show soft keyboard

use the following method onCreate() or somewhere.

private void showVirturalKeyboard(){
    Timer timer = new Timer();
    timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
         @Override
         public void run() {
              InputMethodManager m = (InputMethodManager) SearchActivity.this.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

              if(m != null){
                // m.toggleSoftInput(0, InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
                m.toggleSoftInput(0, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
              } 
         }

    }, 100);         
}