How to show virtual keypad in an android activity
- by Maxood
Why am i not able to show the virtual keyboard in my activity. Here is my code:
package som.android.keypad;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
import android.widget.EditText;
public class ShowKeypad extends Activity {
InputMethodManager imm;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
super.onCreate(icicle);
EditText editText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.EditText);
((InputMethodManager) getSystemService(this.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).showSoftInput(editText, 0);
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="som.android.keypad"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0">
<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
<activity android:name=".ShowKeypad"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible"
android:label="@string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />
</manifest>
