Question

When I tap on a text field and the keyboard pops up, the upper few fields of my ScrollView hide behind the ActionBar.

If you look at the scrollbar, that is at the very top. That means even if I scroll up now, the elements will not come into view.

I am using ActionBarSherlock. I am not sure if it is the problem with the ABS or with the ScrollView.

Here is the code of my scrollView:

<ScrollView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/scrollView_MessageUpdate"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    tools:context=".MessengerActivity"
    android:scrollbarStyle="outsideOverlay"
    android:background="@drawable/repeating_bg"
>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/RelativeLayout_MessageUpdate"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical" 
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:background="@drawable/repeating_bg"
        >

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/txtPostedBy"
            android:hint="@string/txtPostedByHint"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:ems="12"
            android:inputType="none"
            android:layout_marginTop="100dip">

            <requestFocus />
        </EditText>

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/txtPostTitle"
            android:hint="@string/txtPostTitleHint"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/txtPostedBy"
            android:ems="12"
            android:layout_marginTop="3dip"
            android:inputType="text">
        </EditText>


        <EditText android:id="@+id/txtMessage"
            android:hint="@string/txtMessageHint"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:lines="3"
            android:gravity="top|left"
            android:inputType="textMultiLine"
            android:scrollHorizontally="false"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/txtPostTitle"
            android:layout_alignRight="@+id/txtPostTitle"
            android:layout_below="@+id/txtPostTitle"
        />

        <EditText android:id="@+id/txtComment"
            android:hint="@string/txtCommentHint"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:lines="5"
            android:gravity="top|left"
            android:inputType="textMultiLine"
            android:scrollHorizontally="false"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/txtPostTitle"
            android:layout_alignRight="@+id/txtPostTitle"
            android:layout_below="@+id/txtMessage"
        />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnUpdateMessage"
            android:text="@string/btnUpdateText"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/txtComment"
            style="@style/styledBuutonNoIcon_text"
            android:background="@drawable/styled_inner_form_button"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/txtPostTitle"
            android:layout_alignRight="@+id/txtPostTitle"
            android:layout_marginTop="3dip" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnCancelMessage"
            android:text="@string/btnCancelText"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/btnUpdateMessage"
            style="@style/styledBuutonNoIcon_text"
            android:background="@drawable/styled_inner_form_button"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/txtPostTitle"
            android:layout_alignRight="@+id/txtPostTitle"
            android:layout_marginTop="3dip" />

        <!-- 
        <Button
            android:text="@string/btnDeleteText"
            android:id="@+id/btnDeleteSchool"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/btnCancelSchool"
            style="@style/styledBuutonNoIcon_text"
            android:background="@drawable/styled_inner_form_button"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/txtSchoolWebsite"
            android:layout_alignRight="@+id/txtSchoolWebsite"
            android:layout_marginTop="3dip"
            />
         -->
    </RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>

Answer 1

Set android:windowSoftInputMode of your activity in AndroidManifest.xml to "adjustPan".

According to Documentation:

The activity’s main window is not resized to make room for the soft keyboard. Rather, the contents of the window are automatically panned so that the current focus is never obscured by the keyboard and users can always see what they are typing.