Android - html input loses focus when soft keyboard opens (ASP.net)

Question

I\'ve written a web-page login form in ASP.net.

Using a Nexus 4, stock Android 4.2.1, native Chrome browser - when I click on the fields,

Answer 1

Requires jQuery

I've been having this problem myself, and ended up using this solution. It might be useful to someone else. In my case, the resizing made it so that the searchbar lost focus.

// Makes it so that click events are fired on a mobile device.
$('#searchbar').each(function(){
    this.onclick = function() {}
});

// Runs an interval 10 times with a 50ms delay. Forces focus.
$("#searchbar").click(function() {
    var i = 0;
    var interval = window.setInterval(function(){
        if(i > 10) {
            clearInterval(interval);
        }
        $("#searchbar").focus();
        i++;
    }, 50);
});