android:nextFocusForward is ignored in layout

Question

I have an android xml layout and i want to specify the focus order of the fields, when user presses next on the keyboard.

Documentation says, that android:nextFocusForward=TARGET_ID should do that trick. But it is ignored on all our testing devices. Some old devices running 2.3 and new Nexus devices running 4.1.

<LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <EditText
            android:textCursorDrawable="@null"
            android:id="@+id/firstname"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginBottom="6dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="6dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:background="#00000000"
            android:textColor="#000"
            android:nextFocusForward="@+id/lastname"
            android:padding="2dp"/>

        <EditText
            android:textCursorDrawable="@null"
            android:id="@+id/lastname"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginBottom="6dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="6dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#00000000"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:textColor="#000"
            android:padding="2dp"/>
    </LinearLayout>

What am i doing wrong here??? Just can't figure it out. Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Try nextFocusDown as well. I don't fully understand the rules, but it seems that the behavior depends on the layout of the EditTexts, and where the cursor position is relative to the next field.