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 found this worked in an Alert Dialog called from different places

        case R.id.birthyear:
        case R.id.ymax:
            input.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER);
            break;

Mind you I tried lots of other things too. Seems delicate.