diff --git a/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue b/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
index bd7aa3a06..e59705af9 100755
--- a/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
+++ b/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ export default {
         bindResizeListener() {
             if (!this.resizeListener) {
                 this.resizeListener = () => {
-                    if (this.overlayVisible) {
+                    if (this.overlayVisible && !DomHandler.isAndroid()) {
                         this.hide();
                     }
                 };
diff --git a/src/components/multiselect/MultiSelect.vue b/src/components/multiselect/MultiSelect.vue
index 571b952d0..ce283de05 100755
--- a/src/components/multiselect/MultiSelect.vue
+++ b/src/components/multiselect/MultiSelect.vue
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                             </div>
                         </div>
                         <div v-if="filter" class="p-multiselect-filter-container">
-                            <input type="text" v-model="filterValue" class="p-multiselect-filter p-inputtext p-component" :placeholder="filterPlaceholder" @input="onFilterChange">
+                            <input type="text" ref="filterInput" v-model="filterValue" class="p-multiselect-filter p-inputtext p-component" :placeholder="filterPlaceholder" @input="onFilterChange">
                             <span class="p-multiselect-filter-icon pi pi-search"></span>
                         </div>
                         <button class="p-multiselect-close p-link" @click="onCloseClick" type="button" v-ripple>
@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ export default {
             this.bindOutsideClickListener();
             this.bindScrollListener();
             this.bindResizeListener();
+
+            if (this.filter) {
+                this.$refs.filterInput.focus();
+            }
+
             this.$emit('show');
         },
         onOverlayLeave() {
@@ -407,7 +412,7 @@ export default {
         bindResizeListener() {
             if (!this.resizeListener) {
                 this.resizeListener = () => {
-                    if (this.overlayVisible) {
+                    if (this.overlayVisible && !DomHandler.isAndroid()) {
                         this.hide();
                     }
                 };