One can set, android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible"> in the AndroidManifest...
Cheers. On Mar 17, 2:14 pm, me tun <a...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Thanks Dianne, I've had a quick look through the code and have seen > how the onTouchEvent in the TextView Class has been modified to > display the soft keyboard if it is both focused and touched (how > profound). I've managed to get it to display by clicking a button, > but really I'd like it called in OnCreate I think it has something to > do with the focusing, not sure but I'll look into it. > > On Mar 17, 1:56 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > If you are going to use new features before these is an SDK, you will want > > to read through the source code java docs and the code itself to figure out > > what you want to do. In this case WindowManager.LayoutParams has new > > options for controlling the input method, View has new methods, and the > > InputMethodManager class has the start of some documentation for how these > > things go together. > > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:08 PM, me tun <a...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > > > In the InputMethodManager class, there seems to be a method > > > showSoftInput(view) @param view: The currently focused view, which > > > would like to receive soft keyboard input. I have tried calling this > > > as follows: > > > > InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) > > > getContext().getSystemService > > > (Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); > > > imm.showSoftInput(mTextEntry); > > > > But it seems to only work with an Edit Text view, I understand it > > > makes little sense to do so but is there a way I can have it > > > permanently raised for say an image view? > > > > On Mar 16, 11:03 am, me tun <a...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > > > I want to permanently display the virtual keyboard in my application, > > > > but it seems bound by focus to an edit text field. Is there a way > > > > around this? > > > > > Thanks! > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
