Re-Panning App Content When Calling RequestFocus

Question

I have a need to programmatically unfocus & focus EditText(s) in my app, for which I use the ClearFocus() & RequestFocus() methods of EditText. However, RequestFocus() does not open the keyboard or pan the app content like it would if the user had manually selected the EditText. I can display the keyboard using the InputMethodManager, but that still does not pan the app content, therefore sometimes hiding the EditText that is focused & being edited (it does pan it once the user starts typing, but I need it to pan when the EditText is focused). Is there any way to force the keyboard to re-pan the app content? Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello,​

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You can try to use the following code to hide or show keyboard for your EditText(s) in your app programmatically, it could re-pan the app content.

   var btn_show = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.btn_show);  
              var btn_hide = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.btn_hide);  
              EditText editText1 = FindViewById<EditText>(Resource.Id.editText1);  
     
               InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)GetSystemService(Context.InputMethodService);  
                
               btn_show.Click += delegate  
               {  
     
                   if (imm != null)  
                   {  
                       editText1.RequestFocus();  
                       imm.ShowSoftInput(editText1, 0);  
                   }  
     
               };  
     
               btn_hide.Click += delegate  
               {  
                   if (imm != null)  
                   {  
                       imm.HideSoftInputFromWindow(editText1.WindowToken, 0);  
                       editText1.ClearFocus();  
                   }  
     
               };  
           }  

Here is running screenshot. If it is not your need, could you share a video or GIF about your issue?

Best Regards,

Leon Lu

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