Show soft keyboard even though a hardware keyboard is connected

Question

Is there any way to show software keyboard with USB keyboard connected (in my case RFID reader)?
I tried to force show it using InputManager (with these or similar para

Answer 1

This worked in my app, interestingly, also an kiosk app.

This is a bit stripped, I did some checks beforehand, whether IMM is null and such.

((InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).toggleSoftInputFromWindow(someInputView.getApplicationWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);