requestFocus not working

Question

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:padding="20dp" >

    <AutoCompleteTextView
        android:id="@+id/autocomplete_zone"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:dropDownVerticalOffset="0.2dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="@string/zone_hint"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:lines="1"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:popupBackground="#00ffffff"
        android:textColor="#ffffff"
        android:textColorHint="#ffffff" >

        <requestFocus />
    </AutoCompleteTextView>

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@id/autocomplete_zone"
        android:layout_alignRight="@id/autocomplete_zone"
        android:layout_alignTop="@id/autocomplete_zone"
        android:paddingBottom="5dp"
        android:visibility="invisible" />
</RelativeLayout>

In the above markup

<requestFocus />

does not work. The text view is not focused when the activity is started. Is this because of the progress bar which overlays the text view? Any ideas how to fix this?

Answer 1

None of the above worked for me... this is what I used

txtView.getParent().requestChildFocus(txtView,txtView);

Answer 2

You can try this in the code if you want to forcefully show the keyboard.

((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);

then you can to use this code to close the keyboard:

((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).hideSoftInputFromWindow(autocomplete_zone.getWindowToken(), 0);