How to programmatically open Android soft keyboard according to the html input type in android webview

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I want to show android soft keyboard on page load and programmatically focusing a input field.

$('#field').focus();

As far as I researched , this cannot be done other than user generated events , like click event.

So I tried a workaround to focus the input field , and show android keyboard manually by using this code.

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); 
imm.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(myWebView.getWindowToken() , InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT , 0);

Keyboard is successfully showing and input field is also getting focus. But the problem is , it is only showing the standard keyboard. I want to show the keyboard according to the input type specified.

Like if input field is:

<input type="number" id="field" name="field"/>

Above workaround is showing standard text keyboard , but I want to show a numeric keyboard according to the type in input field.

did u find the solution..???

Coder29
– Coder29

2016-03-03 09:51:45 +00:00
Commented Mar 3, 2016 at 9:51 — Coder29
– Coder29, Commented Mar 3, 2016 at 9:51

Michael Blondel · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-04 12:26:03Z

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i've searched a long time before i found solution.

Add this :

imm.restartInput(view);

after showSoftInput.

This will "recalculate" the kind of keyboard to show regarding focused input

answered Jan 4, 2017 at 12:26

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Cristi Marian · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-04 14:18:09Z

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Try this:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,0);

answered Feb 4, 2015 at 14:18

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user149408 Over a year ago

This will show or hide the soft keyboard, but OP is asking how to change the layout from alpha to numeric.

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