How To Toggle "use Physical Keyboard".

I am developing an application where I have RFID reader (emulates keyboard). In some activities I need a virtual keyboard as well. I have discovered that all I need is to toggle 'U

Solution 1:

I was able to toggle the on-screen keyboard, with the following code:

InputMethodManagerinputMgr= (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMgr.toggleSoftInput(0, 0);

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In reference, use EditText.

"EditText is a thin veneer over TextView that configures itself to be editable."

To display the on-screen keyboard, all they need do is touch in the textbox. If that box was named "Search" or something similar, I believe it would be more useful to a user than a button.