Android statusbar overlay with ActionBar

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I know that I can make the ActionBar overlay using requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_ACTION_BAR_OVERLAY)
and can toggle/show the status bar in my screen (by switching between FLAG_FULLSCREEN and FLAG_FORCE_NOT_FULLSCREEN).
This works great. However, I don't want my layout moving when I toggle the status bar.

I know that I can make the status bar "overlay" (albeit not transparently) the content using:

WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS

This works also great, except for the (expected) consequence that, when using an ActionBar, the ActionBar gets half cut off - half of it is under the status bar basically.

So I am wondering, is there a way to "move the ActionBar down" by the status bar's height in this case?
I know that in worse case, I can do this with a custom view that lives within the layout, but I rather not do this (want to benefit from the ActionBar).

thanks!

It isn't recommended to show toolbar whilst hiding the status bar. — stdout, Jul 31 '16 at 22:47

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '12 at 09:00

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so apparently, you can do this in Jellybean. google includes two examples in the api docs. here is a link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setSystemUiVisibility%28int%29

summary: use setSystemUiVisibility on a view to toggle visibility (on jellybean+).

answered Aug 07 '12 at 09:00

ahmedre

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How can this be achieved in ICS, any idea? – N.R.S.Sowrabh Nov 01 '12 at 11:07
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without using your own actionbar (custom implementation that doesn't set in the window decoration area), i don't know if this is doable. the closest you can get is David Scott's answer below. – ahmedre Dec 02 '12 at 07:27

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '12 at 13:18

It's not perfect, but this is how I have achieved what you want:

In onCreate:

getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

Then:

private void hideStatusBar() {
    getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
    getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN);

}

private void showStatusBar() {
    getWindow().clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

}

I also have a style on the activity with the following:

 <style name="readingStyle" parent="@style/Theme.Sherlock">
     <item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>  
     <item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>       
 </style>

Your activity will shift down when the status bar shows, but I don't think it's too noticeable.

thanks David - unfortunately, this was already what i had - i was trying to prevent the activity from shifting down. i guess the only way to do it is to use a custom layout as an actionbar and just set the clock to overlay instead of actually using a real actionbar :( — ahmedre, Jun 07 '12 at 06:03
your method `hideStatusBar()` works more robust than `setSystemUiVisibility` in conjunction with the ActionBar from compatibility package — OneWorld, Aug 26 '15 at 09:03

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 04 '12 at 07:11

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Why you dont make it in the Manifest

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar"

than you have no statusbar and more space for the Actionbar??

answered May 04 '12 at 07:11

Phil

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thanks, but since this is a reading app, i want the user to know the time when they tap the screen, and want my layout to be full screen otherwise. – ahmedre May 04 '12 at 08:55

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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Put this method in onCreate() method activity:

getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(
View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE
| View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN);

refer: link

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Feb 17 '16 at 06:57

huu duy

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Android statusbar overlay with ActionBar

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