Question

I’m working on an app and have a small problem when the soft keyboard is shown before switching activities. This happens when:

1. The user hits the search button
2. They enter a search term, view the search in a new activity and then return to the previous page
3. When the user returns to the previous page, a black box flashes where the soft keyboard was and then returns to normal

If the list is turned off or empty this problem never manifests. I have tried to enable caching of the listview children, hiding the listview when the activity pauses but to no avail. I would really appreciate any insight into why this might be occuring.

Thanks,
Laurence

Answer 1

Thought I’d follow up.

This problem was specific to pre Android 3.0 devices. On HC, ICS and JB this is no longer exhibited. As simple way to get around this on older versions of Android is to just change the windows background to match the color of your view. It still is blanked out but no where near as noticeable as black on white.