I've got a parent RelativeLayout that holds a ScrollView on the top half of my screen and another RelativeLayout on the bottom half. Currently where they meet its a bit cluttered on smaller devices like the samsung A5. How can I get my ScrollView to not overlap with the RelativeLayout? Also how can I make the RelativeLayout disappear when the keyboard is open?
Virual Device with SamsungA5 screen specs
Below is my layout.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".ui.ConfigActivity">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_above="@layout/config_panel">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="@+id/form_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textLabelConfig"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="Serial Setup:"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/labelSerialBaud"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/textLabelConfig"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:text="Baud Rate:" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editSerialBaud"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/textLabelConfig"
android:layout_marginLeft="125dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
android:text="9600" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/labelSerialBits"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSerialBaud"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:text="Bit setup:" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editSerialBits"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSerialBaud"
android:layout_marginLeft="125dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
android:text="8n1" />
<CheckBox
android:id="@+id/checkBox485"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSerialBits"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:text="RS485" />
<CheckBox
android:id="@+id/checkBox232"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSerialBits"
android:layout_marginLeft="100dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:text="RS232" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textLabelGSM"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/checkBox485"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="GSM Setup:"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/labelSim1APN"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/textLabelGSM"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:text="SIM1 APN:"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editSim1APN"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/textLabelGSM"
android:layout_marginLeft="125dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
android:text="" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/labelSim1User"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSim1APN"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:text="APN Username:" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editSim1User"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSim1APN"
android:layout_marginLeft="125dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
android:text="" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/labelSim1Passwd"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSim1User"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:text="APN Password:" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editSim1Passwd"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSim1User"
android:layout_marginLeft="125dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
android:text="" />
<!--- Sim 2 -->
<TextView
android:id="@+id/labelSim2APN"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSim1Passwd"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
android:text="SIM2 APN:"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editSim2APN"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSim1Passwd"
android:layout_marginLeft="125dp"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
android:text="" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/labelSim2User"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSim2APN"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:text="APN Username:" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editSim2User"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSim2APN"
android:layout_marginLeft="125dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
android:text="" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/labelSim2Passwd"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSim2User"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:text="APN Password:" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editSim2Passwd"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/labelSim2User"
android:layout_marginLeft="125dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
android:text="" />
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="@+id/lower_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="155dp"
android:alpha="1.0"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<include layout="@layout/config_panel" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/buttonAdvConfig"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:text="@string/text_advanced" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
currently your ScrollView fits whole screen, android:layout_above="@layout/config_panel" is no-op, as config_panel id isn't set for any child of ScrollViews parent (it is placed deeper). you probably should align above lower_layout (this view is placed under ScrollView in XML, both have same parent)
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_above="@layout/lower_layout">