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

Anchor answered 13/1, 2012 at 13:15 Comment(4)

I think you only can do it with fullscreen flag like here: https://mcmap.net/q/334976/-hide-notification-bar – Ignaciaignacio 13/1, 2012 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 – Anchor 13/1, 2012 at 13:53

what adjustResize value are you using? – Underbelly 4/11, 2012 at 19:50

stateHidden|adjustResize – Anchor 5/11, 2012 at 9:30

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

All credit to LEO

Ravishing answered 6/11, 2012 at 15:41 Comment(6)

thx for searching. Unfortunately the "toggleing" is no acceptable solution in my usecase – Anchor 6/11, 2012 at 15:52

Why not? This is an OS bug, you will not find pretty answers. – Ravishing 6/11, 2012 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) – Anchor 6/11, 2012 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. – Ravishing 6/11, 2012 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. – Anchor 6/11, 2012 at 16:43

They'd be complaining more with scrolling or flashing notification bars ;) – Ravishing 6/11, 2012 at 16:44

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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://mcmap.net/q/36361/-android-how-to-adjust-layout-in-full-screen-mode-when-softkeyboard-is-visible

Disjunct answered 6/11, 2012 at 15:46 Comment(5)

thx. Unfortunately the "toggleing" is no acceptable solution in my usecase – Anchor 6/11, 2012 at 15:51

Could you, please, elaborate why? – Disjunct 6/11, 2012 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. – Anchor 6/11, 2012 at 15:58

But you can use toggling only once, in the beginning. – Disjunct 6/11, 2012 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) – Anchor 6/11, 2012 at 16:8

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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>

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Thirty answered 6/11, 2012 at 8:23 Comment(5)

NoTitleBar != Fullscreen. I need to hide the notification bar and NoTitleBar won't do that. – Anchor 6/11, 2012 at 9:3

@Sprigg, how did you make your activity fullscreen? – Psalms 6/11, 2012 at 9:24

Sorry, fix my answer I still confirm it. fullscreen can resize. – Thirty 6/11, 2012 at 9:24

unfortunately it just aligns the app. Look in my original post for some screenshots and the xml – Anchor 6/11, 2012 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 – Anchor 6/11, 2012 at 10:49

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