Android: Set Toast to the default position (centered, just above the status bar at the bottom)?

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I'm having the exact opposite problem of this post - specifically, I want to display a toast in the default location (centered, just above the status bar at the bottom) but it is always appearing horizontally and vertically centered.

Here is the code and call I am using to display the toast (toastNavigation method is in a separate class from call):

public static void toastNavigation(Context context, CharSequence message,
        int duration, int gravity, int gravity_xOffset, int gravity_yOffset) {  
    Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, message, duration);  
    toast.setGravity(gravity, gravity_xOffset, gravity_yOffset);  
    toast.show();
}

toastNavigation(this, 
    "My message", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT, Gravity.NO_GRAVITY, 0, 0);

Why would my toast be centered even though I am passing in the constant that indicates "...no gravity has been set."? Is there some other constant I should pass to clear GRAVITY constants inherited from the context?

Have you tried just omitting the call to `setGravity` altogether? — Yoni Samlan, Nov 03 '11 at 21:11

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 03 '11 at 21:19

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I'm going to assume you have good reason for calling setGravity() at all if you just need the default values.

The default gravity settings for a Toast are Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL | Gravity.BOTTOM, so you can apply those to get the default placement.

You can see this in the source for Toast...check the initialization of the mGravity field.

answered Nov 03 '11 at 21:19

devunwired

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Thanks for the code reference... I figured as much. But my 1st question still remains - If I pass in NO_GRAVITY, why is my toast getting centered? – celoftis Nov 04 '11 at 14:12
Look a little further down in the source to the `ITransientNotification` implementation. The best description I can give is because Toasts are added directly to the `WindowManager` when shown, similar to a `Dialog`. New Windows like this are always centered without specific gravity settings. – devunwired Nov 04 '11 at 16:19

Androidcoder · Answer 2 · 2019-11-03T19:55:40.080

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For me the default location of a toast without a gravity setting is between 1/3 and 1/4 up from the bottom.

I've found Gravity.BOTTOM, which is often cited as the default, actually sets the gravity to the very bottom of the screen. Also I've found Gravity.NO_GRAVITY sets the toast in the center of the screen, just like Gravity.CENTER, instead of the actual default location. This is rather irritating. I've yet to find a setting that sets a toast back to it's true default location, I've just had to make a new toast.

edited Nov 03 '19 at 19:55

answered Nov 03 '19 at 18:41

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You have to retrieve current values of gravity, XOffset and YOffset, and add the gravity you want to set.This is the code I use: ``toast.setGravity(toast.getGravity() | Gravity.FILL_HORIZONTAL, toast.getXOffset(), toast.getYOffset());`` – MasterMind Feb 07 '21 at 17:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 29 '14 at 06:19

I checked your code to display toast on screen. Do one thing, please remove call to setGravity method, then your toast will appear on exact location, as per your requirement. If you try to set NO_GRAVITY as gravity of your toast, then in this case toast will pick default gravity, and value of default gravity for toast is Centered in window(same as for dialog). Please let me know for any concern. Thanks.

score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 03 '11 at 21:14

If you would like to display a Toast in teh default location just call it like so:

    Toast.makeText(context, message, duration).show();

This will display the toast in the standard location. My guess is the NO_GRAVITY is not the default setting for a Toast. It probably uses gravity bottom and applies a y value to bring it up from the bottom of the screen.

Android: Set Toast to the default position (centered, just above the status bar at the bottom)?

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