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windowSoftInputMode=“adjustResize” doesn't work in my Activity

I have form-like editTexts and my softkeyboard is overlapping editText field. In my FragmentActivity I just set windowSoftInputMode=“adjustResize” in my AndroidManifest (or in onCreate()) and it works. But in my regular Activity I set this and it doesnt work at all.
I cant set android:fitsystemwindow="true" because it will destroy my layout with transparent statusBar and not transparent navigationBar.
AndroidManifest
<activity
android:name=".ProfilePackage.EditProfile.EditProfileActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
android:label="#string/app_name">
</activity>

<activity
android:name=".Activities.CommentActivity"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" />
I had the same Problem where the Softkeyboard was covering other views. So I added this line in manifest.

Android : rotate whole the layout

How to rotate whole the layout to be like the screenshot with and without rotate the device ?

In Manifest file, add the following attribute inside the corresponding activity tag:
<activity
android:name=".YourActivity"
android:screenOrientation="landscape" />
Hope this helps.

Selectionbar is hidden

I have added adjustPan in Manifest.xml file here is my Activity tag in Manifest.xmlandroid:name=".LoginActivity"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize"
android:theme="#style/Theme.Sherlock.NoActionBar"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"
Problem is this when I added adjustPan my Selection bar(CAB) is hidden. When I remove adjustPan from Manifest.xml Its showing perfect. Let me know what's wrong with adjustPan?

Keyboard covers up part of edittext

I have a numberpicker but my keyboard is not showing up like I want.
Screen:
As you can see, the keyboard covers part of the edittext.
How can I fix this without using a scrollview?
I've already tried setting android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" or "adjustResize".
When I use scrollview I get the following problem :
Screen shifts a bit when change focus to next edittext
Thx :)

in manifest file set activity attribute
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize|stateHidden"
like :
<activity
android:name=".LoginActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize|stateHidden" >
it should work

How to keep my views from being redrawn

I have a simple app. And I would prefer the views stay the way they are when the orientation change. How can I do that?
Thanks in advance!

Add android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" to the activity in the manifest file..
<activity
android:name="..." android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation">
</activity>
And read Handling Runtime Changes

In addition to #Nunu's answer you may wish to override onConfigurationChanged(...) to make any essential changes to your views.
You can also lock activities to portrait or landscape in the manifest.
EDIT
To lock in portrait declare your activity in the manifest like this:
<activity
android:name="com.yourpackage.YourActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait" />

you should check the sample application of "Multiresolution" in your android-sdk-windows /samples directory