Question

Let say I have the following layout:

when I click on the edit text at the bottom I get this:

As you can notice the image from the top goes upper and the whole layout moves.
This is my xml for this layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="fill_parent"
   android:background="#FFFFFF" >

   <LinearLayout
       android:id="@+id/header"
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:layout_height="75dp"
       android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
       android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
       android:layout_alignParentTop="true"        
       android:isScrollContainer="true"
       android:background="@drawable/header" >
   </LinearLayout>

   <ScrollView
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:id="@+id/scrollauthentication"
       android:layout_below="@+id/header"
       android:background="#FFFFFF"
       android:fillViewport="true" >

       <RelativeLayout
           xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
           android:layout_width="fill_parent"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:background="#FFFFFF" 
           android:id="@+id/authenticationrelativelayout">

           <TextView
               android:id="@+id/login"
               android:layout_width="wrap_content"
               android:layout_height="wrap_content"
               android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
               android:layout_below="@+id/header"
               android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
               android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
               android:text="login"
               android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
               android:textColor="@color/lighter_orange"
               android:textSize="28dp" />

           <TextView
               android:id="@+id/usernameTextView"
               android:layout_width="wrap_content"
               android:layout_height="wrap_content"
               android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/login"
               android:layout_below="@+id/login"
               android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
               android:text="username"
               android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
               android:textColor="@color/dark_gray" />

           <EditText
               android:id="@+id/user"
               android:layout_width="260dp"
               android:layout_height="42dp"
               android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/usernameTextView"
               android:layout_below="@+id/usernameTextView"
               android:background="@drawable/edittext_selector"
               android:imeOptions="actionDone"
               android:lines="1"
               android:paddingLeft="10dp" />

           <TextView
               android:id="@+id/passwordTextView"
               android:layout_width="wrap_content"
               android:layout_height="wrap_content"
               android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/user"
               android:layout_below="@+id/user"
               android:text="password"
               android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
               android:textColor="@color/dark_gray" />

           <EditText
               android:id="@+id/password"
               android:layout_width="260dp"
               android:layout_height="42dp"
               android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/passwordTextView"
               android:layout_below="@+id/passwordTextView"
               android:background="@drawable/edittext_selector"
               android:imeOptions="actionDone"
               android:inputType="textPassword"
               android:lines="1"
               android:paddingLeft="10dp" >

               <requestFocus />
           </EditText>

           <CheckBox
               android:id="@+id/remembercheckBox"
               android:layout_width="wrap_content"
               android:layout_height="wrap_content"
               android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/password"
               android:layout_below="@+id/password"
               android:layout_marginTop="37dp"
               android:button="@drawable/checkbox_selector"
               android:focusable="true" />

           <TextView
               android:id="@+id/rememberText"
               android:layout_width="wrap_content"
               android:layout_height="wrap_content"
               android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/remembercheckBox"
               android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/remembercheckBox"
               android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/remembercheckBox"
               android:text="Remember me"
               android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
               android:textColor="@color/dark_gray" />
       </RelativeLayout>
   </ScrollView>

   <LinearLayout
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
       android:layout_below="@+id/scrollauthentication"
       android:orientation="horizontal" >

       <Button
           android:id="@+id/loginButton"
           android:layout_width="wrap_content"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:background="@color/button_selected"
           android:text="log in"
           android:textColor="@drawable/textblack_selected"
           android:textStyle="bold" >
       </Button>

       <Button
           android:id="@+id/forgotten"
           android:layout_width="wrap_content"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
           android:background="@color/button_selected"
           android:text="forgotten password"
           android:textColor="@drawable/textblack_selected"
           android:textStyle="bold" />
   </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

And I have also set this in manifest file for this activity:

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"

So is there a way to stop my layout from moving when the keyboard is displayed?
Thank you!!!!

Answer 1

well, I have not mentioned any “windowSoftInputMode” in my app’s manifest and it runs fine. Screen does not move up when the keyboard opens up. Try this approach – just remove the “windowSoftInputMode” parameter from your manifest .