[AC-2014] Android 2.x keyboard not popping up when focusing on webview textfield (using SDK 3.1.2.GA)

On an Android 2.x device the keyboard won't popup when focusing on a textfield. The bug is evident with Titanium SDK 3.1.2.GA but not with Titanium SDK 3.1.1.GA I've tried the following solutions with no success. webview.focus() http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/148773/keyboard-not-popup-on-input-focus-in-webview-on-android-2x#comment-160431 softKeyboardOnFocus http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/145919/keyboard-wont-show-on-input-focus-in-webview-on-android My Alloy code: index.js (controller) var webview = Ti.UI.createWebView({ scalesPageToFit : true, scrollable : true, scrollType : 'vertical', top : "10%", url: "http://google.com", }); index.xml (view)