EditText is hidden on Samsung Galaxy

Question

i have the following layout

<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/displaysms_listView1"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"                        
            android:layout_height="319dp" />    
        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/displaysms_textView1"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="Write Message"
            android:inputType="textVisiblePassword" />
        <RelativeLayout
            android:id="@+id/displaysms_relativeLayout2"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
            <Button
                android:id="@+id/displaysms_btn_send"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"                    
                android:gravity="fill_vertical"
                android:text="Send"
                android:textSize="12sp" />
            <Button
                android:id="@+id/displaysms_btn_clear"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                android:gravity="fill_vertical"
                android:text="Clear"
                android:textSize="12sp" />
      </RelativeLayout>    
</LinearLayout>

i have done adjustPan in the manifest file and it works fine on devices except samsung galaxy the EditText hides under the soft keyboard, any suggestions, i just want a EditText and buttons at the bottom of my list view

my Activity looks like

<activity
            android:name="com.SMSActivity"
             android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan|adjustResize"

your listview height is always fixed, which is not a good idea.. when u r using the app on small screens.. ur listview might cover the whole screen — Srikanth Pai, Dec 09 '13 at 06:11
@contactmeandroid I understood your above comment. What will be the proper way to assign dimensions to view — Rahul Matte, Dec 09 '13 at 06:17
tnx for the quick responses ill try the suggestions and get back — Dakait, Dec 09 '13 at 06:23
@kaushik edited the OP, that is irrelevant to the question so didnt included it in the OP — Dakait, Dec 09 '13 at 07:18
@kaushik ill try it on the device in a while and give you the feedback — Dakait, Dec 09 '13 at 07:27
@dakait if u have any problem with this layout let me know :) — Kaushik, Dec 09 '13 at 13:20

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

u can do something like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:weightSum="100" >

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/displaysms_listView1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="20" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="80"
        android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
        android:padding="5dp"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/displaysms_textView1"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="Write Message"
            android:inputType="textVisiblePassword" />

        <FrameLayout
           android:id="@+id/FrameLayout1"
           android:layout_width="fill_parent"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

           <Button
               android:id="@+id/displaysms_btn_send"
               android:layout_width="wrap_content"
               android:layout_height="wrap_content"
               android:layout_gravity="left|center_vertical"
               android:padding="5dp"
               android:text="Send"
               android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

           <Button
               android:id="@+id/displaysms_btn_clear"
               android:layout_width="wrap_content"
               android:layout_height="wrap_content"
               android:layout_gravity="right|center_vertical"
               android:padding="5dp"
               android:text="Clear"
               android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
      </FrameLayout>
    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

in ur manifest file

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

Take a look for ref

just one more thing the buttons are appearing too small the text is cutting off... — Dakait, Dec 09 '13 at 12:58
if u have only 2 button u can use **FrameLayout** instead of **RelativeLayout** give little padding for both button i hav updated my answer — Kaushik, Dec 09 '13 at 13:06

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '13 at 06:21

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >

<RelativeLayout
    android:id="@+id/displaysms_relativeLayout1"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true" >

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/displaysms_listView1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="319dp"
        android:layout_margin="5dp" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/displaysms_textView1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/displaysms_listView1"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:hint="Write Message"
        android:inputType="textVisiblePassword" />
</RelativeLayout>

<RelativeLayout
    android:id="@+id/displaysms_relativeLayout2"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_below="@+id/displaysms_relativeLayout1" >

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/displaysms_btn_send"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:text="Send"
        android:textSize="12sp" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/displaysms_btn_clear"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:text="Clear"
        android:textSize="12sp" />
</RelativeLayout>

it works on samsung devices except the galaxy duos :( – Dakait Dec 09 '13 at 06:39 — Dakait, Dec 09 '13 at 06:39

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 09 '13 at 06:15

1

try doing editText.requestFocus()

answered Dec 09 '13 at 06:15

Abhishek Shukla

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EditText is hidden on Samsung Galaxy

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