DialogFragment not resizing when keyboard shown

Issue

I'm trying to use a SherlockDialogFragment to ask some input from the user. Everything works fine on my phone (Galaxy Nexus, 4.2), but on a smaller phone (emulator 2.3.3), when the keyboard shows up, it covers the two buttons of the DialogFragment, like this:

My layout is inside a ScrollView, and I'm changing the softInputMode to SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE on my onViewCreated. I also tried SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN, and it didn't work

MyCustomDialog.java

public class AddTaskDialog extends SherlockDialogFragment implements OnDateSetListener{
//...
    @Override
    public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
        getDialog().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE);
    }
    public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // Use the Builder class for convenient dialog construction
        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
        this.inflater =  getActivity().getLayoutInflater();
        View mainView =inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_dialog, null);
        builder.setView(mainView);
        this.taskNote = (EditText) mainView.findViewById(R.id.ET_taskNote);
        this.taskText = (EditText) mainView.findViewById(R.id.ET_taskText);
        this.taskValue = (EditText) mainView.findViewById(R.id.ET_taskValue);
        /*
         * Other stuff
         */
        builder.setTitle(getString(R.string.new_task, hType.toString()))
               .setPositiveButton(R.string.dialog_confirm_button, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                   public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                    //...
                    }
               })
               .setNegativeButton(R.string.dialog_cancel_button, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                   public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                       // User cancelled the dialog
                   }
               });
        // Create the AlertDialog object and return it
        return builder.create();
    }
}

And here is my layout:

custom_dialog.xml

<LinearLayout 
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" 
android:background="@color/abs__background_holo_light">
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin">
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/TV_taskText"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@string/task_text"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/ET_taskText"
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:ems="10"
            android:hint="@string/create_task_hint"
            android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
            android:singleLine="true" />

    </LinearLayout>
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" >
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/TV_taskNote"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@string/task_note"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/ET_taskNote"
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:minLines="2"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:ems="10"
            android:inputType="textMultiLine"
            android:hint="@string/task_note_hint">

        </EditText>

    </LinearLayout>
    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/repeat_days"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:layout_gravity="top"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:visibility="gone"
        android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin">
        <!-- Day buttons are put here programatically -->
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

So, could you help me, and guide me on how to show those buttons? Either to PAN the view or let it resize...

Solution

Set the windowSoftInputMode property to adjustNothing in the AndroidManifest.xml of the activities that use the dialog fragment.

<activity
    ...
    android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustNothing">
...

and onCreateDialog to hide the soft input:

...
Dialog dialog = builder.create();
dialog.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);
return dialog;
}

FYI: https://developer.android.com/training/keyboard-input/visibility.html#ShowOnStart

Answered By - Daniel De León