how to open soft keyboard in android programmatically

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2class MainActivity: AppCompatActivity() {
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4	override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
5        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
6        setContentView(R.layout.activity_message)
7		val editTextMessage = findViewById<EditText>(R.id.myEditeText)
8      	showSoftKeyboard(this, editTextMessage)
9    }
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12  	private fun showSoftKeyboard(context: Context, v: View) {
13    	val iim = context.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
14    	if (v.requestFocus()) {
15      		iim.showSoftInput(v, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT)
16    	}
17  	}
18}
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