Android ScrollView jumps around when resized - android

I have a ScrollView that contains an number of other views (TextViews, ImageViews, etc.). The ScrollView is taller than the screen. I have an AsyncTask that updates the children of the ScrollView based on an http response.
I've discovered an interesting behavior that I can't figure out how to work around. If I set any of the children's visibilities to View.INVISIBLE as part of the AsyncTask.onPostExecute(), everything works fine.
However, if I set any of the children's visibilities to View.GONE, the ScrollView jumps down from the top when onPostExecute() is called. Exactly how far seems to vary. I'm guessing that re-laying out the ScrollView is causing it to scroll away from the top for some reason.
So the question is: is there a way to either prevent or work around this behavior?
PS. Using ScrollView.jump(FOCUS_UP) as a workaround isn't ideal since that'll force the user to the top even if they had intended to scroll down.
EDIT: Actually, I was wrong. The problem wasn't with a child view being marked gone, the problem was with a sibling view being marked gone and the ScrollView getting resized. My ScrollView is inside a LinearLayout that also contains a Button. When the button is set to GONE, the ScrollView gets resized to take up the available space, causing it to scroll away from the top. Different cause, still looking for a workaround though if possible.

I had the same problem. If layout jumping add tha following in ur top lever layout
android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
Example:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants" >

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Example:
<ScrollView>
<LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:tag="ScrollTopTag" />
//***rest of your layout***//
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
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view.requestFocus();
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GONE
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<Component1>
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<Component4>
...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXCrM1rzLZY&feature=player_detailpage#t=71s
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