java - android soft keyboard not showing on button click -

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here method on buttonclick not working... have tried many things nothing seems work

public void open_keyboard(view view) {     message.msg_l(this, "keyboard clicked");     inputmethodmanager imm = (inputmethodmanager) getsystemservice(context.input_method_service);     imm.showsoftinput(view, inputmethodmanager.show_implicit); } 

please try this,

inputmethodmanager imm = (inputmethodmanager) getsystemservice(context.input_method_service);             imm.togglesoftinput(inputmethodmanager.show_forced,0);