Android - A blank space remains when the keyboard disappears

Question

I am having an issue with the keyboard. When it disappears, the space it occupied remains blank and the rest of the layout does not adjust

normal screen:

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with keyboard:

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keyboard dismissed:

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I have never seen this before, so I am not even sure where to start looking. This happens on 4.2.2 as well as 5.1

The other piece of important information is that this is a custom LinearLayout that holds all of the content. Maybe it has something to do with that. I can upload any code if necessary.

This is the main layout file shell.

<com.edgetechlabs.app_v2.MasterLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

<!-- Menu (Drawer)-->
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:visibility="visible"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
     <ScrollView
        android:id="@+id/activity_main_menu_listview"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@color/drawer_background"
        android:cacheColorHint="#00000000" >
     </ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
<!-- Fragment Holder -->
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">
    <!-- This is where fragment will show up -->
    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/fragment_master"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" >
    </FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>

This is my manifest file

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name=".MasterActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

Are you listening and doing something on SoftKeyboard open/close operation ? — Ankit Bansal, May 07 '15 at 06:16
Post your manifest file as well. If you use `android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"`, this is the effect of layout resizing for all layouts but has an issue with something translucent/transparent... — ecle, May 07 '15 at 06:39
@AnkitBansal This is just a basic keyboard, not doing any fancy open/close operations — The4thIceman, May 07 '15 at 19:23
@eee There is nothing in the manifest regarding windowSoftInputMode. Is "adjustResize" the default? — The4thIceman, May 07 '15 at 19:24

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '15 at 19:27

15

I added

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"

to my manifest within the activity tag, and now it works. I have never had to do that before, I guess my custom layout was messing with the keyboard somehow.

Thanks to @eee comment which pointed me in the right direction

answered May 07 '15 at 19:27

The4thIceman

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I've the similar issue, and this line didn't work for me – Canberk Ozcelik Mar 06 '17 at 16:47
@CanberkÖzçelik it has been a while since I have looked at this code and since then, 2 new versions of Android have come out. So something could have changed since then. – The4thIceman Mar 06 '17 at 19:09
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Yup, but if anyone having the similar situation as not resolved, my question is here: http://stackoverflow.com/q/42597256/4432872 – Canberk Ozcelik Mar 07 '17 at 09:24
I had the same problem but with "AppBarLayout", after more than 5 hour looking for solution this answer saved me. if the one above didn't work try this `android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustNothing|adjustPan"` – Gazzx Sep 09 '19 at 00:15
what should you do if you want resize? – hmac Dec 09 '20 at 17:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 03 '21 at 13:54

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try to change ScrollView to androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView

this helped me to fix the problem

answered Aug 03 '21 at 13:54

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this doesnt work – Kebab Krabby Jan 25 '23 at 12:18
You can also change `CoordinatorLayout` to `NestedScrollView`. – CoolMind May 11 '23 at 13:46

Kebab Krabby · Answer 3 · 2023-01-25T12:17:57.570

if you dont have set adjustPan set in your activity in AndroidManifest.xml f.e you need adjustResize then this was the only solution which helped me with that white blank space

EditText.setOnFocusChangeListener { v, hasFocus ->
    if (hasFocus) {
        // something if needed
    } else {
        Utils.hideKeyboardToAdjustPan(activity)
    }
}

fun hideKeyboardToAdjustPan(activity: Activity?) {
    activity?.window?.setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN)
    hideKeyboard(activity)
}

fun hideKeyboard(activity: Activity?) {
    if (activity != null) {
        hideKeyboard(activity.currentFocus)
    }
}

fun hideKeyboard(view: View?) {
    if (view != null) {
        val inputManager = view.context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
        inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(
            view.windowToken,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_UNSPECIFIED
        )
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 11 '23 at 14:49

In my case I have android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize" and it doesn't matter. In one layout when a list is too short and a keyboard shows, then hides, the list occupies smaller space. A blank space appears below the list (where the keyboard was shown).

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        ... >

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <include
                layout="@layout/details"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed|snap" />

        </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            app:layout_behavior="com.example.behavior.AutoSizeBehavior"> // Wrong class

            <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent" />
        </FrameLayout>
    </androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

I tried to change app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed|snap", but it was not good for scrolling. Then I replaced CoordinatorLayout with NestedScrollView, it helped, but the layout changed. After that I noticed that app:layout_behavior referred to a custom class (with bugs). I changed it to @string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior. You can also change to com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout$ScrollingViewBehavior.

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