Android UI designing with edit text

Question

I have a peculiar problem here, I have an activity with relative layout and it has edit text as its child view. It also linear layout as child layout and that linear layout contains a button and a text view. I know this is confusing a bit but I will be providing snapshots for clear understanding and even my activity XML.

The problem I am facing here is when I tap on edit text to enter some text android keyboard gets visible at the bottom of the screen sliding my edit text upwards and my button shifts over my edit text for that moment. When I close the keyboard everything is normal again. I am clueless about why this is happening and may be unaware about the basics with edit text. Here is my XML file...

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    tools:context=".ResultViewActivity"
    android:background="@drawable/background" >

<Button
    android:id="@+id/homeButton"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:background="@drawable/homebtnselectr" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/resultEditText"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="200dip"
    android:layout_alignRight="@+id/homeButton"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:background="@drawable/curve_corners"
    android:ems="10"
    android:gravity="top"
    android:inputType="textMultiLine"
    android:overScrollMode="always"
    android:paddingBottom="6dp"
    android:paddingLeft="12dp"
    android:paddingRight="12dp"
    android:paddingTop="6dp"
    android:scrollbarStyle="insideInset"
    android:scrollbars="vertical"
    android:text="abcajfklafladfk" 
   />


    <LinearLayout 
        android:id="@+id/get_news_lin_layout"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/resultEditText"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    >

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/getNews"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@drawable/getnews_btn_selectr" 
    />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/get_news"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:text="Get News"
        android:textSize="20dp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    </LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

In your Manifest file : put below line in your activity

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"