EditText not allowing for editing

Question

I have a ListView which has three rows. The last 2 rows have EditText fields which allow for editing. I have the xml for those two below:

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/id_message_subject_edit"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/id_message_details_subject"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="left"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:gravity="left"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
        android:textColor="@color/BLACK"
        android:textSize="15sp" />

</LinearLayout>

For some reason when I click on the EditText, it just simply loses the cursor, but the keyboard is still visible. I'm not sure but it happens on both boxes. There is no TouchListener or any other listener for that matter. Is there something special about putting inside of a ListView that I need to be aware of?

EDIT

When I put the following in my manifest.xml file:

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"

I see that it works...however the ListView won't scroll when the text goes below the keyboard. Is there a way to take care of that use case?

Answer 1

Is there something special about putting inside of a ListView that I need to be aware of?

Yes, remember that the ListView wants to handle focus and click events, but now you have an EditText in the mix. Check out the answers to this question.

However, if you only have 3 rows in your ListView, you really aren't gaining much by using it. ListView is designed to recycle views and be very efficient when you have many items in your list. If you only have a few rows, I'd suggest using a ScrollView and adding your Views (rows) to it, and simply handle the onClick events yourself (if your list items are clickable).