Show Android SnackBar above keyboard?

Question

Is it possible to show the Android Snackbar above the keyboard (as in Y coordinate, not layering)? The Snackbar currently gets hidden if the keyboard is shown, which is an undesirable behavior.

Solution 1

Set

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"

in the AndroidManifest.xml for the activity containing your snackbar

Solution 2

If you nest your layout in a ScrollView, the snackbar will appear on top of the keyboard. This is because the view will resize to take up only the available space above the keyboard. And, of course, your View will also be scroll-able if necessary at any time, while the keyboard is shown or not.

Solution 3

You can hide the keyboard when the Snackbar is shown.

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);

Solution 4

I have solved the issue like this:

Create a class:

public class ShowSnackBar {
    public static void show(Context context, String message, View view) {
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
        Snackbar.make(view, message, Snackbar.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
}

You can access this class from any activity in the application

Usage:

ShowSnackBar.show(LoginOtpActivity.this,"Please enter Email ID /Mobile",linear_container);

Solution 5

The following works:

1. Ensure the activity/fragment from which you are calling the Snackbar contains a ScrolView.
2. Ensure you set the snackbar view to findViewById(android.R.id.content):

Snackbar.make(getActivity().findViewById(android.R.id.content), "hello world").show();

3. OR, if you want to be able to swipe away the Snackbar, ensure the ScrolView is nested within a CoordinatorLayout.

Snackbar.make(getActivity().findViewById(android.R.id.my_coordinator_layout), "hello world").show();

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Comments

[Menasheh]

How do you put that in an activity?

[Philip Stratford]

It goes in the AndroidManifest.xml file as an attribute of the Activity in question.

[fobbymaster]

The issue with this solution is that it also adjusts the entire screen, which isn't something that we want. We only want the snackbar to be adjusted, not the entire screen.

[dimsuz]

I don't know if this is helpful, but I have found that using a DrawerLayuot results in snackbar not showing above the keyboard. If I remove DrawerLayout from the activity, it shows as it should.

[Awah Teh]

@fobbymaster, why did you mark this as the answer if as you say "isn't something that we want"?

[Ivan]

in case your snackbar is a response to a typing to a textedit this is very unfriendly to user as it could end up with clicking on anything else and unpleasant to see (flickering). better is to nest with scrollviewer

[FallasB]

Using this with android:fillViewport="true" to make sure ScrollView fill the entire screen should be the accepted answer

[soshial]

I loved the 2nd solution. Short, clear and no hacks.

[Marcello B.]

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