Scroll a Scroll View which contains Edit Text

Question

my scroll view contains a linear layout which further contains some of the edit text fields. now when I click on a edit text field at the bottom one then soft keyboard appears, but my problem is that it covers that edit textfield. this is my activity declared in android manifest file:

<activity android:name="me.example.scrollview.LoginActivity" android:label="@string/title_activity_login" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar" android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustResize|adjustPan" > </activity>

and here is my layout.xml file for this activity.

<RelativeLayout 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"
android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
tools:context=".LoginActivity" >

<ScrollView
    android:id="@+id/login_sv_login_container"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:isScrollContainer="true"
    android:background="@android:color/transparent" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/login_ll_container"
        android:layout_width="250dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="230dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:background="@android:color/transparent"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/txt_username"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="40dp"
            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:background="@drawable/rounded_edittext"
            android:ems="10"
            android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:singleLine="true" >

            <requestFocus />
        </EditText>

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/txt_phone"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="40dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
            android:background="@drawable/rounded_edittext"
            android:ems="10"
            android:inputType="phone"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:singleLine="true" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/txt_password"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="40dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
            android:background="@drawable/rounded_edittext"
            android:ems="10"
            android:inputType="textPassword"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:singleLine="true" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btn_login"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="right"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
            android:background="@drawable/ic_login"
            android:text="" />
    </LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

Now Please help me as I am very new to android programming. I am unable to fix this issue and can't find a way to scroll my scroll view without resizing my main window.I just want my scroll view to make scrolling when soft keyboard appears.Thanx in advance.

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Marcus Körner Marcus Körner · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-15T12:13:10

Both previously pointed out solutions can work. But there might still be a problem if the edittext is at the bottom of the ListView where it would still be covered by the onscreen keyboard. Not sure if a scrollview can be scrolled to a point where there is no more content.

What i've seen is that you might use two contradicting flags in your manifest:

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustResize|adjustPan" > </activity>

adjustResize and adjustPan can imho NOT be combined. Try how it looks with only adjustResize. This should avoid that the keyboard covers anything of your view.

Scroll a Scroll View which contains Edit Text

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