How to add margin between EditText and Soft Keyboard?

Question

I want to add 10dp margin between EditText and Soft Keyboard.

enter image description here Here is my XML:

<RelativeLayout
    android:id="@+id/BottomLayout"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:background="@drawable/bottom_glass" >

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/message"
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:background="@drawable/grey"
        android:ems="10"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:hint="Enter Message"
        android:textColor="#ffffff" >


    </EditText>

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/sendMessageButton"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/message"
        android:background="@android:color/transparent"
        android:src="@drawable/sendselector" />

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/imageButton2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/message"
        android:background="@android:color/transparent"
        android:src="@drawable/sendmediaselector" />

</RelativeLayout>

Here is my onCreate() :

    getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);
    messageText.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener(){

                @Override
                public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                            ((Swipe)getActivity()).getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_UNSPECIFIED);
                    return false;
                }});

I am using viewpager and full screen theme. The following EditText is in my 3rd fragment.

I've used android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize|adjustPan" and android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize", but nothing happened.

padding increases the height of edit text but i want space between edittext and keyboard. also i am using relative layout it will great if keyboard does not hide that. it hides the half relative layout — Punit, Jan 29 '14 at 20:33
Possible duplicate of [Space between keyboard and EditText in Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17630336/space-between-keyboard-and-edittext-in-android) — Jeffrey, Jun 22 '18 at 17:41

score 23 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 25 '16 at 11:35

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I find the attribute of paddingBottom can effect the distance between the editText and the keyboard. You can do like this:

<RelativeLayout   
  android:layout_width="match_parent"   
  android:layout_height="110dp"> 
  <ImageView
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="100dp"
     android:background="@drawable/your_edit_text_background"/>   
  <EditText
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
     android:paddingBottom="10dp"/> 
</RelativeLayout>

This will make your keyboard margin your EditText by 10dp

edited Nov 25 '16 at 11:35

Irshu

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answered Jun 17 '15 at 11:48

summer1991

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android:paddingBottom="5dp" , not padding_bottom – Adnan Abdollah Zaki Mar 01 '16 at 11:48
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move hint and cursor inside your edittext up. therefore some of the text you enter into the edittext may be obscured – filthy_wizard Apr 08 '16 at 10:55
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super great! Thanks! also I need android:gravity="bottom" in EidtText – Soo Chun Jung Oct 22 '19 at 04:22
@SooChunJung that gravity bottom fixed my issue thanks! – DIRTY DAVE Apr 10 '20 at 03:48
I tried this and found that it's better to set the paddingBottom to the RelativeLayout or ScrollView (whichever you're using), as adding the paddingBottom to the EditText itself can cause design issues with the typical line underneath the input field (in most designs) being pushed down. – The Fluffy T Rex Apr 20 '20 at 15:14
paddingBottom make the editText bigger, but does not add more space between the softkeyabord and the editText – BabyishTank Sep 16 '20 at 22:05
This solution not worked if you have some added some design in editText background. – Abdul Waheed Jan 27 '23 at 05:12

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '14 at 04:00

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This seems to work, though has some unwanted effect on the layout.

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE);

If anybody knows how to get this working with ADJUST_PAN, that would be great!

answered Jun 16 '14 at 04:00

Veeru

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Does this work with full screen mode ? Because my app is in full screen. This works fine without full screen... – Punit Jun 16 '14 at 10:00
Not too sure about that, may be others could chip in their experiences. – Veeru Jun 17 '14 at 01:51
ADJUST_RESIZE will not work with full screen. Not sure about PAN but probably the same. – mithunc May 17 '17 at 00:06

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 08 '18 at 07:43

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Try to add your RelativeLayout in ScrollView, and then add code below:

editTextField.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {

    @Override
    public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        if (hasFocus)
             scrollView.scrollBy(0, 150);

    });

edited Mar 08 '18 at 07:43

Vasily Kabunov

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answered Dec 07 '17 at 13:08

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Thanks! If you have `RecyclerView` inside `NestedScrollView`, also scroll `NestedScrollView`, not `RecyclerView`. Also probably add a short delay after a keyboard appears with `postDelayed`. `RelativeLayout` is not required. – CoolMind Jun 30 '22 at 09:54
This code not worked on my side – Ucdemir Nov 02 '22 at 08:48
if you call scrollView.scrollBy(0, 150); after 300 ms, it work – Ucdemir Nov 02 '22 at 09:00

jordiz · Answer 4 · 2019-10-03T13:27:51.520

The Vasily Kabunov answer works for me but his answer need a little change for working. The next code is:

editTextField.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {

    @Override
    public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        if (hasFocus) {
                Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).postDelayed({
                    //Take care with this line I think that the scroll moves in px and not with dp.
                    scrollView.scrollBy(0, 80)
                }, 100) //You need to play with the time if your activity comes from onCreate and onResume you need to change this value to 1000.
            }

    });
}

And you need to add in your ScrollView or RecyclerView the next lines:

android:paddingBottom="80dp"
android:clipToPadding="false"

IMPORTANT: If you have activated fullscreen the flags adjustResize and adjustPan don't work.

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 30 '15 at 11:16

I solved the same problem by adding just two lines

Add this line in EditText -

android:imeOptions="actionSend|flagNoEnterAction"

and this line in Manifeast file in Activity tag add -

<activity
            android:name="----"
            android:icon="---"
            android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible|adjustResize"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:theme="-----" />

and remove all code that you use to do this like onTouchListner and it should work.

score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 13 '19 at 23:07

Adding android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize" to the activity in manifest should solve the issue. And this won't work if your activity is running in fullscreen. So in that case, instead of making it fullscreen via code, just add or change the style <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"> to style.xml and use this as your AppTheme. adjustResize or adjustPan both will work.

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