Open soft keyboard programmatically

I have an activity with no child widgets for it and the corresponding xml file is,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/myLayout"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:focusable="true"
>
</LinearLayout>

and I want to open soft keyboard programmatically while the activity gets start.and what I've tried upto now is,

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    if (inputMethodManager != null) {
        inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
    }

Give me some guidance.

Solution 1:

I have used the following lines to display the soft keyboard manually inside the onclick event, and the keyboard is visible.

InputMethodManager inputMethodManager =
    (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(
    linearLayout.getApplicationWindowToken(),
    InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

But I'm still not able to open this while the activity gets opened, so are there any solution for this?

Solution 2:

In your manifest file, try adding the following to the <activity> that you want to show the keyboard when the activity starts:

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible"

This should cause the keyboard to become visible when the activity starts.

For more options, checkout the documentation.

Solution 3:

Please follow the below code. I am sure your problem will be solved.

if (imm != null){
        imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,0);
   }