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Based on this tutorial and this answer, which also references this other tutorial, using a theme's android:windowBackground along with a <layer-list/> appears to be the most approved method of creating an Android Splash Screen

Using this technique centering a logo on screen is easy; however, I want to position graphics along the top or bottom of the screen. I've run into problems because, as seen in the screenshot below, the windowBackground appears to be drawn behind both the Status Bar at the top of the screen and the Navigation Bar at the bottom thus making the graphics appear cut-off

Question: Is it possible to instruct the windowBackground to position itself below the Status Bar and above the Navigation Bar? If not, using the windowBackground Splash Screen technique is it possible to create a splash screen that isn't covered by the Status Bar or Navigation Bar?

To reproduce the problem, create a new Android Studio project which will get you the ic_launcher drawable and follow one of the tutorials linked above but use the following layer-list drawable

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:opacity="opaque">
    <item android:drawable="#000000"/>
    <item>
        <bitmap
            android:gravity="left|top"
            android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
    </item>
    <item>
        <bitmap
            android:gravity="center"
            android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
    </item>
    <item>
        <bitmap
            android:gravity="bottom"
            android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
    </item>
</layer-list>
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You may set windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds to false in your theme for lollipop and higher versions.

Example: res/values-v21/styles.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <style name="Theme.Splash">
        <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/splash</item>
        <item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">false</item>
    </style>
</resources>
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