Scrolling drop-down-menu over the keyboard in autocompletetextview

Question

I have an Autocompletetextview dropping down the suggestions list, up to the border of the soft-keyboard.

Then, when scrolling over the suggestions list: - (in a g

Answer 1

Let me explain my little trick to avoid that the "drop-down" displays behind the keyboard. The trick is with the dropDownAnchor property. The solution is set the anchor with a view located on the top of the screen, so the menu will leave from that position, and therefore, will not be covered by the keyboard. For example:

android:dropDownAnchor="@+id/topview"

I know that is an ugly solution but this control is too limited.