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

If you're trying to show the soft keyboard in a Fragment, you need to wait until the Activity has been created before calling showSoftInput(). Sample code:

public class SampleFragment extends Fragment {

    private InputMethodManager mImm;
    private TextView mTextView;

    @Override
    public void onAttach(Context context) {
        super.onAttach(context);
        mImm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    }

    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
        showSoftKeyboard(mTextView);
    }

    /**
     * Request the InputMethodManager show the soft keyboard.  Call this in {@link #onActivityCreated(Bundle)}.
     * @param view the View which would like to receive text input from the soft keyboard
     */
    public void showSoftKeyboard(View view) {
        if (view.requestFocus()) {
            mImm.showSoftInput(view, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
        }
    }

}