You are testing on which device?? sometime android o/s doesn't open keyboard even after on focus while activity start. this often happens in small screen devices... Before you use any of the upvoted hacks below, check if you don't have the <requestfocus /> line in your xml layout (more details in @floydaddict's answer).eclipse's wysiwyg editor adds it automatically. after removing this line, the problem disappeared for me.. An inputtype of "numericpassword" results in an edit text that accepts numbers only, shows a numeric keyboard when focused, and masks the text that is entered for privacy. see the text fields guide for examples of other r.styleable.textview_inputtype settings..
Android edittext requestfocus example through layout xml. application developer can add automatic selection requestfocus by implementing <requestfocus /> tag inside layout xml file edittext which user wants to selected automatically on activity start time.. code for mainactivity.java file.. Change edittext box selection on button click handling using requestfocus function through programming file. in my this tutorial i am creating two edittext boxes and two buttons into layout xml file and selecting edittext box on button click event.so here is the complete step by step tutorial for add requestfocus on edittext programmatically android.. Change edittext color on enable and disable its always good idea to create utility classes in any android projects. changing color of edit text is a very common requirement in any android app. based on the user inputs or certain conditions you might have to change the color of the edit text..
