Android Question EditText width shrinks when Keyboard appears

[walterf25]

Hi all, i was wondering if anyone has seen this issue before, this is the first time I see it for sure, for some reason the width of every edittext control shrinks when i click on any of them and the keyboard appears, i don't have anything special in the layout script that would cause this issue or in my code during run time, the only thing I have in my code is the following to create a border around each edittext and create round corners.

Any idea why this is happening, at first I thought this was an issue with the ACEditText controls, so I changed to the native EditText control, but i am seeing the same issue.

Take a look at the small video i made to show the issue.

I am using B4A v10.2 and a Galaxy S10 plus device running Android 10.

Walter

 

[walterf25]

Seems like the problem is with this code:

    Dim cd2 As ColorDrawable
    cd2.Initialize2(Colors.white, 12dip, 1dip, Colors.Black)
    txtFirstName.TextColor = Colors.Black
    txtLastName.TextColor = Colors.Black
    txtUserName.TextColor = Colors.Black
    txtPin.TextColor = Colors.Black
    txtDOB1.TextColor = Colors.Black
    txtFeet.TextColor = Colors.Black
    txtInches.TextColor = Colors.Black
    txtFirstName.Background = cd2
    txtLastName.Background = cd2
    txtUserName.Background = cd2
    txtPin.Background = cd2
    txtDOB1.Background = cd2
    txtFeet.Background = cd2
    txtInches.Background = cd2

But why would this be the cause, take a look at the image below, you can see that the typing area is still the same original size as I can type past the right border, so it seems like only the border is the part that is shrinking, this is very strange, never seen anything like this before.

Any thoughts, anyone?

Walter

 

[Mahares]

Any thoughts, anyone?

You have to create a colorDrawable for each edittext especially if some vary in width

 

[walterf25]

You have to create a colorDrawable for each edittext especially if some vary in width

WOW, that easy, how did you find this out, i must have missed class that day

it works, thanks.
Walter

 

[Mahares]

WOW, that easy, how did you find this out, i must have missed class that day

Actually I have known it for a few years, at least 8 years, because I was baffled by it then..

 

[Mahares]

t works, thanks.

Another option is to use the B4Xviews and you will only be dealing with one line of code for eah editext:

Private EditText1 As B4XView
Private xui As XUI   'need xui lib
EditText1.SetColorAndBorder(xui.Color_Green, 5dip, xui.Color_Magenta, 10dip)