I'm trying to make a textField that accepts input. My problem is, that when a user taps a textField, the input field is maximized so that it covers half the background image (the keyboard covering the other half).
The picture below shows what the background image looks like before the user taps one of the five textFields (the grey bars).

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/z9BuV.png)

The image below and to the left shows what currently happens when I tap a textField: the input field is enlarged and completely covers the background image. What I WANT to happen, however, is what I've tried to show below and to the right: the textField is focused and the user can start writing while the background is still visible.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L7l7y.png)

The app works fine on my Samsung Galaxy tablet, but for some reason I have this issue on my Nexus 5 phone only. The phone has plenty of other apps where the example to the right is what happens, so I at least know that it's possible. How do you do it?

(Was unable to find a tag for the Nexus 5)