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

final EditText tb = new EditText(this);
tb.requestFocus();
tb.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(tb, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
    }
}, 1000);