SoftKeyboard hides edittext

Question

I have an EdiText at the bottom of my layout.The issue I was having is that when it gets focus the screen shifts upwards to give space to soft keyboard.To resolve it I added

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"

inside my Activity declaration in manifest.Now the problem is that the edittext hides behind the softkeyboard although screen doesn't shifts. If instead I put

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"

then the activity's main window shifts upward which i don't want. How can i resolve this in such way that when EdiText gets focus activity's main window does NOT shift upwards to make room for the soft keyboard but the main window is resized including the EdiText so that keyboard comes below EdiText as seen in many apps.

Layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@color/background_feed">


    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progress"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical" />



    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/comments"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="#F7F7F7"
        android:paddingTop="10dp"
        android:layout_above="@+id/border_view_comment"
        android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
        android:dividerHeight="10dp"
        android:paddingBottom="10dp"
        android:clipToPadding="false"
        android:scrollbarStyle="outsideOverlay" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/empty_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:text="@string/no_comment_msg"
        android:visibility="gone"/>

    <View
        android:id="@+id/border_view_comment"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="1dp"
        android:layout_above="@+id/commentlayout"
        android:background="#C7C7C7"
        android:visibility="gone"/>


    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/commentlayout"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:background="@drawable/comment_box_shadow"
        android:padding="10dp">

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/commentor_image"
            android:layout_width="40dp"
            android:layout_height="40dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
            />

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/clickPostComment"
            android:layout_width="30dp"
            android:layout_height="45dp"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:src="@drawable/post"
            android:textColor="@color/white" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/commentsPost"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="45dp"
            android:layout_alignTop="@id/commentor_image"
            android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
            android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/clickPostComment"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/commentor_image"
            android:background="@drawable/comment_edittext_bg"
            android:hint="Comments"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:maxLength="140"
            android:paddingLeft="10dp"
            android:paddingRight="10dp"
            android:textColor="@color/title_gray"
            android:textColorHint="#d5d5d5"
            android:textSize="15sp" />

        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="25dp"
            android:layout_height="30dp"
            android:layout_alignTop="@id/commentsPost"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="-2dp"
            android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/commentsPost"
            android:scaleType="fitStart"
            android:src="@drawable/comment_shape" />
    </RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

make your view scrollable by embed your view inside Scrollview

<ScrollView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
   .....
    add your layout
   ......

</ScrollView>

If that doesn't help make you root layout as RelativeLayout and design your layout with RelativeLayout