I have a layout that uses an EditText to let users search a database and populate a ListView. The EditText is about 2/3 of the way from the top of the screen (positioned over an ImageView, and followed by some intro text.)
The problem is that the soft keyboard hides the EditText, so the user can't see what he's typing. (I disabled the auto-suggest.)
I've tried LinearLayout, RelativeLayout, paddings, and different alignments/centerings, but I still can't get it to work right. The EditText is either hidden, gets pushed off the top of the screen, or get "squished" and distorted.
Suggestions???
One possible workaround is to move the EditText to the top of the screen. However, this deviates from the graphic design that I was given.
Another possible workaround is for me to make the soft keyboard open in full screen (not sure how, though). This will still hide the EditText, but then I can re-enable the auto-suggestion so the user can see what he's typing... sort of... because he can only see the suggestions for what he's typing.
Here's my latest attempt. See "introFrame".
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/titleContainer"
android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView android:text="@string/title_string"
android:textSize="15sp" android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textStyle="bold" android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/introFrame"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal" >
<ImageView
android:src="@drawable/main_search_image"
android:scaleType="center"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"/>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:paddingTop="140dp" >
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/introSearchContainer"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<EditText android:id="@+id/intro_search_box"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint=" Enter keyword "
android:imeOptions="actionGo"
android:inputType="textFilter"
android:maxLines="1" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<Button android:id="@+id/intro_search_button"
android:background="@drawable/custom_button_go"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:text="@string/search_intro"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/listContainer"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ListView android:id="@+id/itemlist" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:cacheColorHint="#00000000" />
<TextView android:text="No data found" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="16sp" android:textColor="#FFFFFF" android:id="@+id/android:empty" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>