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

I tried the top answer by David Merriman and it also didn't work in my case. But I found the suggestion to run this code delayed here and it works like a charm.

val editText = view.findViewById(R.id.settings_input_text)

editText.postDelayed({
    editText.requestFocus()

    val imm = context.getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as? InputMethodManager
    imm?.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT)
}, 100)