requestFocus not working

Question

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:padding="20dp" >

    <AutoCompleteTextView
        android:id="@+id/autocomplete_zone"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:dropDownVerticalOffset="0.2dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="@string/zone_hint"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:lines="1"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:popupBackground="#00ffffff"
        android:textColor="#ffffff"
        android:textColorHint="#ffffff" >

        <requestFocus />
    </AutoCompleteTextView>

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@id/autocomplete_zone"
        android:layout_alignRight="@id/autocomplete_zone"
        android:layout_alignTop="@id/autocomplete_zone"
        android:paddingBottom="5dp"
        android:visibility="invisible" />
</RelativeLayout>

In the above markup

<requestFocus />

does not work. The text view is not focused when the activity is started. Is this because of the progress bar which overlays the text view? Any ideas how to fix this?

Answer 1

Solved it! In manifest I added following to the activity:

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible"