Android soft keyboard not showing on webview

Sometimes your webview may not show the soft keyboard.  This has to do with the focus and the timing that the webview is rendered.

If the soft keyboard does not show up, try to add the following to your webview:

mWebView.requestFocus(View.FOCUS_DOWN);
mWebView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
       @Override
       public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
           switch (event.getAction()) {
               case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
               case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                   if (!v.hasFocus()) {
                       v.requestFocus();
                   }
                   break;
           }
           return false;
       }
   });