diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/chat_room_detail_fragment.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/chat_room_detail_fragment.xml
index edc706e54..0947d00fa 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/chat_room_detail_fragment.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/chat_room_detail_fragment.xml
@@ -276,28 +276,31 @@
 
         </LinearLayout>
 
-        <TextView
-            android:id="@+id/remote_composing"
-            android:text="@{viewModel.composingList, default=@string/chat_remote_is_composing}"
-            android:visibility="@{viewModel.remoteIsComposing ? View.VISIBLE : chatSendingViewModel.isReadOnly ? View.GONE : View.INVISIBLE}"
-            android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
-            style="@style/standard_small_text_font"
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_above="@id/footer" />
-
         <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
             android:id="@+id/chat_messages_list"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="match_parent"
-            android:layout_above="@id/remote_composing"
+            android:layout_above="@id/footer"
             android:layout_below="@+id/top_bar"
+            android:paddingBottom="20dp"
+            android:clipToPadding="false"
             android:cacheColorHint="@color/transparent_color"
             android:choiceMode="multipleChoice"
             android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
             android:listSelector="@color/transparent_color"
             android:transcriptMode="normal" />
 
+        <TextView
+            android:id="@+id/remote_composing"
+            style="@style/standard_small_text_font"
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_above="@id/footer"
+            android:paddingLeft="5dp"
+            android:background="?attr/backgroundColor"
+            android:text="@{viewModel.composingList, default=@string/chat_remote_is_composing}"
+            android:visibility="@{viewModel.remoteIsComposing ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE}" />
+
         <ImageView
             android:src="@{viewModel.securityLevelIcon, default=@drawable/security_alert_indicator}"
             android:visibility="@{viewModel.encryptedChatRoom ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE}"