android - Full-screen AlertDialog has janky animation when keyboard is shown

Question

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I have an AlertDialog that I've set up to take all the vertical space. The problem is that when the keyboard appears, I get a nasty animation as the AlertDialog resizes to fit above the keyboard. Is there some way to prevent this from happening? Ideally, it should measure the available space above the keyboard before the AlertDialog ever displays.

<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:id="@+id/enter_address_alert_dialog_root_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="4dp">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/title_textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="6dp"
        android:paddingLeft="12dp"
        android:paddingTop="6dp"
        android:paddingBottom="4dp"
        android:text="Delivery address"
        android:textSize="14dp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/network_error_imageView"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:src="@drawable/cloud_off_36dp"
        app:tint="@color/colorError"
        android:visibility="gone"
        tools:visibility="visible"
        android:layout_alignTop="@id/title_textView"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@id/title_textView"
        android:layout_marginRight="12dp"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/top_LinearLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="8dp"
        android:layout_below="@id/title_textView"
        android:background="@drawable/autocomplete_list_item_background"
        android:elevation="2dp"
        android:paddingLeft="8dp"
        android:paddingTop="2dp"
        android:paddingRight="8dp"
        android:paddingBottom="12dp">

        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="3"
            android:gravity="bottom">

            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/address_editText"
                style="@style/MyEditTextStyle"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:hint="Street address"
                android:imeOptions="actionNext"
                android:maxLength="100"
                android:maxLines="4"
                android:importantForAutofill="no"
                android:paddingLeft="4dp"
                android:paddingTop="8dp"
                android:paddingRight="32dp"
                android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
                android:textSize="@dimen/address_alert_dialog_text_size" />

            <ImageButton
                android:id="@+id/clear_button"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:paddingTop="4dp"
                android:paddingLeft="4dp"
                android:paddingRight="4dp"
                android:paddingBottom="0dp"
                android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_close_24dp" />

        </RelativeLayout>

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/enter_address_unit_number_alert_dialog_edit_text"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="bottom"
            android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
            android:layout_weight="0.8"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:imeOptions="actionDone"
            android:hint="Unit #"
            android:importantForAutofill="no"
            android:inputType="textPostalAddress|textCapWords|text"
            android:maxLength="30"
            android:paddingTop="6dp"
            android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
            android:textSize="@dimen/address_alert_dialog_text_size" />

    </LinearLayout>

    <ScrollView
        android:id="@+id/scrollView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_above="@id/map_button"
        android:layout_below="@id/top_LinearLayout">

        <!--Single parent to ScrollView-->
        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="vertical">

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/no_store_address_enter_address_alert_dialog_text_view"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginLeft="18dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/address_autocomplete_margin_above_empty_view"
                android:layout_marginRight="18dp"
                android:textSize="@dimen/address_alert_dialog_no_store_address_text_size"
                android:text="You haven't entered a store address. Without this, the app can't locate delivery addresses or calculate driving distances. To fix this, go to Settings and use the 'Store addresses' option."
                android:textColor="#F00"
                android:visibility="gone" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/enter_address_alert_dialog_empty_view"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginLeft="18dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/address_autocomplete_margin_above_empty_view"
                android:layout_marginRight="18dp"
                android:drawablePadding="6dp"
                android:gravity="center_horizontal"
                android:padding="12dp"
                android:text="Start typing an address above and matching results will show up here"
                android:textSize="@dimen/address_alert_dialog_text_size"
                app:drawableTint="@color/colorAutocompleteEmptyViewIcon"
                app:drawableTopCompat="@drawable/ic_search_white_28dp" />

        </LinearLayout>

    </ScrollView>

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/enter_address_alert_dialog_list_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_above="@id/map_button"
        android:layout_below="@id/scrollView"
        android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="4dp"
        android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
        android:dividerHeight="-3dp" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/map_button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:background="@drawable/toolbar_image_button_ripple"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif-medium"
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:text="MAP"
        android:textColor="@color/colorAlertDialogButton"
        android:textSize="@dimen/alert_dialog_button_text_size" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/cancel_button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/submit_button"
        android:background="@drawable/toolbar_image_button_ripple"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif-medium"
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:text="CANCEL"
        android:textColor="@color/colorAlertDialogButton"
        android:textSize="@dimen/alert_dialog_button_text_size" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/submit_button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
        android:background="@drawable/toolbar_image_button_ripple"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif-medium"
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:text="SUBMIT"
        android:textColor="@color/colorAlertDialogButton"
        android:textSize="@dimen/alert_dialog_button_text_size" />

</RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

there is no "default" workaround for your problem. your Dialog appears at first, then EditText is drawn, it requests focus and then keyboard shows - Dialog is already drawn (full screen), so it shrinks

maybe you can try to force show keyboard BEFORE Dialog appears

((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).
    toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);

then show your Dialog (maybe with some few milisec delay?) and call editText.requestFocus() for "connecting" keyboard to freshly shown EditText (there is a change is will be done automatically, as EditText may request focus when inflated)