Displaying soft keyboard whenever AlertDialog.Builder object is opened

Question

My code for opening an input dialog reads as follows:

final AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);  
alert.setTitle(\"Dialog Title\");  
         


        

Answer 1

I know, this Question is really old, but since I've tried about 20 different so called 'solutions', I will post, what actually only worked for me finally.

This answer is based on the answer of Pir Fahim Shah, who pointed me in the right direction (Thanks):

Make sure, you put this in the onCreate of your activity, so that forced keyboards are being hidden, when dialog is closed:

this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

then create a dialog like this:

    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new Builder(this);
    builder.setTitle("title");
    final EditText input = new EditText(this);
    input.setText("text");
    input.setSelection(input.getText().length()); // set cursor to end
    builder.setView(input);
    input.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener()  {
       public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) { 
           if(hasFocus) {
               InputMethodManager inputMgr = (InputMethodManager)v.getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
               inputMgr.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
           }
       }
    });
    builder.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
            // do something here
            dialog.dismiss();
        }
    });
    builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", null);
    builder.show();