[Android] Open the keyboard when entering the search activity

[Nicolas Pomepuy]

vlc-android | branch: master | Nicolas Pomepuy <nicolas at videolabs.io> | Thu Feb  6 13:36:56 2025 +0100| [d10d2ec76491cb4f9ce84053e330405fe78d1042] | committer: Duncan McNamara

Open the keyboard when entering the search activity

> https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-android/commit/d10d2ec76491cb4f9ce84053e330405fe78d1042
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 application/vlc-android/AndroidManifest.xml            | 5 +++--
 application/vlc-android/res/layout/search_activity.xml | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/application/vlc-android/AndroidManifest.xml b/application/vlc-android/AndroidManifest.xml
index aed9780013..0da22db38c 100644
--- a/application/vlc-android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/application/vlc-android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -991,8 +991,9 @@
             android:name=".gui.AuthorsActivity"
             android:theme="@style/Theme.VLC"/>
         <activity
-            android:name=".gui.SearchActivity"
-            android:theme="@style/Theme.VLC"/>
+                android:name=".gui.SearchActivity"
+                android:theme="@style/Theme.VLC"
+                android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible" />
         <activity
             android:name=".gui.SendCrashActivity"
             android:label="@string/vlc_reporter"
diff --git a/application/vlc-android/res/layout/search_activity.xml b/application/vlc-android/res/layout/search_activity.xml
index ff25c35d9e..43f8726b4b 100644
--- a/application/vlc-android/res/layout/search_activity.xml
+++ b/application/vlc-android/res/layout/search_activity.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
                         android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                         android:hint="@string/search_hint"
                         android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
-                        android:inputType="textFilter" />
+                        android:inputType="textFilter" >
+                    <requestFocus/>
+                </EditText>
             </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
         </LinearLayout>