Soft keyboard not opening after setting textIsSelectable(true) in Android

Question

To make edittext selectable without showing soft keyboard, I had put edittext.textIsSelectable(true) attribute and I had hidden the soft keyboard.

When I try to open soft keyboard again, it not opening.

I tried setting setFocusable(true) in edittext but still keyboard not opening. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you

Answer 1

By using the below code for EditText you can get the event for Cut/Copy/Paste And you have to create editText like below.And you can hide the soft keyboard after event fired...

<com.example.textlink.EditTextMonitor
android:id="@+id/editText"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:hint="EditText" />

Create one java file in your package...

public class EditTextMonitor extends EditText {
private final Context mcontext; // Just the constructors to create a new
                                // EditText...

public EditTextMonitor(Context context) {
    super(context);
    this.mcontext = context;
}

public EditTextMonitor(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
    this.mcontext = context;
}

public EditTextMonitor(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    this.mcontext = context;
}

@Override
public boolean onTextContextMenuItem(int id) {
    // Do your thing:
    boolean consumed = super.onTextContextMenuItem(id);
    // React:
    switch (id) {
    case android.R.id.cut:
        onTextCut();
        break;
    case android.R.id.paste:
        onTextPaste();
        break;
    case android.R.id.copy:
        onTextCopy();
    }
    return consumed;
}

/**
 * Text was cut from this EditText.
 */
public void onTextCut() {
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getContext()
            .getApplicationContext()
            .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
    Toast.makeText(mcontext, "Event of Cut!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

/**
 * Text was copied from this EditText.
 */
public void onTextCopy() {
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getContext()
            .getApplicationContext()
            .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
    Toast.makeText(mcontext, "Event of Copy!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

/**
 * Text was pasted into the EditText.
 */
public void onTextPaste() {
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getContext()
            .getApplicationContext()
            .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
    Toast.makeText(mcontext, "Event of Paste!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}}

Answer 2

Without setting attribute edittext.textIsSelectable(true)

you can able to select the entered text and copy it right, why don't you go blindly with the edittext with basic attributes

Answer 3

I found the answer.

Just override the isTextSelectable() method in Edittext.

If you want to open keyboard then return super.isTextSelectable() .

If you don't want to open keyboard then return true .

That's it. It worked for me.