Android show softkeyboard with showSoftInput is not working?

Question

I have created a trivial application to test the following functionality. When my activity launches, it needs to be launched with the softkeyboard open.

My code doe

Answer 1

This worked with me on a phone with hard keyboard:

editText1.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
          imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,0);