Android 2.1: How can I bring a soft keyboard manually?

Question

I have a form that occupies the upper half of the screen, and I want to show the keyboard in the lower half all the time. How to do it?

(Android 2.1, NexusOne)

Answer 1

If you want to control the soft keyboard in your code, you can use InputMethodManager to call it and reject it. getSystemService () is an activity call.

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(activeView, 0);

Answer 2

Try <activity android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible">

See this page for more details.

Answer 3

Try View v = getWindow (). getDecorView ();