AlertDialog broken layout on some devices

Question

I'm experiencing problems with the following approach to create an AlertDialog:

AlertDialog.Builder alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
    .setTitle(R.string.deletion_title)
    .setMessage(R.string.options_deleteExternalConfirm)
    .setPositiveButton(R.string.yes, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                Utils.deleteExternalDir();
                dialog.cancel();
            }
        })
    .setNegativeButton(R.string.no, null);
alertDialog.show();

While the dialog looks ok on most devices, it has layout problems on others (namely the Galaxy S4 - GT-I9505 with Android 5.0.1), see attached picture: Broken layout on Galaxy S4 . What is the reason for that and how can I fix it?

(Other than adding a padding to a custom dialog when Build.PRODUCT.equals("GT-I9505") since there might be phones out there which have the same issue but which are unknown to me)

i think something wrong with the phone, can you restart phone and try or with another phone with same type ? — Android Killer, May 14 '15 at 09:32
Restarting did not change anything. Organizing another device of the same type is a good idea — PhilLab, May 15 '15 at 07:09
yeah....check and let me know if it is working...if i will face this type of issue, i can follow up with the same. — Android Killer, May 15 '15 at 07:49
I found out that the reason is the android:fitsSystemWindows property - it seems to be a little buggy. — PhilLab, May 24 '15 at 11:49
so did you set this property or what ? what exactly was the solution ? — Android Killer, May 25 '15 at 03:58
Well, the solution was to remove the property for now. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/26600484 — PhilLab, May 25 '15 at 18:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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It turned out that is was a problem with android:fitsSystemWindows and Android Lollipop like in this answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered May 19 '15 at 15:42

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