Android: softkeyboard not showing up

Question

I have 2 EditTexts in the MainActivity Layout. If i run the application normally the 1st EditText gets focused but the softkeyboard is not openned.

but when i used t

Answer 1

Try specifying the android:windowSoftInputMode attribute in your AndroidManifest.xml file for your activity.

For example:

You probably don't need any of the code that uses InputMethodManager in your Activity.