these activities, the keyboard instantly pops up assuming I want to type something straight away.
Does anyone have a simple code I can add into my java file that will prevent the keyboard to pop up by default because there is an 'EditText' field.
If you can also specify where to place the line of code such as whether it goes in the onCreate method etc will be appreciated.
I'm assuming the following will work, but where do I need to place it?
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(
WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN
);
The above code can be placed in the onCreate method.
p.s I figured this out after some trial and error, hope it helps others
There are multiple answers for this.
You can add this to your menifest file.
<activity android:name="com.your.package.ActivityName"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" />
OR
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN)‌​;
OR
You can call this method in your onCreate
/**
* Hides the soft keyboard
*/
public void hideSoftKeyboard() {
if(getCurrentFocus()!=null) {
InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
}
}

Why doesn't the softKeyboard open when I tap an editText inside a ViewPager?

Like the title says, I've got a viewPager with some editText fields inside. I can select the editText fields perfectly fine (emulator and physical device). I see the cursor, and I see the underline color change, indicating it's selected, but I can't type. Tapping on the editText fields doesn't open the softKeyboard.
Is this a known issue with a simple fix, or is code needed to identify what's going wrong here?
Finally bumped in to an answer that's working for me, which can be found here.
Basically, if you're using the onCreateDialog() method, you leave that as is, and add the onResume() method below to your DialogFragment's java file.
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
Dialog dialog = getDialog();
dialog.getWindow().clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM);
dialog.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
}
You can force softKeyboard with this code:
EditText yourEditText= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourEditText);
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(yourEditText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

Android - Edittext getting focus after dialog

I am calling a Dialog in an OnClick function in the OnCreate. In that dialog the user of the app can add something to a external database.
Now my problem is that when the dialog is gone ( myDialog.dismiss() ) and it is returning to the actual activity, an EditText is getting focussed. My whole screen contains Spinners and TextViews, except for only 1 EditText.
The weird thing is that when the activity is first called, it stats on top of the activity (showing the first Spinner and not foucssing the EditText), but when the dialog is dismissed, EditText is focussed.
I've got android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize|stateHidden" in the manifest within the activity tags
And i have tryed to put android:focusableInTouchMode="true" in the EditText in the XML too, but that didn't work.
Can anyone help me find what i'm looking for?
Thanks in advance!
Android will focus the first focusable View from the top so you can try set something else focusable :)
Android focus is somewhat random, you can't really control it. You could try to disable the textview and enable it again when the dialog is gone, but I would advice against it.
To be honest, just let Android do it's thing. We have tried to work against the focus logic in a really big app and gave up after a lot of tries and convinced the customer it's not worth the hassle.
I've been having this same problem. Try:
dialog.setOnDismissListener(new DialogInterface.OnDismissListener() {
#Override
public void onDismiss(DialogInterface dialog) {
hideSoftKeyboard();
}
});
private void hideSoftKeyboard() {
View view = this.getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {
InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) this.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}
}
This worked for everything except for a button in my dialog that has only an
onDismiss() method. Adding focusable=true and focusableInTouchMode=true to a TextView above my EditText (as Jeppe Andersen mentioned) solved this issue. Hope this helps.

How to close soft keyboard in fragment

I have an EditText inside a fragment, which is in itself inside an actionbarsherlock tab. When I touch inside the EditText box a soft keyboard appears with one of the keys having a magnifying glass (search) icon. When I type some text and click on the search key I can process the typed-in-string in my onEditorAction, but the soft keyboard remains on display. How can I close it programatically?
By the way if one answer is that I could configure some setting for EditText such that it closes automatically on search, I would still like to know if the soft keyboard can be closed with a method call as I also have my own search button on screen (nothing to do with the soft keyboard) and I would like the soft keyboard to close when that's pressed too.
Note: Before anyone rushes to claim this question is a repeat of a previous question, I have seen many Q&A's about hiding the soft keyboard at various points. Many of the answers seem inordinately complicated and in many it is not clear whether the idea is to permanently hide the keyboard or just just temporarily close it till the user taps on an EditText field again. Also some answers require calls to methods not available in fragments.
In my fragments I close the keyboard simply in this way:
public static void closeKeyboard(Context c, IBinder windowToken) {
InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) c.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
mgr.hideSoftInputFromWindow(windowToken, 0);
}
closeKeyboard(getActivity(), yourEditText.getWindowToken());
This is working code to hide soft keyboard for android.
try {
InputMethodManager input = (InputMethodManager) activity
.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
input.hideSoftInputFromWindow(activity.getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
}catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
I'm using this code in a fragment
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getActivity().getSystemService(
Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(text.getWindowToken(), 0);
when I click on an action bar icon and it's working, I don't see why it shouldn't work in your case (maybe I misunderstood the question).
You can check my answer here. It was the only way that worked for me inside fragment.
A clear way to close keyboard and clearfocus of an EditText inside a fragment, is to make sure that your EditText XML has :
android:id="#+id/myEditText"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
Then set listener to your EditText (with Kotlin, and from a fragment):
myEditText.setOnEditorActionListener({ v, actionId, event ->
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) {
myEditText.clearFocus()
val imm = activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view!!.windowToken, 0)
}
false
})
Working in Fragment
getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

AnySoftKeyboad stays with garbage data after I hide it

I have a problem which occurs only when I use AnySoftKeyboard.
I'm trying to show/hide the keyboard according to EditText focus.
I used the methods I found in this post
When I'm hiding the keyboard, there is a strange behavior -
When I rotate the screen, the text that was in the EditText is doubled.
I thought that it has to do with the onCreate method, but I can see the it happens also when I click "back" (Finish()). I see it for a split second before the Activity is closed.
When I start a new activity, (ActivityB from ActivityA) then clicking "Back" once doesn't do anything (probably "closing" the invisible keyboard).
When I click "back" again, ActivityB closes but I can see for a split second the text from ActivityA keyboard in a big font across the screen (like a 100 millisecond pop-up )
Does anyone has an idea how to deal with it?
Apparently it is a bug in AnySoftKeyboard.
I didn't happen when I use other keyboards.
I solved it by doing setText to the EditText view before hiding it - its probably resets some stuff on keyboard object.
Here is my code:
View view = getWindow().getCurrentFocus();
if (view==null)
return;
IBinder binder = view.getWindowToken();
if (binder == null)
return;
// I used this to fix the strange behaviour
if (view instanceof EditText)
((EditText)view).setText(((EditText)view).getText().toString());
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(binder, InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
Surprisingly it works!
Try this:
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(myEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);

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