Can not get ScrollView to scroll when soft keyboard is shown

Question

I have been trying to get this scrollview to scroll, and have not had any luck in doing so. I have tried many types of fixes but cant seem to get one working. I would like t

Answer 1

Add android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize" to the <activity> tag in your AndroidManifest.xml. This will cause the screen to be resized to the space left over after the software keyboard is shown. As a result, you will be able to scroll, since the screen will not be covered by the keyboard in any way.

EDIT:

I have written a minimal example and tested it. Unless there is a huge misunderstanding, try this code and then figure out why yours doesn't work:

xml layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    >

    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        >

        <TextView
            android:layout_height="2000dp"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="top"
            android:text="Scroll Down!"/>

        <EditText
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:hint="Enter Text"
            />
    </LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          package="com.example"
          android:versionCode="1"
          android:versionName="1.0">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="15"/>
    <application android:label="@string/app_name" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher">
        <activity android:name="MyActivity"
                  android:label="@string/app_name"
                android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
                >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

Answer 2

Hi I encountered this problem as well. The issue I had was I added adjustResize as shown below in my Manifest

and it still wouldn't scroll. But in my xml file in the beginning of my ScrollView

<ScrollView
    android:id="@+id/scrollView1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_below="@+id/top"
    android:scrollbars="none" >

I deleted android:scrollbars="none" and that solved my problem. Just for anyone whose adjustment on the manifest did not work.