Getting a Soft Keyboard for a EditTextPreference

I have a shared pr开发者_如何学Goeference that is being accesed via an EditTextPreference. I am in the process of porting this application to a device that does not have a hardware keyboard for text entry.

When the time comes to modify the EditTextPreference, there is no soft keyboard that becomes available, and I am at a loss as to how to invoke the soft keyboard for text input to edit this preference.

Thanks

EditTextPreference supports most of the same XML properties as does the EditText widget. So, you can use stuff like android:inputType, android:imeOptions, and kin to tailor the soft keyboard.

However, AFAIK, the soft keyboard is automatic for EditTextPreferences -- it should work without configuration.