Layout margin/padding at the top of dialog fragment

Question

When using fragments my layouts get disturbed by an additional space at the top and I don't know where this is coming from. It looks like this:

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What are possible sources for this empty space? The theme or some style settings I have not yet found, or is this space reserved for an action bar? I would really like to get rid of this.

Here are the corresponding layout xml and the code to instantiate the dialog:

XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_margin="5dp"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <ProgressBar
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/search_progress"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyle"
        android:indeterminate="true" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView1"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/search_progress"
            android:text="Searching for:" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/searchingNameTextView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/search_progress"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView1"
            android:text="Barcelona" />

</RelativeLayout>

Java:

FragmentManager fm = this.getSupportFragmentManager();
mSearchingDialog = new SearchingDialogFragment();
Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
bundle.putString("name", mCityToAdd.userName());
mSearchingDialog.setArguments(bundle);
mSearchingDialog.show(fm, TAG);

I also asked this question here, thinking it would be a problem correlated with a scrollview, but the space appears in all my fragments:

ScrollView adds extra space on top

Possible duplicate of [How to create a DialogFragment without title?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15277460/how-to-create-a-dialogfragment-without-title) — Michael Allan, Feb 05 '16 at 23:09

sergej shafarenka · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-29T19:26:41.603

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Try to call getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); right before setContentView(R.layout.<dialog_layout>); in onCreate() or onCreateView() method of your dialog.

edited Feb 29 '16 at 19:26

answered Aug 27 '13 at 12:31

sergej shafarenka

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Thank you, but the fragment does not have a getWindon() method. The code above is all I do to instantiate the dialog fragment, so there is no onCreate() either. – Herr von Wurst Aug 27 '13 at 12:36
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To access window call, getActivity().getWindow(). Call it in onCreateView() method. – sergej shafarenka Aug 27 '13 at 12:37
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I did `getDialog().getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);` in the `onCreateView()` method and it works. Thank you! – Herr von Wurst Aug 27 '13 at 12:40

score 22 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 11:32

There are two ways to reuse/remove that empty space at the top of the DialogFragment.

If you want to simple remove it:

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    getDialog().getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); //  <--
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_dialog, container, false);
    return view;
}

If you want to reuse it for a dialog title:

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     getDialog().setTitle("Some title..."); //  <--
     View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_dialog, container, false);
     return view;
}

Should be the accepted answer, because `getWindow()` doesn't wok in a `DialogFragment` — leonardkraemer, Mar 12 '18 at 01:30

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 28 '14 at 08:39

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Yet another solution:

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setStyle(STYLE_NO_TITLE, getActivity().getApplicationInfo().theme);
    }

This example uses the applications default theme. Note also that setStyle() needs to be called in onCreate() as opposed to onCreateView() to have an effect.

answered Apr 28 '14 at 08:39

Magnus

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I used `setStyle(STYLE_NO_TITLE, android.R.style.Theme_Dialog)`, because `theme` from `getActivity().getApplicationInfo()` removes transparent black overlay. – Mikhail Sharin Dec 24 '21 at 09:52

Layout margin/padding at the top of dialog fragment

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