EditText request focus not working
android, android-edittext
Solution
ensure that the edittext is focusable in touch mode. You can do it two way.
In xml:
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
in Java:
view.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
Personally I don't trust the XML definition of this param. I always request focus by these two lines of code:
view.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
view.requestFocus();
The keyboard shoul appear on itself without the need to call InputMethodManager.
It works in most of the cases. Once it did not work for me because I have lost the reference to the object due to quite heavy processing - ensure that this is not your issue.
Problem
I have an `EditText` and a `Button`. On click of the button i want to open the `EditText` keyboard and at the same time request focus on the `EditText`, So that the user directly start typing in the keyboard and text appears in the `EditText`. But in my case when i click the button it open the keyboard, but it won't set focus on the `EditText`, because of which user has to click the `EditText` again to write on it. What is the issue. Any help or suggestion. Code On click of button ``` m_SearchEditText.requestFocus(); InputMethodManager inputMethodManager=(InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(m_SearchEditText.getApplicationWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0); ```