Can I trigger Android soft keyboard to open via javascript ( without phonegap )?

Question

I have some custom web components in my mobile web app, whereas I need to manually fire \'focus\' events on a field, to simulate the \'NEXT\' functionality in the Android so

Answer 1

Here's a link from StackOverflow:

Showing Android's soft keyboard when a field is .focus()'d using javascript

Just focussing without an event doesnt seem to work. - you DO need a click event triggering this.

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#field').click(function(e){
        $(this).focus();
    });
    $('#button').click(function(e) {
        $('#field').trigger('click');
    });
});