Hide notification bar without using fullscreen

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Here is my problem: is it possible to hide the android notification bar without using the fullscreen flag? I need to adjustResize my app when the soft keyboard is shown, but fullscreen apps ignore the resizing (as far as i know).

Has anyone an idea on how to make my app look fullscreen without this flag?

Here is the problem with the fullscreen flag: it only tries to show everything important, but i need to resize my app:

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and the xml:

<RelativeLayout 
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >

<EditText
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:text="EditText1"/>

<EditText
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:text="EditText2" />

</RelativeLayout>

Summary: i expected to see both EditTexts after my app resized and the new dimensions are redrawn

I think you only can do it with fullscreen flag like here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4222713/hide-notification-bar — frayab, Jan 13 '12 at 13:45
hmmm. so it will end up in a lot of ugly workarounds, to resize my app on keyboard appearance. too bad :( but thx anyway — Sprigg, Jan 13 '12 at 13:53

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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This can help:

getWindow().addFlags( WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN );
getWindow().addFlags( WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS );

You can add this to the beginning of your onCreate().

Additional comments can be found in this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10952394/1065190

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Nov 06 '12 at 15:46

Sergey K.

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thx. Unfortunately the "toggleing" is no acceptable solution in my usecase – Sprigg Nov 06 '12 at 15:51
Could you, please, elaborate why? – Sergey K. Nov 06 '12 at 15:53
i know, that there (maybe) won't be an "perfect solution. But the toggeling shows and hides the statusbar, which is unfortunately an unacceptable effect for my customer. – Sprigg Nov 06 '12 at 15:58
But you can use toggling only once, in the beginning. – Sergey K. Nov 06 '12 at 15:59
first: i misread your answer and thought it was a copy of guykuns. But after trying your code i saw, that adding the code in `onCreate()` made my app didn't resize at all (but it isn't scrolling to my bottom `EditText` anymore) – Sprigg Nov 06 '12 at 16:08

Sruit A.Suk · Answer 2 · 2012-11-06T09:20:18.197

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Hmmm, I think fullscreen also support resize,

you can do it like this in your Manifest

    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_main" 
    android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" 
    android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustResize"
    android:screenOrientation="portrait" >

        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

enter image description here

edited Nov 06 '12 at 09:20

answered Nov 06 '12 at 08:23

Sruit A.Suk

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`NoTitleBar` != `Fullscreen`. I need to hide the notification bar and `NoTitleBar` won't do that. – Sprigg Nov 06 '12 at 09:03
@Sprigg, how did you make your activity fullscreen? – landry Nov 06 '12 at 09:24
Sorry, fix my answer I still confirm it. fullscreen can resize. – Sruit A.Suk Nov 06 '12 at 09:24
unfortunately it just aligns the app. Look in my original post for some screenshots and the xml – Sprigg Nov 06 '12 at 10:46
@Landry: At the moment i didn't make it fullscreen at all because i couldn't solve the problem and that is definitely a show stopper in my scenario. But i tried doing it by using a `android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" ` in the manifest – Sprigg Nov 06 '12 at 10:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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This is a known and not fixed Android bug, try out the workaround here

All credit to LEO

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered Nov 06 '12 at 15:41

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thx for searching. Unfortunately the "toggleing" is no acceptable solution in my usecase – Sprigg Nov 06 '12 at 15:52
Why not? This is an OS bug, you will not find pretty answers. – Guykun Nov 06 '12 at 15:53
i know, that there (maybe) won't be an "perfect solution. But the toggeling shows and hides the statusbar, which is unfortunately an unacceptable effect for my customer. Ofc this is the best solution (and the fastest) so far, so I think you will be my bounty winner. (except someone else will post a better solution) – Sprigg Nov 06 '12 at 15:57
It's a shame, you might want to argue the hiding of the notification bar, leaving it may be the better option. Leaving the notification bar visible is very common. – Guykun Nov 06 '12 at 16:16
Yeah I think so too. the only problem is, that the current version has the notification bar visible and a lot of user requested to hide it. So i hoped to find a solution to make my customer and the users happy. But i guess they have to live with it the way it is. – Sprigg Nov 06 '12 at 16:43
They'd be complaining more with scrolling or flashing notification bars ;) – Guykun Nov 06 '12 at 16:44

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