Android: menu and back button stop working - android

For my android app I have multiple edittexts on the main screen. If i have the first edittext in focus the menu/back buttons operate fine, if i have any of the other edittexts in focus than neither of them work at all. I'm not doing anything special regarding the menu/back buttons relative to that edittext, i'm not sure what the cause is? Has anyone run into a similar issue and/or know of the cause/solution?
Thanks!

I was have the same problem and I found solution for I was have OnKeyListener that return true; when I change it to return false; the problem was fixed
my_editText.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
#Override
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
// you can use the next line to ensure back button & menu button will return false
if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK || event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU) return false;
// any other key you don't want to call other listener for it
if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER&& event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
OnKeyListener.onKey(android.view.View, int, android.view.KeyEvent)

easy fix for me, I had removed the only keyboard app.
just install a keyboard app and the buttons worked again

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#Override
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return true;
}
return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
}
#Override
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Hi Any reply is precious for me and appriciated as well
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