How to prevent that the keyboard hides my EditText?

Question

I have a RelativeLayout at the top, then below i have a ListView in the center and finally at the bottom i have another relativeLayout with an EditText and a Button inside.

I want the ListView to resize when I click on the EditText and the IME(virtual keyboard) appears. If i put adjustResize in the manifest, the Listview is resized to leave space for the IME, but the RelativeLayout with the EditText that is below is covered by the IME and I can't see what I'm writing. If I put adjustPan, the keyboard pushs up all, the ListView is not resized and i loose the top RelativeLayout.

My Code:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/application_background"
    android:paddingLeft="15px"
    android:paddingRight="15px"
    android:paddingTop="15px"
    android:paddingBottom="15px">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/rlyParentPost"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="450px"
        android:layout_height="85px"
        android:background="@drawable/app_gradient_color"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true">
        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/imgUserOfParent"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10px"
            android:layout_marginTop="10px"
            android:background="@drawable/userfeed"
            android:layout_width="64px"
            android:layout_height="64px"
            android:layout_below="@+id/logoImg">
        </ImageView>
        <TextView
            android:layout_below="@+id/logoImg"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/imgUserOfParent"
            android:id="@+id/lblNameOfParent"
            android:textSize="17px"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dip"
            android:layout_marginTop="11dip"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textColor="#ffffff">
        </TextView>
        <TextView
            android:layout_below="@+id/lblNameOfParent"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/imgUserOfParent"
            android:id="@+id/lblBodyOfParent"
            android:textColor="#ffffff"
            android:textSize="17px"
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dip"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        </TextView>
        <TextView
            android:layout_below="@+id/lblBodyOfParent"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/imgUserOfParent"
            android:id="@+id/lblDateOfParent"
            android:textColor="#70ccff"
            android:textSize="11px"
            android:layout_marginLeft="7dip"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        </TextView>
    </RelativeLayout>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/rlyParentPost"
        android:id="@+id/contentLayout">

     <ListView
       android:isScrollContainer="true"
         android:id="@+id/lsvComments"
         android:layout_height="515px"
         android:layout_width="450px"
         android:background="#ffffff"
         android:listSelector="@drawable/multi_white_color"
         android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
         android:divider="#9aa5ac"
         android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
         android:dividerHeight="1px">
     </ListView>

     <RelativeLayout
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:padding="5dip"
         android:layout_below="@+id/lsvComments"
         android:background="@drawable/app_gradient_comments"
         android:id="@+id/contentLayout">
         <EditText
             android:inputType="text"
             android:id="@+id/txtComment"
             android:hint="What are you working on?" 
             android:textSize="22px"
             android:layout_marginLeft="8px"
             android:layout_height="72px"
             android:layout_width="344px">
         </EditText>
         <Button
             android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/txtComment"
             android:id="@+id/cmdShare"
             android:layout_width="79px"
             android:layout_height="65px"
             android:background="@drawable/feed_comments_multi_stage"
             android:layout_marginLeft="7px">
         </Button>
    </RelativeLayout> 
   </RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

You should not be setting your layout_width and layout_heights with explicit pixel values. Instead, use wrap_parent or fill_parent as appropriate.

If you want somethign like a text view to be a particular width, use dpi units which will adjust correctly on different screen resolutions.

Regarding your specific virtual keyboard problem, I would try setting up the ListView so it takes up the remaining space.

--Set the heights of everything except the ListView to wrap_parent --Set the ListView to fill_parent,

The ListView should take up however much space is available, and thus shrink when you ask it to resize.

Answer 2

I had the same issue and I found a solution. In my case, in the Manifeste.xml, I declared a minSdkVersion=3 (Android 1.5), and my project was compiled with Android 2.2 (SDK 8).In theory, it should work... but not! I modified minsdkVersion to 4 (Android 1.6), then it's OK. It was just an compatibily issue between the different Android SDK. Good luck to you.