I found the problem. Apparently, in only this case, I was calling the
'registerFocus' method before I had made the parent view the active
view. Switching the order of the calls fixes the problem.
Thanks.
On Nov 12, 11:19 am, John Gaby wrote:
> Update:
>
> I am doing a 'requestFocus' after I create the control to
> automatically set the focus so the user can start typing without
> having to touch the control. I find that if I remove the
> 'requestFocus' call, then the keyboard shows up. Note that I have
> other EditText controls where I am doing the same thing (i.e. calling
> requestFocus), and the soft keyboard works fine, even with that call
> in place. Does anyone have any ideas why I cannot set the focus on
> this particular control and still have the soft keyboard work?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Nov 12, 10:39 am, John Gaby wrote:
>
> > I have an EditText control that does not pop up the soft keyboard when
> > the user touches it. The thing is, that I have a number of other
> > EditText controls elsewhere in my application that all work fine, and
> > I cannot see anything really different about this one. The code is a
> > bit complex to post here, but I was wondering if anyone knows of any
> > reasons why the soft keyboard would not appear in some cases.
>
> > Thanks
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