TabHost bar is above the keyboard when input data in android

Question

In my app I use the tabhost to create a menu bar like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="0" />

    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/realtabcontent"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1" />

    <TabWidget
        android:id="@android:id/tabs"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="0"
        android:orientation="horizontal" />
</LinearLayout>

And

 tabHost = (FragmentTabHost) findViewById(android.R.id.tabhost);
        tabHost.setup(this, getSupportFragmentManager(), R.id.realtabcontent);

        tabHost.addTab(tabHost.newTabSpec("home").setIndicator("Home"),HomeFragment.class, null);
        tabHost.addTab(tabHost.newTabSpec("attraction").setIndicator("Attraction"),AttractionFragment.class, null);
        tabHost.addTab(tabHost.newTabSpec("schedule").setIndicator("Schedule"),ScheduleFragment.class, null);
        tabHost.addTab(tabHost.newTabSpec("map").setIndicator("Map"),MapViewFragment.class, null);
        tabHost.addTab(tabHost.newTabSpec("weather").setIndicator("Weather"),WeatherFragment.class, null);

The problem is , when the keyboard is show , the tabbar is above the keyboard , I have set the input mode like that:

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

How to hide the tabbar when keyboard shows? Thanks

Answer 1

onConfigurationChanged method can be overridden to handle run-time changes you can use tabHost.setVisibility( View.GONE ); Handling Runtime Change

// from the link above
 @Override
 public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
// Checks whether a hardware keyboard is available
  if (newConfig.hardKeyboardHidden == Configuration.HARDKEYBOARDHIDDEN_NO) {
      tabHost.setVisibility( View.GONE );       

   } 
  else if (newConfig.hardKeyboardHidden ==Configuration.HARDKEYBOARDHIDDEN_YES) {
      tabHost.setVisibility( View.VISIBLE );
   }
  }

you can add this piece of code on each activity where you want to hide the tabhost,you just need to pass the Rootview id of your layout.

public final int SOFTKEYBOARDHEIGHT=100;
final View activityRootView = findViewById(R.id.YOURROOTVIEW);
activityRootView.getViewTreeObserver()
.addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
    @Override
    public void onGlobalLayout() {
        int heightDiff = activityRootView.getRootView().getHeight() - activityRootView.getHeight();
        if (heightDiff > SOFTKEYBOARDHEIGHT) { 
            tabHost.setVisibility( View.GONE );  
        }
     }
});