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If you want to request focus and show keyboard when a view is loaded you should do:

• Into the EditText XML add <requestFocus/> tag:

   <EditText>  
      ...  
      <requestFocus />  
   </EditText>  

• In the Application Manifest add the property "windowSoftInputMode":

   <activity  
    ...  
   android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible"/>  

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