Move layouts up when soft keyboard is shown?

I have a few elements in a RelativeView with the align bottom attribute set, when the soft keyboard comes up the elements are hidden by the soft keyboard.

I would like them to move up so that if there is enough screen space they are shown above the keyboard, or to make the section above the keyboard scrollable so the user can still see the elements.

Any ideas on how to approach this?

Yes, check out http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/updating-applications-for-on-screen.html">this article on the Android developers' site which describes how the framework handles the soft keyboard appearing.

The http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#wsoft">android:windowSoftInputMode</a></code> attribute can be used to specify what happens on a per-activity basis: whether the layout is resized or whether it scrolls etc.

You can also use this code in onCreate() method:

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN);

Add in AndroidManifest.xml for your activity:

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan|adjustResize"

Make changes in the activity of your Manifest file like

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"

OR

Make changes in your onCreate() method in the activity class like

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

similar issue i was facing with my layout which consist scroll view inside. Whenever i try to select text in EditText,Copy/Cut/Paste action bar gets moved up with below code as such it does not resize layout

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"

By modifying it to as below

1. AndroidManifest.xml

   android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible|adjustResize"

2. style.xml file ,in activity style

   true

It worked for me.

In AndroidManifest.xml, don't forget to set:

 android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"

and for RelativeLayout inside ScrollView ,set :

 android:layout_gravity="center" or android:layout_gravity="bottom" 

it will be okay

for Activity in its oncreate methode insert below line

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN);

and for fragments in its onCreate method

getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN);

There are 3 steps to follow to scroll screen up.

1. Write in manifest file for your activity:

> android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"

2. Add following line in oncreate() method of your activity

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

3. Then place your whole view in "Scrollview" in XML file like :

> > http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:background="@drawable/bg" > android:layout_height="match_parent" > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="match_parent" > android:layout_gravity="center" > > > ......... > > > > > > >

P.S. Don't forget to add android:layout_gravity="center" in parent Relative layout.

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

Add NestedScrollView around layout which you want to scroll, this will perfectly work

I tried a method of Diego Ramírez, it works. In AndroidManifest:

    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustResize">
        ...
    </activity>

In activity_main.xml:

<LinearLayout ...
    android:orientation="vertical">

<Space
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_weight="1" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/edName"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:ems="10"
    android:hint="@string/first_name"
    android:inputType="textPersonName" />

<EditText ...>
...
</LinearLayout>

I have found a solution to my problems that it's pretty same as yours.

First of all, I only have a LinearLayout with 2 elements, an ImageView and a LinearLayout wich contains 2 EditText and one Button, so I needed to keep them separate in full screen without keyboard, and when the keyboard appears they should look closer.

So I added the view between them with the height attribute in 0dp and weight 1, that let me keep my views separate one form each other. and when the keyboard appers, as they don't have a fix height, they just resize and keep the aspect.

Voila! The layout resize and the distance between my views is the same when the keyboard is or not present.

I just added the following line to the top level layout and everything worked:

android:fitsSystemWindows="true"

1. If user want this task using manifest then add this line in manifest
2. In manifest add this line: - android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" e.g.

In Java File or Kotlin File (Programmatically):- If the user wants this using Activity then add the below line in onCreate Method

activity?.window()?.setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE)

Here is full manifest code

<activity
        android:name=".activities.MainActivity"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
        android:label="@string/app_name">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

In your manifest file add the below line. It will work

<activity name="MainActivity"
    android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible|adjustResize">
    ...
</activity>

if you are in fragments then you have to add the below code to your onCreate on your activity it solves issue for me

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN | WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN);
        

This is what worked for me after looking at a lot of solutions:

In AndroidManifest.xml add the following line to an activity declaration in the manifest file of your project.

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustPan" 

The code should look something like this:

    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:screenOrientation="landscape"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustPan">
    </activity>

Alright this is very late however I've discovered that if you add a List View under your edit text then the keyboard will move all layouts under that edittext without moving the ListView

<EditText
android:id="@+id/et"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"



/>

<ListView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"//can make as 1dp
    android:layout_below="@+id/et" // set to below editext
    android:id="@+id/view"
    >
**<any layout**

This is the only solution that worked for me.

Not a single advice solve my issue. Adjust Pan is almost as like work Adjust Resize. If i set Adjust Nothing than layout not move up but it hide my edittext of bottom that i am corrently writing. So after 24 hour of continuous searching I found this source and it solve my problem.

It might be late but I want to add few things. In Android Studio Version 4.0.1, and Gradle Version 6.1.1, the windowSoftInputMode will not work as expected if you are adding the following flags in your Activity :

getWindow().setFlags(
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS,
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS
        );

After wasting lot of time, I have found that hack. In order for adjustResize or AdjustPanor any attribute of windowSoftInputMode to work properly, you need to remove that from your activity.

Use Scroll View as a Parent and use this Tag in Scroll View

android:fillViewport="true"

Add this line to the view:

view.requestFocus();