See the attached photo. Twitter does it well. They have a layout, which I will call a toolbar for lack of a better term, right above the onscreen keyboard. How can I do this with my code?
UPDATE: Here is my layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#ffffff">
<RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/actionbarRelativeLayout" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@drawable/actionbar_gradient">
<ImageButton android:id="@+id/imageButton" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:background="@drawable/stocktwits" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></ImageButton>
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/charCountTextView" android:text="140" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textColor="#ffffff" android:textStyle="bold" android:textSize="18sp" android:gravity="center_vertical" android:layout_centerVertical="true"></TextView>
</RelativeLayout>
<EditText android:layout_width="match_parent" android:id="@+id/composeEditText" android:focusable="true" android:hint="Share an idea with the community" android:gravity="left|top" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1"></EditText>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:id="@+id/border" android:background="#c4c4c4" android:baselineAligned="false" android:layout_height="1dp"></LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/toolbarLinearLayout" android:orientation="horizontal" android:padding="5dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:background="@drawable/gray_toolbar_gradient">
<Button android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/shortenButton" android:background="@drawable/shortenbutton" android:layout_weight="0"></Button>
<LinearLayout android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/linearLayout1" android:layout_weight="1"></LinearLayout>
<CheckBox android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/twitterCheckBox" android:textColor="#000000" android:layout_weight="0" android:background="@drawable/twittergraybutton"></CheckBox>
<Button android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="0" android:id="@+id/sendButton" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:background="@drawable/sharebutton"></Button>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
And here is my Manifest where I specify the softInputMode:
<activity android:name="ShareActivity"
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
</activity>
Make sure your soft input mode is set to adjustResize, then place the layout with your toolbar at the bottom of your activity.
Example:
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<FrameLayout android:id="@+id/my_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1">
<!-- Your content here -->
</FrameLayout>
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/my_toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<!-- Your toolbar items here -->
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>