How to open Keyboard on Button click in android?

Question

How can I open Keyboard on Button click in android?

What I want to be like this:

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score 35 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 10 '11 at 10:50

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Please try this

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,0);

answered Nov 10 '11 at 10:50

Sandeep Kumar P K

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Thanks Sandy, the trick is InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED instead of InputMethodManager. SHOW_IMPLICIT. – tryp Dec 15 '15 at 13:40
this seems deprecated. is there any new way to do it as of 2022? – SlowLearnah May 06 '22 at 21:07

score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 10 '11 at 10:28

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InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

imm.showSoftInput(view, flags)

an example may be:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) RouteMapActivity.this
    .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(mapView, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

edited Nov 10 '11 at 10:28

Felix

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answered Nov 10 '11 at 10:25

drooooooid

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This is the correct answer. Other answers toggle the keyboard which is not desirable in many circumstances (i.e. we want to only SHOW the keyboard when user clicks the clear search field button, even if it is shown already) – Ashkan Sarlak Nov 30 '15 at 06:53

Paresh Mayani · Answer 3 · 2011-11-10T10:48:28.473

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Write this code inside the Button click event to TOGGLE the keyboard:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,0);

edited Nov 10 '11 at 10:48

answered Nov 10 '11 at 10:26

Paresh Mayani

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@Paresh.....still not open keyboard on button click so please give me propre answer – Girish Patel Nov 10 '11 at 10:31
@PareshMayani if i want to open the keyboard of specific language.Suppose of click of button i want to open a Hindi Keyboard then what i have to do – Developer Jan 09 '14 at 09:03

How to open Keyboard on Button click in android?

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