Getting a Soft Keyboard for a EditTextPreference

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Published on 2010-05-03T16:16:33Z Indexed on 2010/05/03 16:18 UTC
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Hello,

I have a shared preference that is being accesed via an EditTextPreference. I am in the process of porting this application to a device that does not have a hardware keyboard for text entry.

When the time comes to modify the EditTextPreference, there is no soft keyboard that becomes available, and I am at a loss as to how to invoke the soft keyboard for text input to edit this preference.

Thanks

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