How to scroll the edittext inside the scrollview

Question

I have a scrollview inside which there is a editext which is multiline. I want to scroll the edittext to see the lower content but it can't be done.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="50dp"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_blue_light"
        android:gravity="center" >
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView1"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="View Complaint"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
    </LinearLayout>
    <ScrollView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:padding="20dp" >
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView2"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
                android:text="Order Number 0100C1"
                android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView3"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
                android:text="Name of ClientClient 1"
                android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView4"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
                android:text="Subject : Measurement Issues"
                android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView5"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
                android:text="Description"
                android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView6"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
                android:text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, sapien etiam, nunc amet dolor ac odio mauris justo. Luctus arcu, urna praesent at id quisque ac. Arcu massa vestibulum malesuada, integer vivamus el/ eu "
                android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:orientation="horizontal" >
                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/textView7"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
                    android:text="Assign to"
                    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
                <Spinner
                    android:id="@+id/spinner1"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="40dp"
                    android:entries="@array/array_name" />
            </LinearLayout>
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/editText1"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="200dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
                android:background="#eeeeee"
                android:inputType="textMultiLine"
                android:singleLine="false"
                android:text="Android applications normally run entirely on a single thread by              default the “UI thread” or the “main thread”.
        
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" ></EditText>
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView5"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
                android:text="Comment History"
                android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/imageView1"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="147dp"
                android:src="@drawable/adddd" />
            <CheckBox
                android:id="@+id/checkBox1"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Close Complaints"
                android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
            <Button
                android:id="@+id/login"
                style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="45dp"
                android:layout_below="@+id/ll"
                android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
                android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
                android:background="@drawable/login_btn"
                android:text="Submit"
                android:textColor="@android:color/holo_blue_dark"
                android:textSize="25dp"
                android:textStyle="bold" />
        </LinearLayout>
    </ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>

Can you guys help me in that . I think editText is getting the focus when cursor is inside it.

Thanks..!!!!!

Solution 1

Try this..

Add below lines into your EditText

android:overScrollMode="always"
android:scrollbarStyle="insideInset"
android:scrollbars="vertical"

Example

   <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="200dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
        android:background="#eeeeee"
        android:inputType="textMultiLine"
        android:singleLine="false"
        android:overScrollMode="always"
        android:scrollbarStyle="insideInset"
        android:scrollbars="vertical"
        android:text="Android applications normally run entirely on a single thread by              default the “UI thread” or the “main thread”.
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" >
    </EditText>

EDIT

Programmatically

youredittext.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

      public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            if (youredittext.hasFocus()) {
               v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
               switch (event.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK){
               case MotionEvent.ACTION_SCROLL:
                      v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
                      return true;
                }
             }
             return false;
       }
});

Solution 2

First add this at XML

android:scrollbarStyle="insideInset"
android:scrollbars="vertical" 
android:overScrollMode="always"

Then add the same above "OnTouch" but make it return "false" not "true"

public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent event) {

                    if (view.getId() == R.id.DwEdit) {
                        view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
                        switch (event.getAction()&MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK){
                        case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                            view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    return false;
}

Solution 3

Kotlin version

Add the following lines to the EditText in your xml:

android:overScrollMode="always"
android:scrollbarStyle="insideInset"
android:scrollbars="vertical"

Add this to the Activity/Fragment:

myEditText.setOnTouchListener { view, event ->
   view.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true)
   if ((event.action and MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
       view.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false)
   }
   return@setOnTouchListener false
}

Solution 4

you should use NestedScrollView class. This class support child scrolling inside parent scrolling. This class can be a child or a parent.

<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView         
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="#d6d8d9">
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal">
        <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:maxLines="512"
                android:text=" your content"/>
        <android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
            android:layout_below="@id/ll_button"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="300dp"
            android:background="#d6d8d9">

            <EditText
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
                android:text="your content"
                android:maxLines="512"/>    
        </android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>       
    </LinearLayout>

</android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>           

Solution 5

Use this code it's working

In XML

android:singleLine="false"
android:overScrollMode="always"
android:scrollbarStyle="insideInset"
android:scrollbars="vertical"

In programming

edittext.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {

    public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent event) {

        if (view.getId() == R.id.edittext) {
            view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
            switch (event.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) {
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
                break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
});

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Comments

[Maveňツ]

by xml way when i touch inside the edittext then softkeyboard opens but after implementing the programtically keyboard also refuses to come. In both the cases there is no scroll inside the editText.

[Kishan Vaghela]

when press enter from keyboard while typing It is scrolling parent scrollview

[Patel vaishu]

It's Correct , it 's helpful for me

[Kannan_SJD]

@KishanVaghela I have the same issue.. How did you resolve it?

[Adam]

My answer above is dated. @HungNM2 has the more modern and correct answer.

[Eduardo Reis]

I have a ScrollView which contains several view, and just one of them is a EditText. Does this solution only assumes one EditText inside the ScrollView? Or adding an extra ScrollView just to wrap the EditText?

[Huy Tower]

Great answer.Thanks.

[thevoiceless]

The XML method never worked for me, and a previous version of the programmatic method worked but also prevented the soft keyboard from showing. The programmatic method was updated on August 11 and it now works flawlessly for me.

[MNKY]

𝑨𝑾𝑬𝑺𝑶𝑴𝑬, 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑺 𝑰'𝑽𝑬 𝑩𝑬𝑬𝑵 𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑫𝑨𝒀𝑺!!

[Siddharth Thakkar]

Use both, in xml as well as programmatically, it works

[Pratik Butani]

Write full onTouch as it above answer is removed, no one will understood how to set onTouch

[Nice umang]

THANKS it is working but one issue occurred it makes my text font too small.have you any solution for it ?

[Asadullah Mumtaz]

Thanks, man this works perfectly when I add these properties in XML but my case is that I am creating edit text dynamically, now the issue is that the scroll bar is not showing just even I have changed the color of the scrollbar but no luck.

[CoolMind]

Thanks! Programmatic solution works. See Kotlin solutions below. Also performClick() or @SuppressLint("ClickableViewAccessibility") can be added.

[ONE]

The XML doesn't work for me BUT the programmatic method worked perfectly for me. +1 -- Cheers!

[Divy Soni]

onTouch method worked for me, without adding properties in layout.