Prevent UI Reflow in Android when the keyboard appears

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I have an App called Countdown Calendar (It is a widget that counts down the days to events in your Google Calendars; fixing minor bugs atm). But the bug I am trying to fix right now has to do with the UI re-flowing whenever you input text. Let me show you by example. Here is what the UI looks like when the keyboard is NOT out:

And this is what it looks like when the keyboard is out:

How do I make it so that the UI does not look terrible when the user attempts to use the keyboard?

see this one http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11119967/move-up-text-view-only-when-virtual-keyboard-open-on-android/11120597#11120597 — NagarjunaReddy, Sep 15 '12 at 04:23

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 15 '12 at 04:20

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Without being able to see the second image, I would guess you simply need to add android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" to your Activity tag in the manifest to cause your layout to simply pan out of view instead of attempting to rescale to fit the remaining area.

answered Sep 15 '12 at 04:20

Kevin Coppock

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Perfect! That is exactly what I wanted! You have the answer and my thanks! For anybody else that, like me, was interested in the other options to windowSoftInputMode then see here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#wsoft – Robert Massaioli Sep 15 '12 at 05:17
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or do it from the activity `getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN);` – bancer Oct 27 '12 at 21:13

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '12 at 04:24

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Use scrollView as a parentView and set the remaining subview inside it.

answered Sep 15 '12 at 04:24

Rajendra

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Upvoted because that technically works too but kcoppock's solution was exactly what I was looking for. – Robert Massaioli Sep 15 '12 at 05:22

Prevent UI Reflow in Android when the keyboard appears

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