focusFirstInput (Modal) doesn't work on Android

I was able to make it working on iOS adding <preference name="KeyboardDisplayRequiresUserAction" value="false" /> in the config.xml.

I don’t how to do on Android, I’ve tried to use this cordova plugin (https://github.com/phonostar/PhoneGap-SoftKeyboard.git) but it doesn’t work. Suggestions?

[hypery2k]

together with the IonicKeyboard Plugin I found a working solution on iOS 7+ and Android 4.4+ by using a directive

/**
 * @ngdoc directive
 * @name isFocused
 * @module flynnBookScannerApp
 * @description gives focus the the element, can be used as attribute
 */
app.directive('isFocused', function($timeout) {
    return {
        scope: {
            trigger: '&isFocused'
        },
        link: function(scope, element) {
            if (scope.trigger()) {
                $timeout(function() {
                    element[0].focus();
                    element[0].click();
                    cordova.plugins.Keyboard.show();
                });
            }
        }
    };
});

in HTML

<input type="search" data-ng-model="searchQuery.fullTextSearch"  is-focused="true"
                   placeholder="Type keywords to search ...">

and this config.xml:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0" 
...
    <preference name="fullscreen" value="false" />
    <preference name="webviewbounce" value="false" />
    <preference name="UIWebViewBounce" value="false" />
    <preference name="DisallowOverscroll" value="true" />
    <preference name="KeyboardDisplayRequiresUserAction" value="false" />
</widget>

See the full example here:

We’re using beta4 in the app

[frissonlabs]

In order to get the keyboard to display on focus, you can use the following directive:

angular.module('directives')
.directive('isFocused', function($timeout) {
  return {
    scope: { trigger: '&isFocused' },
    link: function(scope, element) {
        if(scope.trigger()) {
          $timeout(function() {
            element[0].focus();
            element[0].click();
          });
        }
    }
  };
});

for example:

<textarea rows="8" ng-model="text" is-focused="true"></textarea>

I’m guessing the default implementation does not include the auto-display of the keyboard on focus for fear of hiding content unintentionally.