Android soft keyboard covers edittext field

Question

Is there a way to make the screen scroll to allow the text field to be seen?

Answer 1

I believe that you can make it scroll by using the trackball, which might be achieved programmatically through selection methods eventually, but it's just an idea. I know that the trackball method typically works, but as for the exact way to do this and make it work from code, I do not sure.
Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Why not try to add a ScrollView to wrap whatever it is you want to scroll. Here is how I have done it, where I actually leave a header on top which does not scroll, while the dialog widgets (in particular the EditTexts) scroll when you open soft keypad.

<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/HeaderLayout" >
  <!-- Here add a header or whatever will not be scrolled. -->
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView android:id="@+id/MainForm" >
  <!-- Here add your edittexts or whatever will scroll. -->
</ScrollView>

I would typically have a LinearLayout inside the ScrollView, but that is up to you. Also, setting Scrollbar style to outsideInset helps, at least on my devices.

Answer 3

Are you asking how to control what is visible when the soft keyboard opens? You might want to play with the windowSoftInputMode. See developer docs for more discussion.

Answer 4

All you need to do is

android:isScrollContainer="true"

source: http://www.davidwparker.com/2011/08/25/android-fixing-window-resize-and-scrolling/

Answer 5

Sorry for reviving an old thread but no one mentioned setting android:imeOptions="flagNoFullscreen" in your EditText element

Answer 6

Edit your AndroidManifest.xml

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"

Add this to your root view of Layout file.

android:fitsSystemWindows="true"

That's all.