Why the android keyboard cover my EditText?

Question

I define EditText on the button of my application Its look like this:

But when i focus on the EditText of the Notes the keyboard is open and cover all my EditText and i can't see what i typing in the EditText.

When i hide the keyboard i see the right text that i typed in.

The xml of the LinearLayout of the EditText:

<LinearLayout
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
        android:text="Notes:"
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:textColor="#000000" />

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/editText"
        android:focusable="true" />

</LinearLayout>

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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You might need to use windowSoftInputMode attribute in your activity in the manifest. Somelike this:

<activity name="YourActivity"
    android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan">
    ...
</activity>

Check those links: Android soft keyboard covers edittext field

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/updating-applications-for-on-screen.html

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Nov 13 '15 at 17:23

LordCommanDev

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 13 '15 at 17:16

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The only solution to this is to put your text box in a different place.

Think about it... Do you really want your text box ABOVE your keyboard?

This is a fairly common issue, and it something that should always be taken into account when designing your layout.

answered Nov 13 '15 at 17:16

durbnpoisn

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no .. but the UI design is what i did. – Yanshof Nov 13 '15 at 17:22
there must be other solution - i so this in some other application. – Yanshof Nov 13 '15 at 17:23

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 13 '15 at 17:33

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so this solve my problem ( thanks to @Coeus )

I define on the manifest this line

      android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"

answered Nov 13 '15 at 17:33

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Why the android keyboard cover my EditText?

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