How can I set the focus (and display the keyboard) on my EditText programmatically

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Try this: 

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myTextViewId);
editText.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#requestFocus()

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