How do I select all text when clicking on a EditText view?

Question

so I tried android:selectAllOnFocus and of course I'm using android:hint. The app loads, requestFocus triggers and the full text is selected.

The problem is that when I click in the EditText the selection is lost.

I've already read: Select all text inside EditText when it gets focus

Answer 1

For some reason, it worked (on Jelly Bean) only if I posted it with a Handler:

new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        paidView.selectAll();
    }
});