Stop ScrollView from auto-scrolling to an EditText

Question

Seems to be a common problem without a great solution that I have found. Goal is to stop a ScrollView from auto-scrolling to an EditText (or any vi

Answer 1

I often has this problem when my apps handle orientation change.

In that case I use the following kind of code:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    ...
    // to avoid the scrollview to scroll to this element automatically
    mEditTextSearch.setFocusable(false);
    // Get the saved scroll position
    final int scrolly = savedInstanceState.getInt("scrolly");
    mScrollView.post(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            mScrollView.scrollTo(0, scrolly);
            // Restore the initial state of the EditText
            mEditTextSearch.setFocusable(true);
            mEditTextSearch.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
            mEditTextSearch.setClickable(true);
        }
    });
    ...
}