Dear both, Many thanks for your help. I think it was an error on my part :-)
i needed to: btn_Contact.setFocusableInTouchMode(true); once that was set, the btn_Contact.requestFocus(); worked fine Thanks Guys! Regards Roman On Jan 3, 11:48 pm, Yousuf Faheem <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > try this. > > btn_Contact = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_Contact); > > > > > editText_Message = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.messageText); > > btn_Save = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_Save); > > btn_Contact.requestFocus(); > > Thanks & Regards, > Yousuf Syed > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Roman Romano > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > No joy :-( > > > here's what i did: > > > btn_Contact = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_Contact); > > btn_Contact.requestFocus(); > > editText_Message = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.messageText); > > btn_Save = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_Save); > > > but the EditText remains the first thing that is active on launching > > the intent. > > > Any other suggestions?? > > > many thanks > > > Roman > > > On Jan 3, 6:28 pm, Roman Romano <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Many thanks both, I will give it a go. > > > > kind regards > > > > Roman > > > > On Jan 3, 12:57 am, Caius 'kaio' Chance <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > (2010年01月03日 08:56), Yousuf Faheem wrote: > > > > > > call > > > > > btn.requestFocus(); > > > > > BTW, create the btn with getViewById() first. > > > > > -- > > > > Caius 'kaio' Chance ☺ かいお > > > > Fedora Project Contributorhttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:kaio > > > > kaio at fedoraproject.org, kaio on irc.freenode.net, GPG: 17BEFCFA > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-beginners%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en

