Question

I would like to open the soft keyboard on when the Activity starts and I found that

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible" 

doesn’t work.

To make sure, I created a new project (the default “Hello world”) and did the following:

1. added the windowSoftInputMode to the manifest.
2. After that didn’t work, I added an EditView field to the layout
3. After that didn’t work, I added

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE)
to the onCreate procedure.

I compiled it with Android2.3.3 and tried to run it on my Galaxy S2 device and the Android4 emulator
and still – no keyboard.

My manifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="9" />

<application
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name">
    <activity
        android:name=".HelloworldActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

My main.xml layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<TextView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/hello" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    <requestFocus />

</EditText>

My code:

public class HelloworldActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE);

    }
}

Answer 1

Do you use the default android keyboard? If you do, try it on a different device, I know it has some issues