Does getSize() in Android include the height of the status bar?

Question

Is there a way to tell if getSize() includes the height of the status bar? From testing on a few different phones it seems it does on some but not on others and it is frustrating when trying to make everything in the layout line up properly.

After spending a week on this problem and checked Google's documentation & many other posts here on Stackoverflow (about getting the screen size in pixels via getSize(), getRealSize(), getMetrics(DisplayMetrics metrics), getRealMetrics(DisplayMetrics metrics), etc ... I still have no clue about it.

This picture is giving a better picture of the problem.

On some phones and according to the above picture, the line 'Y/2' should be exactly at size.y / 2 (exact half of the screen between the navigation & the status bars), but is actually not in the middle : The 'Not X' distance on my picture is therefore equal to 'X - getStatusBarSize()'.

I have to add that i am using a ring object with an innerRadiusRatio 2.1 in XML. But i don't think it's the reason because once i am using the code below, it works on phones where getSize() seems to include the height of the status bar :

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // Screen dimensions
        display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
        size = new Point();
        display.getSize(size);

       //Get the screen dimensions
       maxWidth = size.x 
       maxHeight = size.y - getStatusBarSize();
   }

private int getStatusBarSize() {
        Resources resources = getResources();
        int resourceId = resources.getIdentifier("status_bar_height", "dimen", "android");
        if (resourceId > 0) {
            return resources.getDimensionPixelSize(resourceId);
        }
        return 0;
    }

While it works simply with maxheight = size.y on others phones (where it does not include the status bar height).

Thanks in advance guys for any help !

May I know what are you trying to achieve? maybe there is an alternative way to do it more efficiency — Master Zzzing, Dec 30 '19 at 09:36
What i want to achieve is cutting the screen's height in half with maths (dynamically) and on some phones i get the half of the screen + `statusBarHeight`. I can notice this because there is a fixed symetry in my main layout, in any other cases i think i would not notice. — Tom3652, Dec 30 '19 at 09:57

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '19 at 22:42

I was facing to the same issue more or less and this could be helpful :

// Get the size between the status & the navigation bars
Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
Point size = new Point();
display.getSize(size);

// Real size of the screen (full screen)
Point realSize = new Point();
Display realDisplay = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
realDisplay.getRealSize(realSize);

//Get the screen dimensions
maxWidth = size.x;
maxHeight = size.y;

if (realSize.y - getNavBarSize() == size.y || realSize.y == size.y) {
    Log.d(TAG, "onCreate: getSize() includes the status bar size");
    maxHeight = size.y - getStatusBarSize();
}

Exactly what i was looking for, thank you. So the answer is yes, sometimes the `getSize()` method indeed includes the status bar height... — Tom3652, Dec 30 '19 at 22:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 11 '21 at 14:05

I've had the same question and this is how I solved it.

Display.getSize() only sometimes includes the status bar height.
For the solution with .getRealSize() you also need the navigation bar height.

With the following solution you don't need the navigation bar height:

View contentView = requireActivity().getWindow().findViewById(Window.ID_ANDROID_CONTENT);
int height = contentView.getHeight() - statusBarHeight - actionBarHeight;

(You might have to get the height in contentView.post() if it returns 0.)

Does getSize() in Android include the height of the status bar?

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