How to set focus to a button widget programmatically?

Question

Is it possible to set a focus to a button widget which lies somewhere down in my layout? onCreate of the activity my control/focus should be on that button programmatically.

score 201 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 04 '14 at 17:07

201

Yeah it's possible.

Button myBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.myButtonId);
myBtn.requestFocus();

or in XML

<Button ...><requestFocus /></Button>

Important Note: The button widget needs to be focusable and focusableInTouchMode. Most widgets are focusable but not focusableInTouchMode by default. So make sure to either set it in code

myBtn.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

or in XML

android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

edited Dec 04 '14 at 17:07

TWiStErRob

44,762
26
170
254

answered Jul 13 '10 at 07:11

Pentium10

204,586
122
423
502

I trying it in onCreate method but its not working. I am creating buttons dynamically and adding the buttons in LinearLayout. Can any one please help me out? – Manoj Kumar Mar 16 '11 at 09:44
6

it does not worked for me. I have an EditView in my page that always gets focus. – Bob Oct 23 '11 at 12:29
1

`android:focusableInTouchMode="true"` required to click a button twice, the first click to set focus, the second click to make action. This is not appropriate for common flow. – Konstantin Konopko Apr 28 '21 at 13:36

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited May 19 '18 at 05:15

6

Try this:

btn.requestFocusFromTouch();

edited May 19 '18 at 05:15

Karlo Kokkak

3,674
4
18
33

answered May 19 '18 at 04:46

Zan

116
2
7

How to set focus to a button widget programmatically?

2 Answers2

Linked