How do you show the keyboard while retaining the ability to scroll in the activity?

I have an activity which is basically a form. When the user selects an edittext, the activity either obscures part of the form (including the submit butt开发者_如何学运维on) or tries to readjust which doesnt work because the only scrollable area is the form itself - everything else is pretty tightly bound with weights. I have used "android:windowSoftInputMode" to try and adjust it to either resize or panning but both don't work due to the outcome above.

What I am looking for is that the keyboard is shown and whether the activity is hidden or not - the user can still scroll up and down in the activity to see other parts of the form while the keyboard is showing. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance.

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ya that should be possible, i have an activity that does the same thing as what you seem to be trying. all i have is a ScrollView with a bunch of children layouts and widgets. and any time the keyboard comes up, i dont have a problem.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent">
  <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:id="@+id/abstractWorkOrderParentLayout" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical">
     ****ALL WIDGETS GO HERE****
  </LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

i have at least 20 more widgets aligned vertically in abstractWorkOrderParentlayout and the scrolling works as i think you want it to