Nativescript: Nativescript - Keep keyboard open when TextField returned on Android

Created on 15 Aug 2017 · 4Comments · Source: NativeScript/NativeScript

How can I keep the keyboard open after the user taps on the "Return" key on the soft keyboard? I'm calling the focus method on "returnPress" event, which works fine on IOS but not on android:

text() {
    let textFieldElement = <TextField>this.textField.nativeElement;
    textFieldElement.focus();
}

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TareqAteik

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Okay, turns out I have to override "onEditorAction" method in the "EditorActionListener"...

TareqAteik on 16 Aug 2017

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@TareqAteik try to wrap the focus method in small timeout - most of the times the keyboard focus would be invoked only after the whole UI is loaded.

e.g.

text() {
    let textFieldElement = <TextField>this.textField.nativeElement;
    setTimeout(function() {
        textFieldElement.focus();
    }, 300);
}