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

Try this to force to open soft keyboard:

((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);

To close back the soft keyboard:

((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).hideSoftInputFromWindow(_pay_box_helper.getWindowToken(), 0);