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 answer maybe late but it works perfectly for me. Maybe it helps someone :)

public void showSoftKeyboard(View view) {
    if (view.requestFocus()) {
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)
                getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        boolean isShowing = imm.showSoftInput(view, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
        if (!isShowing)
            getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
    }
}

Depends on you need, you can use other flags

InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED
WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE);