How to show the software keyboard in WebView if the element is selected by hardware or joystick/remote?

Question

Android

The problem is this:
the application works on a set-top box for a TV, there is an activity with WebView, there is one text field and a button on the page, navigation is carried out by the remote control - an analogue of the keyboard arrows, now when the text field is selected with these arrows, you need to show the keyboard. This does not happen automatically, but the built-in browser can do this. How can you do?

Answer 1

try like this

webview.requestFocus(View.FOCUS_DOWN);
    webview.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            switch (event.getAction()) {
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                    if (!v.hasFocus()) {
                        v.requestFocus();
                    }
                    break;
            }
            return false;
        }
    });