Question

Is it possible to popup the keyboard and set caps lock on from code on android?

Answer 1

Try adding add android:capitalize=”characters” to the EditText properties. This should display the keyboard in CAPS.

Also FYI, this is how you show the keyboard via code:

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myEdit);
InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
// only will trigger it if no physical keyboard is open
mgr.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);