Quick trick of the week: EditText inside a ListView

Let's suppose you want to create a layout with a ListView containing an EditText in each item, like in the following picture:

If yout set up your layout like the one showed above you'll soon have to deal with an annoying problem: for some unknown reason the EditText immediately loses focus, and it's almost impossible to write anything.
For some devices a good workaround would be to double tap on the EditText, but this is not an accetable solution for the end users of our apps.

Fortunately the solution is quite easy: you just have to add the following lines of code:

1. in the AndroidManifest.xml file add the following line for the Activity containing the ListView: android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan";
2. in the layout file of the Activity add the following line to your ListView: android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants".

Now the EditText(s) should behave as expected...

 <activity android:name="com.androidthetechnicalblog.MyActivity"
   android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"     
   android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustPan"
   android:label="@string/app_name"></activity>         

<ListView
   android:id="@android:id/list"             
   android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"       
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"            
   android:layout_marginTop="10dp" />