Touchkit 4.1 and Virtual Keyboard

Greetings,
I have developed a Touchkit application which is to be used on an Android 7.1.1 mobile phone. There are several input fields in the application, one of which is used for scanner input. The problem is, tapping any of the input fields activates the virtual keyboard, which causes the entire user interface to be compressed towards the top of the screen, which causes all of the widgets to overlap, creating a very ugly interface. So, I guess my question is: is it possible to have the virtual keyboard float over the user interface so that things don’t get compressed, or is there a way to disable the virtual keyboard automatically popping up when an input field acquires focus?

Thanks!

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Any touchkit users out there that can help?

Hi Kevin, did you solve this problem?

No, I never did find a solution, and I abandoned my search.