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

Here is the modified version of Siddharth Garg's answer. It work's 100% of the time.

import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.os.Looper;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;

public class SoftInputService implements Runnable {

    private static final String TAG = SoftInputService.class.getSimpleName();

    private static final int INTERVAL_MS = 100;

    private Context context;
    private View targetView;
    private Handler handler;

    public SoftInputService(Context context, View targetView) {
        this.context = context;
        this.targetView = targetView;
        handler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        if (context == null || targetView == null) {
            return;
        }

        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

        if (!targetView.isFocusable() || !targetView.isFocusableInTouchMode()) {
            Log.d(TAG,"focusable = " + targetView.isFocusable() + ", focusableInTouchMode = " + targetView.isFocusableInTouchMode());
            return;

        } else if (!targetView.requestFocus()) {
            Log.d(TAG,"Cannot focus on view");
            post();

        } else if (!imm.showSoftInput(targetView, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT)) {
            Log.d(TAG,"Unable to show keyboard");
            post();
        }
    }

    public void show() {
        handler.post(this);
    }

    public static void hide(Context context, IBinder windowToekn) {
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(windowToekn, 0);
    }

    protected void post() {
        handler.postDelayed(this, INTERVAL_MS);
    }
}

Usage:

// To show the soft input
new SoftInputService(context, theEditText).show();
// To hide the soft input
SoftInputService.hide(context, theEditText.getWindowToken());