about status bar transparency

android – Status bar transparency doesn't work

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Apr 13, 2016

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I am trying to make status bar transparent in my application using this code:

getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);
getWindow().clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS);
getWindow().setStatusBarColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);

But it doesn’t work. Status bar just change a color and became grey, not transparent. Where is my mistake? How to make status bar transparent?

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Answer # 1
You can maybe check one of my previous answers: stackoverflow.com/a/33986302/3426717
 

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Answer # 2
No, it doesn't work.
 

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Answer # 3
Tests are being conducted on devices +19? What's the final result using this solution?
 

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Answer # 4
Yes, Nexus 5 with Android 5.1.1. Status bar became grey, but not transparent.
 

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Answer # 5
WithgetWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS);it works. Thank you!
 

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Answer # 6
Same result: status bar became grey, but not transparent.
 

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Answer # 7

Try this in your styles.xml(v21)

<name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>

Update

You can achieve the same effect programatically on KitKat and afterwards by setting this Window flag

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
Window w = getWindow(); // in Activity's onCreate() for instance
w.setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS);
}

If you set a background resource (like a color or a picture) to your layout, you will see the color or picture “below” the status bar.

<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/primary_dark</item>

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Answer # 8

try calling this from onCreate:

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

getWindow().setStatusBarColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);

Toolbar overlapping below status bar

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I want to have appcompat v21 toolbar in my activity. But the toolbar I'm implementing is overlapping below status bar. How can I fix it? Here is the activity layout xml: <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical"> <include android:id="@+id/toolbar" layout="@layout/toolbar" /> <FrameLayout android:id="@+id/container" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="0dp" android:layout_weight="1" /> </LinearLayout> Toolbar view: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/toolbar" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize" android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" /> Theme style: <style name="AppTheme" parent="MaterialNavigationDrawerTheme.Light.DarkActionBar"> <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item> <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item> <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item> </style> android xml android-layout shareimprove this question edited Apr 20 '15 at 3:37 Vaibhav Mule 1,8941928 asked Apr 20 '15 at 2:41 AimanB 1,23652755

How did you customize your Theme of your applicaiton? post them. – SilentKnight Apr 20 '15 at 2:46 add a comment

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Use android:fitsSystemWindows="true" in the root view of your layout (LinearLayout in your case). And android:fitsSystemWindows is an internal attribute to adjust view layout based on system windows such as the status bar. If true, adjusts the padding of this view to leave space for the system windows. Will only take effect if this view is in a non-embedded activity. Must be a boolean value, either "true" or "false". This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type. This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol fitsSystemWindows. shareimprove this answer edited Apr 20 '15 at 2:59 SilentKnight 5,12892358 answered Apr 20 '15 at 2:46 Sohaib 3,09431830

Thanks. This works. But I was wondering if there is a way to do this globally? – AimanB Apr 20 '15 at 2:49 11   @AimanB you can set it globally by setting in the theme as <item name="android:fitsSystemWindows">true</item> – Samir Jun 17 '15 at 12:08  7   @Samir this has a side-effect as reported in this comment – Sufian Sep 2 '15 at 13:12 By default, your application should respect the system windows. You might open your activity with some flags perhaps ? – zgulser Apr 14 at 11:54 2   This issue will come even after we added android:fitsSystemWindows="true" to root layout, If your style contains <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</it‌​em> this. Just mentioned for those who are reading this question. – Sakkeer Hussain May 27 at 15:48 show 4 more comments

up vote5down vote	Just set this to v21/styles.xml file <item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item> <item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item> and be sure <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">false</item> shareimprove this answer edited Aug 30 at 13:10 answered Jun 28 at 12:59 Zahra.HY 165212
	I tried this but not working @Zahra.HY – TheHunter Jun 29 at 10:49 if you have something like app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" ,remove it! @TheHunter – Zahra.HY Jun 29 at 11:02  pastie.org/10894050 @Zahra.HY have a look on my v21 style file – TheHunter Jun 29 at 11:09 set <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">false</item> – Zahra.HY Jun 29 at 11:14 add a comment

up vote4down vote	For me, the problem was that I copied something from an example and used <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item Removing this fixed the problem. shareimprove this answer answered Jun 13 at 4:07 Muz 1,86431932
	This one worked for me, thanks for your answer – blueware Aug 28 at 11:54 add a comment

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I removed all lines mentioned below from /res/values-v21/styles.xml and now it is working fine. <item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item> <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item> <item name="windowActionBar">false</item> <item name="android:windowDisablePreview">true</item> <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item> <item name="android:fitsSystemWindows">true</item> shareimprove this answer answered Jul 20 at 6:31 TheHunter 12115

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None of the answers worked for me, but this is what finally worked after i set android:fitSystemWindows on the root view(I set these in styles v21): <item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item> <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">false</item> Make sure you don't have the following line as AS put it by default: <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item> shareimprove this answer