How to set focus to a button widget programmatically?

Question

Is it possible to set a focus to a button widget which lies somewhere down in my layout? onCreate of the activity my control/focus should be on that button programmatically.

Solution 1

Yeah it's possible.

Button myBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.myButtonId);
myBtn.requestFocus();

or in XML

<Button ...><requestFocus /></Button>

Important Note: The button widget needs to be focusable and focusableInTouchMode. Most widgets are focusable but not focusableInTouchMode by default. So make sure to either set it in code

myBtn.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

or in XML

android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

Solution 2

Try this:

btn.requestFocusFromTouch();

Comments

[Manoj Kumar]

I trying it in onCreate method but its not working. I am creating buttons dynamically and adding the buttons in LinearLayout. Can any one please help me out?

[Bobs]

it does not worked for me. I have an EditView in my page that always gets focus.

[Konstantin Konopko]

android:focusableInTouchMode="true" required to click a button twice, the first click to set focus, the second click to make action. This is not appropriate for common flow.