How to enable both hardware and virtual keyboards on Android ice cream sandwich

Question

I\'m developping a stock management application with Django for a customer\'s company, and want to use an ice cream sandwich tablet as the end-user device. I use an USB barc

Answer 1

You could use InputMethodManager to force the software keyboard open:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getContext().getSystemService(
                                              Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); 
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);