How can I set the focus (and display the keyboard) on my EditText programmatically

Question

I have a layout which contains some views like this:

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Answer 1

use:

editText.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);