Ok, all is working now. The problem came from wanting to only enable the "ok" button once a minimum number of characters had been entered. I was doing this through setOnKeyListener - this blocked the soft keyboard appearing automatically (if the user touched the edittext, the soft keyboard showed anyway). So, I have removed this call and now use the following with success : getDialog().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
On Monday, 16 July 2012 19:49:18 UTC+2, MagouyaWare wrote: > > Do any of these attributes help? In particular I am thinking of the > stateVisible or stateAlwaysVisible options: > > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#wsoft > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developer > http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:46 AM, dnkoutso wrote: > >> Everything around the Android keyboard feels hacky. >> >> Try one of the following: >> >> 1) Set <requestFocus/> in your XML in the edittext. >> 2) do a post such as et.post(new Runnable() { et.requestFocus() }} etc. >> 3) do a post again but your use own code in your original post. >> >> Good luck. >> >> >> On Monday, July 16, 2012 9:26:40 AM UTC-7, Simon Giddings wrote: >>> >>> Yes, I use this as well, but forgot to include it in the code I posted >>> here. >>> >>> On Monday, 16 July 2012 18:06:41 UTC+2, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: >>>> >>>> Have you tried "et.requestFocus()" ? >>>> >>>> 2012/7/16 Simon Giddings >>>> >>>>> I have a simple dialog built with the compatibility libraries >>>>> DialogFragment. >>>>> It holds only >>>>> >>>>> 1. EditText >>>>> 2. 2 buttons >>>>> >>>>> When the dialog is shown, the edit text control has the focus. >>>>> At this point, I want to open the soft keyboard automatically. >>>>> >>>>> Here is what I am doing within the onCreateView method : >>>>> EditText et; >>>>> et = (EditText)v.findViewById(R.id.**txtAddress); >>>>> Activity act = getActivity(); >>>>> if(act != null) >>>>> { >>>>> InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)act.** >>>>> getSystemService(Context.**INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); >>>>> if(imm != null) >>>>> imm.showSoftInput(et, InputMethodManager.SHOW_**FORCED); >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> Even though I get to the showSoftInput step with no problem, the >>>>> keyboard is still not displayed. >>>>> >>>>> So, how can I correctly get the soft keyboard to be shown ? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@** >>>>> googlegroups.com <android-developers@googlegroups.com> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> android-developers+**unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/android-developers?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
