Keep android view in visible area if keyboard comes up

Question

I created a simple login screen that stacks a login button, the username and password edit boxes vertically from the bottom.

When someone clicks the username/password fields, the virtual keyboard comes up and hids the editbox or button below it. I have seen this in another application that the login button always stays in the visible area.... how can I achieve this?

Answer 1

In your <activity> element of the AndroidManifest.xml use android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize":

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

Make sure you have wrapped the content of your layout into a ScrollView, so that it will be easily browsable.

Answer 2

There's a blog post for that: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/updating-applications-for-on-screen.html