public void alertMy(String sTitle, String sMessage){
	AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(Test.this); // activity
  builder.setTitle(sTitle)
  .setMessage(sMessage)
  .setCancelable(false)
  .setNegativeButton("Close",new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
      public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
          dialog.cancel();
      }
  });
  AlertDialog alert = builder.create();
  alert.show();

}

// ActivityClass.java
InputMethodManager showSoftInput;
Button hBtnKeyboardShow ;
//onCreate
showSoftInput = (InputMethodManager)this.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

hBtnKeyboardShow = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnKeyboardShow);
hBtnKeyboardShow.setOnClickListener(myButtonListener);
// END onCreate

//button listener
private OnClickListener myButtonListener = new OnClickListener() {
     public void onClick(View v) {
     	 try {
     		 showSoftInput.getInputMethodList();
                 showSoftInput.toggleSoftInput(showSoftInput.SHOW_FORCED, 0);	
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Log.e("Keyboard show ", e.getMessage());
			
		}
     }
};

// in strings.xml
<string name="myStringWithTags"><![CDATA[<b>some text..</b> other tags ...]]></string>
<string name="myStringWithPattern"><![CDATA[<b>%s</b> other tags ...]]></string>
// in Activity.class
String sHtmlText = this.getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.myStringTags);
         sHtmlText = this.getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.myStringWithPattern,"replace %s with this text");