Show soft keyboard when the device is landscape mode

Question

This code seems not to work in Landscape mode:

EditText destinationSearch = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.destinationSearch); 

destinationSearch.requestFocus(); InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(destinationSearch, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

Is there any solution to show the soft keyboard in Landscape mode ?

Answer 1

You need to use show forced

InputMethodManager imm;
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
imm.showSoftInput(this.editText,InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);