Use requestFocus tag to request initial focus.

briar-android/src/main/res/layout/activity_change_password.xml

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 				android:importantForAutofill="no"
 				android:inputType="textPassword"
 				android:maxLines="1"/>
+
+			<requestFocus/>
+
 		</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
 
 		<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout

briar-android/src/main/res/layout/activity_create_forum.xml

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 			android:inputType="text|textCapSentences"
 			android:maxLines="1"/>
 
+		<requestFocus/>
+
 	</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
 
 	<Button

briar-android/src/main/res/layout/activity_write_blog_post.xml

@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 		android:gravity="bottom"
 		app:buttonText="@string/blogs_publish_blog_post"
 		app:fillHeight="true"
-		app:hint="@string/blogs_write_blog_post_body_hint"/>
+		app:hint="@string/blogs_write_blog_post_body_hint">
+
+		<requestFocus/>
+
+	</org.briarproject.briar.android.view.LargeTextInputView>
 
 	<ProgressBar
 		android:id="@+id/progressBar"

briar-android/src/main/res/layout/fragment_create_group.xml

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 			android:inputType="text|textCapSentences"
 			android:maxLines="1"/>
 
+		<requestFocus/>
+
 	</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
 
 	<Button

briar-android/src/main/res/layout/fragment_password.xml

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 				android:inputType="textPassword"
 				android:maxLines="1"/>
 
+			<requestFocus/>
+
 		</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
 
 		<Button

briar-android/src/main/res/layout/fragment_setup_author_name.xml

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 				android:maxLines="1"/>
 
 			<requestFocus/>
+
 		</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
 
 		<Button

briar-android/src/main/res/layout/fragment_setup_password.xml

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 				android:maxLines="1">
 
 				<requestFocus/>
+
 			</android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText>
 
 		</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>