EditText, inputType values (xml)

Where can I find the values that inputType can have?

I'm aware of http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/InputType.html , but how should the values look like in layout xml files?

Soft Keyboard shows up on EditText focus ONLY once

Thanks for reading.

I am facing a strange problem: My app behavior is such that when the Activity starts, I requestFocus() on an EditText and show the soft keyboard.

How do I use InputFilter to limit characters in an EditText in Android?

I want to restrict the chars to 0-9, a-z, A-Z and spacebar only. Setting inputtype I can limit to digits but I cannot figure out the ways of Inputfilter looking through the docs.

Android UTF-8 edittext not displayed

I want to display some UTF-8 characters (upside down) in my edittext:

Edittext in Listview with wrong input onresume

I have a a listview with each row having a text field and edittext field. I have them all fight on screen. When I resume the activity by either getting a call, going back etc the input in the edittext fields does not match up with what was originally enter into. I was wondering how I could setup onresume or a saved instant state to prevent that and insure that the correct input is in the correct edittext field.