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

In the following code snippet I show how to host an arbitrary LinearLayout in a DialogFragment. One using AlertDialog (where the soft keyboard doesn't work) and another way without using AlertDialog (where the soft keyboard does work!):

public static LinearLayout createLinearLayout(Context context)
{
    LinearLayout linearLayout = new LinearLayout(context);
    linearLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
    linearLayout.setLayoutParams(new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
    String html;
    html = "
\n";
    html += "Google Search: 
\n";
    html += "
\n";
    html += "
\n";
    WebView webView = new WebView(context);
    webView.setLayoutParams(new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
    webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    webView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
    webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
    webView.loadDataWithBaseURL("http://www.google.com", html, "text/html", "UTF-8", null);
    linearLayout.addView(webView);
    return linearLayout;
}

public void showWithAlertDialog()
{
    DialogFragment dialogFragment = new DialogFragment()
    {
        public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState)
        {
            AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
            builder
                .setTitle("With AlertDialog")
                .setView(createLinearLayout(getActivity()));
            return builder.create();
        }
    };
    FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
    FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
    dialogFragment.show(fragmentTransaction, "dialog");
}

public void showWithoutAlertDialog()
{
    DialogFragment dialogFragment = new DialogFragment()
    {
        @Override
        public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
        {
            getDialog().setTitle("Without AlertDialog");
            getDialog().setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
            return createLinearLayout(getActivity());
        }
    };
    FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
    FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
    dialogFragment.show(fragmentTransaction, "dialog");
}