Why is Android WebView refusing user input?

Turns out that it was apparently the WebView not having focus that was the issue.

I discovered that using the arrow keys to get focus on the textboxes caused them to work, so I theorised that there was an issue somewhere with something not having focus, most likely the WebView not having focus. Sure enough, adding the following line seemed to fix the problem:

webView.requestFocus(View.FOCUS_DOWN);

I'm still at a loss to explain exactly why the issue occurred in the first place - the textboxes should work whether they receive focus from being tapped upon or through being "arrowed" to - but at least I have a solution that appears to work.

Thanks for your input wf.

@Mac Does this single line :

webView.requestFocus(View.FOCUS_DOWN);

solved your problem ? I didn't in my case ,but this does :

mWebView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() { 
@Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
           switch (event.getAction()) { 
               case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN: 
               case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP: 
                   if (!v.hasFocus()) { 
                       v.requestFocus(); 
                   } 
                   break; 
           } 
           return false; 
        }
});

just for your referrence.

These are most have

webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webview.getSettings().setUseWideViewPort(true);
webview.requestFocus(View.FOCUS_DOWN);

and if still not working then use one alternative below

Alternative 1

webview.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            switch (event.getAction()) {
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:                     
                    if (!v.hasFocus()) {
                        v.requestFocus();
                    }
                    break;
            }               
            return false;
        }
    });

Alternative 2

webview.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        switch (event.getAction()) {
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                v.requestFocusFromTouch();  
                break;
        }               
        return false;
    }

});

I don't know my case is exactly same as yours,

I found that add one css line can solve problem.

I just add

input{
    -webkit-user-select: text;
}

to my css, then problem solved!