EditText in Listview loses focus when pressed on Android 4.x

Question

I know there are a lot of similar questions out here but I couldn\'t get any of the provided solutions working in a simple sample app.

The problem occurs when the

Answer 1

When the list is long enough to cover the soft keyboard, the EditText in Listview loses focus when pressed on Android 4.x.

One solution is to wrap the Listview in a linear layout with a height of half the screen.

Whenever the Listview doesn't cover the softkeyboard, everything is fine.