I'm trying to force the numeric keypad to show when my activity and EditText load. It seems there's a pretty straightforward answer given here and elsewhere: you say
EditText yourEditText= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourEditText);
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(yourEditText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
Fine then. So I do this and I include the imports:
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
import android.widget.EditText;
But when we get to showSoftInput, Studio goes red and says "Cannot resolve symbol showSoftInput". Shouldn't it be getting that symbol when I import the InputMethodManager? showSoftInput doesn't seem to be deprecated or anything.
Keyboard is not opening because it needs some delay ,
Follow this code
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private EditText editText;
private Handler handler = new Handler();
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
/* */
handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
editText.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,0);
}
},100);
}
}
and XML
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ems="10"
android:focusable="true"
android:inputType="number"
android:text="">
<requestFocus></requestFocus>
</EditText>