Question

I am using multiple activities in my tab activity. There is an edit text field in my first activity under the first tab, but when I move from first activity within the first tab to the second activity and when I go back to my first activity using replaceview property and pressing the hardware back button, my edit text field do not show the softinputkeyboard.

What should I do in this? I used onResume this code, but still not working.

edittext.requestFocus();
            InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            mgr.showSoftInput(etSearch, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

help me out in this. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

this happens because edittext.requestFocus() does not focus the element immediately.

try this approach:

edittext.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener()
{
    @Override
    public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus)
    {
        if(hasFocus)
        {
            InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            mgr.showSoftInput(etSearch, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
        }
    }
});