EditText Is Not Visible With Open Keyboard

Question

I have a fullscreen activity with a fullscreen ImageView in the background. I have an EditText placed in the middle of the screen using gravity:center. When the keyboard opens I want the EditText to move up as shown in the picture below so that the whole EditText is always visible. I have attempted using android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible|adjustResize" however the problem with this is that my Image in the background is also resized which is not desirable. Furthermore, since the gravity is set to center this results in there being a gap between the EditText and keyboard so that it is still in the center. I have tried using a scrollView however I did not know how to obtain the position at which the keyboard ends so that I can move my EditText to that position. I have also tried adjustPan however this had no effect since the EditText is 200dp in height and the gravity is set to center so the user always starts typing in the middle of the EditText which is still visible.

XML

<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/camera_view"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

</FrameLayout>
<ImageView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:visibility="gone"
    android:id="@+id/picturedisplay"/>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:layout_height="200dp"
        android:weightSum="100"
        android:visibility="gone"
        android:id="@+id/pic_layout"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:background="#9945D199"
        >
        <EditText
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:hint="Enter text here..."
            android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
            android:maxLength="250"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:imeOptions="flagNoExtractUi"
            android:id="@+id/pic_textbox"
            android:layout_weight="90"/>
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="40dp"
            android:layout_height="0px"
            android:text="200"
            android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:layout_weight="10"
            android:id="@+id/char_rem_view"
            android:layout_gravity="end"/>
    </LinearLayout>

<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/imgClose"
    android:layout_gravity="right|bottom"
    android:text="Flip Cam"
    android:padding="20dp"/>
<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/snap"
    android:text="Capture"
    android:layout_gravity="center|bottom"
    android:padding="20dp"/>
<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Flash"
    android:visibility="visible"
    android:id="@+id/imgOpen"
    android:layout_gravity="left|bottom"
    android:padding="20dp"/>
<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/addText"
    android:layout_gravity="right|bottom"
    android:text="Add Text"
    android:visibility="gone"
    android:padding="20dp"/>
<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/addPic"
    android:text="Add Pic"
    android:visibility="gone"
    android:layout_gravity="center|bottom"
    android:padding="20dp"/>
<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Delete"
    android:id="@+id/delete"
    android:visibility="gone"
    android:layout_gravity="left|bottom"
    android:padding="20dp"/>
<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Save"
    android:id="@+id/save_photo"
    android:visibility="gone"
    android:layout_gravity="right|top"
    android:padding="20dp"/>

Answer 1

add this in your EditText xml,

android:imeOptions="flagNoExtractUi"

I'm not sure this method is not fit your needs, I hope you can help:)