Question

I need to know when the user touches/taps/clicks the edittext in my activity.

How can I do this without interrupting the events, so the keypad still displays properly?

(And I need to know about it before the OS displays the keypad…if possible)

Answer 1

txtEdit.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener(){
    public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionEvent) {                                                       
         // your code here....
         getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE);                
         return false;
    }
});