How to move the layout up when the soft keyboard is shown android

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I have a login screen with two EditTexts and a login button in my layout. The problem is that, when I start typing, the soft keyboard is shown and covers the login button. How can I push the layout up or above the keyboard when it appears?

I do not want to use a ScrollView, just want to implement it without scrolling down. Please, suggest me some way of doing it. Thanks in advance.

score 59 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 24 '18 at 23:19

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Set windowSoftInputMode property to adjustPan and adjustResize

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

edited Jun 24 '18 at 23:19

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answered Feb 02 '12 at 12:59

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This didn't work out of the box, but changing it to `` got it working. – nickiaconis Aug 26 '14 at 20:20
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Mention which Android version you are using. Some answers may be totally useless on some versions. – Josh Aug 12 '15 at 13:25
as @nickiaconis said, I dont need 'adjustPan' parameter and it works for me, thank you – danisupr4 Feb 26 '16 at 04:23
Is there an equivalent available for Xamarin.Forms portable project? so I don't have to do this for each individual target platform. – user20358 Jun 13 '16 at 14:50
Only using `adjustPan` did the trick for me. Worked like charm :) Many thanks! – Atul Jul 19 '16 at 07:17
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The setting must be one of the values listed in the following table, or a combination of one "state..." value plus one "adjust..." value. Setting multiple values in either group — multiple "state..." values, for example — has undefined results. https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#wsoft – EmJiHash Nov 22 '16 at 08:17
This won't work if `windowFullscreen` is enabled in theme – Prabs Mar 27 '17 at 06:19
This doesn't work if all views have fixed sizes. When I made weight `1` and height `0dp` on one of the view, my activity resized on soft input. – soshial Oct 31 '17 at 12:14

score 35 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 02 '12 at 13:49

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Try this in the android manifest file corresponding to the activity.

<activity android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"> </activity>

edited Jul 02 '12 at 13:49

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answered Feb 02 '12 at 12:27

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my loyout move to up first time, but when close keyboard and open again, not move. – nabeghe Sep 09 '16 at 20:32

score 24 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 25 '13 at 09:11

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Use this code in onCreate() method:

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN);

answered Feb 25 '13 at 09:11

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Thanks, that helped. didn't work for me by some reason. – DH28 Apr 07 '16 at 09:26
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This method, but use `SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE` instead of ADJUST_PAN, worked for me – Voy Dec 15 '16 at 22:04

Bhargav Thanki · Answer 4 · 2015-09-23T05:44:00.343

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only

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"

in your activity tag inside Manifest file will do the trick

edited Sep 23 '15 at 05:44

answered Sep 23 '15 at 05:38

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I am using ConstraintLayout, this solution does not work for me. – Karan Sharma Sep 26 '19 at 07:27
At the time of writing this answer, ConstraintLayout was not added in Android layouts. You please find any other solution on this thread that suits you best. And surely I will update my answer for ConstraintLayout once I get the time. Thanks for reporting – Bhargav Thanki Sep 26 '19 at 10:42

score 13 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 15 '15 at 11:53

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Put this line in activity declaration time in manifest.xml

<android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan">

edited Jan 15 '15 at 11:53

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answered Jan 15 '15 at 09:50

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score 10 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 21 '16 at 05:20

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android:fitsSystemWindows="true"

add property on main layout of layout file and

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"

add line in your Manifest.xml file on your Activty

its perfect work for me.

answered Oct 21 '16 at 05:20

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fitsSystemWindows has nothing to do with the keyboard – Tim Mar 07 '18 at 13:07
@TimCastelijns, in my case (fullscreen activity) it has matter. If set to `false`, views will not move up. – CoolMind Jul 18 '18 at 14:23

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 17 '18 at 08:16

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I somehow achieved this by knowing the status of the soft keyboard on the device. i move the layout to y position when the keyboard is shown and moved back to its original position when not shown. this works fine, followed this guidelines.

edited Mar 17 '18 at 08:16

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answered Feb 06 '12 at 12:41

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I am able to move the layout up when keyboard shows, but unable to move to its original position while key board hides, can u help me in this. – Kishore Aug 17 '12 at 10:21

score 6 · Answer 8 · answered May 28 '15 at 14:35

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Put this in your activity declaration in manifest file <activity android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan|adjustResize"> </activity>

or if you want you can add in onCreate() method of your activity

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN);

answered May 28 '15 at 14:35

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Manifest code is wrong, this way behavior is undefined (you set two conflict values, see offdoc: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html, `android:windowSoftInputMode` description). @kiwicomb123, choose one parameter or the system will choose for you (and this choice can change on another device / API verision) – kpower Sep 08 '17 at 16:51

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 25 '15 at 12:59

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This is all that is needed:

<activity android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"> </activity>

answered Feb 25 '15 at 12:59

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score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 14 '14 at 21:14

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Accoding to this guide, the correct way to achieve this is by declaring in your manifest:

<activity name="EditContactActivity"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible|adjustResize">

    </activity>

answered Mar 14 '14 at 21:14

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It looks like stateVisible will cause it to open when the activity starts, so it's not necessary to actually push the keyboard up. – CodyEngel Mar 31 '17 at 16:17

score 2 · Answer 11 · edited Jun 03 '16 at 06:12

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When the softkeyboard appears, it changes the size of main layout, and what you need do is to make a listener for that mainlayout and within that listener, add the code scrollT0(x,y) to scroll up.

edited Jun 03 '16 at 06:12

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score 2 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 10 '16 at 05:20

If you are working with xamarin, you can put this code WindowSoftInputMode =Android.Views.SoftInput.AdjustPan | Android.Views.SoftInput.AdjustResize in activity attribute of the MainActivity class. For example, now the activity attribute will look like below

    [Activity(WindowSoftInputMode =Android.Views.SoftInput.AdjustPan | Android.Views.SoftInput.AdjustResize)]
    public class MainActivity : global::Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.FormsApplicationActivity
    {
        //some code here.
    }

score 2 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 04 '20 at 08:06

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I solve this by adding code into manifest:

<activity android:name=".Login"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustPan"
</activity>

answered Dec 04 '20 at 08:06

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perfect. fitSystemWindows worked for me. – Bawa Dec 18 '20 at 20:56

score 1 · Answer 14 · edited Jun 25 '18 at 08:56

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You should use

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan|stateHidden"

in your AndroidManifest.xml file where you are declaring your activity. This will adjust your layout contents, when keyboard is shown in the layout.

edited Jun 25 '18 at 08:56

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answered May 17 '16 at 22:39

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Aug 01 '14 at 14:03

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This works like a charm for me

getDialog().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE);

answered Aug 01 '14 at 14:03

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Feb 03 '12 at 06:49

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Make use of Relative layout it will adjust the view so that you can see that view while typing the text

answered Feb 03 '12 at 06:49

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score -2 · Answer 17 · answered Jul 25 '18 at 19:32

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This will definitely work for you.

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"

answered Jul 25 '18 at 19:32

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Can you add some explanation...? – chevybow Jul 25 '18 at 20:24
Just go to your AndroidManifest.xml file and and this tag to that activity which you want to scroll up on keyboard pop up – sanjay kumar Jul 27 '18 at 07:06

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