Question

I have a ListView and it is possible to use the hardware keyboard to filter out items. However what should I do for phones that don’t have a hardware keyboard and only a virtual one? Is there a way to add a button that when pressed, the virtual keyboard shows up?

Answer 1

I was able to toggle the on-screen keyboard using the code below. I hope this is useful to someone.

InputMethodManager inputMgr = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMgr.toggleSoftInput(0, 0);