[android] Android soft keyboard covers EditText field

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

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The answer is


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.


just add

android:gravity="bottom" android:paddingBottom="10dp"

change paddingBottom according to your size of edittext


add this single line to your relative activity where key board cover edit text.inside onCreat()method of activity.

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE | WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE);

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.


I had the same issue and searching the people said to add adjustPan, while in my case adjustResize worked.

<activity
    android:name=".YOUR.ACTIVITY"
    ...
    android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
/>

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.


I had same issues. Try following code:

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"

add it to your manifest.xml in the activity tag of the activity that holds the input. example:

<activity
            android:name=".Activities.InputsActivity"
            ...
            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"
            />

If EditText Field is been covered by the KeyBoard Use the following code:

    EditText= findViewById(R.id.edittext)
    EditText?.getParent()?.requestChildFocus(EditText,EditText)

If you want the Cursor to be in the Focused EditText than use EditText.requestFocus() after the EditText?.getParent()?.requestChildFocus(EditText,EditText) which helps to get the focus and Cursor in the Focused EditText.


All you need to do is

android:isScrollContainer="true"

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


android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"
android:isScrollContainer="true"

works for android EditText, while it not works for webview or xwalkview. When soft keyboard hide the input in webview or xwalkview you have use android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"


The above solution work perfectly but if you are using Fullscreen activity(translucent status bar) then these solutions might not work. so for fullscreen use this code inside your onCreate function on your Activity.

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
        Window w = getWindow();
        w.setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN , WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN );
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_NAVIGATION, WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_STATUS_BAR);
    }

Example:

  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
        Window w = getWindow();
        w.setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN , WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN );
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_NAVIGATION, WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_STATUS_BAR);
    }
    
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

I had the same issue where the softkeyboard was on top of the EditText views which were placed on the bottom of the screen. I was able to find a solution by adding a single line to my AndroidManifest.xml file's relevant activity.

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize|stateHidden"

This is how the whole activity tag looks like:

<activity
        android:name="com.my.MainActivity"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_main"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize|stateHidden" >
    </activity>

Here the most important value is the adjustResize. This will shift the whole UI up to give room for the softkeyboard.


I know this is old but none of the above solutions worked for me. After extensive debugging, I figured out the issue. The solution is setting the android:windowTranslucentStatus attribute to false in my styles.xml


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


Edit your AndroidManifest.xml

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"

Add this to your root view of Layout file.

android:fitsSystemWindows="true"

That's all.