Which Android control to use?

Question

I\'m taking my first steps in Android programming.

My application is to create entries in a database. For this task I have created a new Activity. All is fine - but

Answer 1

Hey, this is a little late, and I know you've already got the silver bar you wanted, which is all good, but I've stumbled upon a really good guide on controlling the soft keyboard for best user experience. It covers, among other things, how to make the visible area resize to fit the button bar in the view while typing, which is done by specifying the activity in the manifest file like so:

I really recommend reading it, it covers a lot more helpful stuff than just that. Hope that helps; I couldn't see that anyone else has answered that particular part of your question.