ListView + EditText => bad keyboard behavior

Question

I am using a ListView with some EditTexts in the items, and with a floating action bottom (fab) at the bottom of the screen (over the list view).

What I want when I select an EditView and the keyboard appears over it:

the ListView is scrolled to show the EditView.
the fab stays at the bottom of the screen.
nothing else.

What I get :

the list view is not scrolled to the item, the keyboard does not target the touched EditText, it targets nothing (the keyboard opens in the good input mode then resets).
the fab moves aligned to the keyboard instead of being covered.

I tried the option android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustNothing", then the fab stays at the bottom as expected, but the listView doesn't scroll to the editText. The keyboard is targeting the good EditText. It is almost good except I would need to re implement the scrolling to the item.

I tried the option android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan", then the whole screen is moved up, which is not the expected behavior.

Is there actually a solution for that or should I stick to the "not great but at least functional" adjustPan ?

It is not recommended to use editable views in lists beacuse of recycling. Google recommends to have immutable list and edit activity for each row — Gaskoin, Feb 13 '15 at 14:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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ListView don't do well with editable views, because the inner views get redrawn once or mutiple times, causing multiple focus events.

This happens since '10, so I don't expect a fix any time soon. I work arounded the issue.

Buggy ListView makes me sad

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Feb 13 '15 at 14:29

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Technically. this is why the `RecyclerView` introduced in Android 5.0 was redesigned. – EpicPandaForce Feb 13 '15 at 14:33
There is the same issue with the RecyclerView – Simon Feb 13 '15 at 14:52
...oh. Well that is problematic. – EpicPandaForce Feb 13 '15 at 15:02

ListView + EditText => bad keyboard behavior

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