EditText in Android

Question

I have edittext and a button below edittext. edittext has width as fill_parent and height as wrap_content.

My messages covers full screen, due to this my button is not visible it hides below virtual keyboard

can any one sort this problem. Thanks.

Answer 1

Try inserting this in your layout file where your edittext is called out:

  android:layout_above="@+id/ID OF YOUR BUTTON HERE"

Also, your button at the bottom may require:

android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"

Answer 2

Assuming you WANT the EditText to cover all of the screen except for the button...

<?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">
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/myedittext"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/mybutton"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="this is my button"/>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 3

I've had the most success with something similar, but not identical to, Andrew's solution:

<?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">
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/myedittext"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/mybutton"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="0"
        android:text="this is my button"/>
</LinearLayout>