Empty space when I return to Activity (Soft Keyboard forced)

Question

I have an ActionView with menu item on ActionBar (using ActionBarSherlock), I\'m able to display an EditText as a search fiel

Answer 1

Remove Translucent theme:

android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Translucent" 

and use your Activity in manifest.xml as:

<activity
     android:name=".SearchActivity"
     android:screenOrientation="portrait">

Answer 2

Did you tried this one?

setContentView(R.layout.activity_direction_3);
    getWindow().getDecorView().setBackgroundColor(
            android.R.color.transparent);