Software keyboard resizes background image on Android

Andreas Wong picture Andreas Wong · Nov 26, 2010 · Viewed 67k times · Source

Whenever the software keyboard appears, it resizes the background image. Refer to the screenshot below:

As you can see, the background is sort of squeezed. Anyone can shed a light on why the background resizes?

My Layout is as follows:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/page_bg"
    android:isScrollContainer="false"
>
    <LinearLayout android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    >
        <EditText android:id="@+id/CatName"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:inputType="textCapSentences"
            android:lines="1"
        />
        <Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@string/save"
            android:onClick="saveCat"
        />
    </LinearLayout>
    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/add_totalk"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:background="@null"
        android:src="@drawable/add_small"
        android:scaleType="center"
        android:onClick="createToTalk"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
    />
</LinearLayout>

Answer

Andreas Wong picture Andreas Wong · Nov 27, 2010

Ok I fixed it by using

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible|adjustPan"

entry inside <Activity > tag in manifest file. I think it was caused by having ScrollView inside the Activity.