Detect touch on EditText, but not interrupt it?

Question

I need to know when the user touches/taps/clicks the edittext in my activity.

How can I do this without interrupting the events, so the keypad still displays properly?

(And I need to know about it before the OS displays the keypad...if possible)

Answer 1

You should be able to do this by attaching an OnClickListener to your EditText. If you're concerned about blocking the UI thread in your OnClickListener, you can spawn a new Thread and do your work in there - though, if you do that, there's no guarantee the work will be done before the keypad shows up.

Answer 2

txtEdit.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener(){
    public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionEvent) {                                                       
         // your code here....
         getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE);                
         return false;
    }
});