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Android: How to cover Soft Nav buttons with View using LayoutParams

I have a custom view that adds a variable filter (light effects, etc) over the entire screen. This runs as a service when the main activity is closed, so the user can change apps etc with the filters running.
The code is effectively:
EffectsView view = new EffectsView();
WindowManager windowManager = (WindowManager) service.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
windowManager.addView(view, new Params());
private class Params extends WindowManager.LayoutParams
{
public Params()
{
super();
this.type = WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_OVERLAY;
this.width = WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
this.height = WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
this.flags = 280;
this.format = PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT;
}
}
I'm currently using the flags = 280 parameter as it covers the notification bar, but it doesn't cover the soft nav buttons. This is most noticeable in the App Switcher.
I have tried the using the flag WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, but that doesn't cover the nav buttons or the notification bar.
Is there a way to get the view to cover the nav bar area?
Note: my supported SDK versions are 17+

How to disable Android status bar interaction

Is there a way on android to keep the status bar while disabling all interaction you can do with it, like pulling it down?
I want to keep the information this bar gives, but I don't want users to interact with it.

This is the method that I like to use. You can unwrap it from the method and place it inside a base Activity instead. iirc, I got this from StackOverflow as well, but I didn't make a note of it so I'm not sure where the original post is.
What it basically does is place a transparent overlay over the top bar that intercepts all touch events. It's worked fine for me thus far, see how it works for you.
You MAY need to put this line in the AndroidManifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW" />
I have it in my project, but I can't remember if it's because of this or something else. If you get a permission error, add that in.
WindowManager manager;
CustomViewGroup lockView;
public void lock(Activity activity) {
//lock top notification bar
manager = ((WindowManager) activity.getApplicationContext()
.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE));
WindowManager.LayoutParams topBlockParams = new WindowManager.LayoutParams();
topBlockParams.type = WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_ERROR;
topBlockParams.gravity = Gravity.TOP;
topBlockParams.flags = WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE|
// this is to enable the notification to recieve touch events
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL |
// Draws over status bar
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN;
topBlockParams.width = WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
topBlockParams.height = (int) (50 * activity.getResources()
.getDisplayMetrics().scaledDensity);
topBlockParams.format = PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT;
lockView = new CustomViewGroup(activity);
manager.addView(lockView, topBlockParams);
}
and CustomViewGroup is
private class CustomViewGroup extends ViewGroup {
Context context;
public CustomViewGroup(Context context) {
super(context);
this.context = context;
}
#Override
protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int l, int t, int r, int b) {
}
#Override
public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
Log.i("StatusBarBlocker", "intercepted by "+ this.toString());
return true;
}
}
Also! You also have to remove this view when your activity ends, because I think it will continue to block the screen even after you kill the application. Always, always ALWAYS call this onPause and onDestroy.
if (lockView!=null) {
if (lockView.isShown()) {
//unlock top
manager.removeView(lockView);
}
}

Prevent status bar for appearing android (modified)

I am implementing a kiosk mode application and i have successfully made the application full-screen without status bar appearance post 4.3 but unable to hide status bar in 4.3 and 4.4 as status-bar appears when we swipe down at the top of the screen.
I have tried to make it full screen by
speciflying the full screen theme in manifest
setting window Flags ie setFlags
setSystemUiVisibility
Possible duplicate but no concrete solution found
Permanently hide Android Status Bar
Finally the thing i want is, how to hide status bar permanently in an activity?? in android 4.3,4.4,5,6versions

We could not prevent the status appearing in full screen mode in kitkat devices, so made a hack which still suits the requirement ie block the status bar from expanding.
For that to work, the app was not made full screen. We put a overlay over status bar and consumed all input events. It prevented the status from expanding.
note:
customViewGroup is custom class which extends any
layout(frame,relative layout etc) and consumes touch event.
to consume touch event override the onInterceptTouchEvent method of
the view group and return true
Updated
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"/>
customViewGroup implementation
Code :
WindowManager manager = ((WindowManager) getApplicationContext()
.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE));
WindowManager.LayoutParams localLayoutParams = new WindowManager.LayoutParams();
localLayoutParams.type = WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_ERROR;
localLayoutParams.gravity = Gravity.TOP;
localLayoutParams.flags = WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE|
// this is to enable the notification to recieve touch events
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL |
// Draws over status bar
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN;
localLayoutParams.width = WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
localLayoutParams.height = (int) (50 * getResources()
.getDisplayMetrics().scaledDensity);
localLayoutParams.format = PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT;
customViewGroup view = new customViewGroup(this);
manager.addView(view, localLayoutParams);

In Android M you have to get an extra permission for making overlays. android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW is not enough! So I used the code from the answer of Abhimaan within disableStatusBar() and had to make an intent to open the right settings dialog. I also added removing view in onDestroy() in order to enable status bar when the app exits. I also reduced the overlay height to 40 as it seems to be enough. Code works with 5.1 and 6.0 here.
public static final int OVERLAY_PERMISSION_REQ_CODE = 4545;
protected CustomViewGroup blockingView = null;
#Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
if (blockingView!=null) {
WindowManager manager = ((WindowManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE));
manager.removeView(blockingView);
}
}
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
if (!Settings.canDrawOverlays(this)) {
Toast.makeText(this, "Please give my app this permission!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_OVERLAY_PERMISSION,Uri.parse("package:" + getPackageName()));
startActivityForResult(intent, OVERLAY_PERMISSION_REQ_CODE);
} else {
disableStatusBar();
}
}
else {
disableStatusBar();
}
}
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (requestCode == OVERLAY_PERMISSION_REQ_CODE) {
if (!Settings.canDrawOverlays(this)) {
Toast.makeText(this, "User can access system settings without this permission!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
else
{ disableStatusBar();
}
}
}
protected void disableStatusBar() {
WindowManager manager = ((WindowManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE));
WindowManager.LayoutParams localLayoutParams = new WindowManager.LayoutParams();
localLayoutParams.type = WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_ERROR;
localLayoutParams.gravity = Gravity.TOP;
localLayoutParams.flags = WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE |
// this is to enable the notification to receive touch events
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL |
// Draws over status bar
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN;
localLayoutParams.width = WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
localLayoutParams.height = (int) (40 * getResources().getDisplayMetrics().scaledDensity);
localLayoutParams.format = PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT;
blockingView = new CustomViewGroup(this);
manager.addView(blockingView, localLayoutParams);
}

For a project I worked on I had found a solution for this but it took a long time. Various threads on Stackoverflow and elsewhere helped me to come up with it. It was a work around on Android M but it worked perfectly. As someone asked for it so I thought I should post it here if it can benefit anyone.
Now that its been a while, I don't remember all the details, but the CustomViewGroup is the class which overrides the main ViewGroup, and detects that a user has swiped from top to show the status bar. But we didn't want to show it, so the user's intercept was detected and any further action was ignored, i.e. Android OS won't get a signal to open the hidden status bar.
And then the methods to show and hide the status bar are also included which you can copy/paste as is in your code where you want to show/hide the status bar.
/**
* This class creates the overlay on the status bar which stops it from expanding.
*/
public static class CustomViewGroup extends ViewGroup {
public CustomViewGroup(Context context) {
super(context);
}
#Override
protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int l, int t, int r, int b) {
}
#Override
public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
Log.v("customViewGroup", "********** Status bar swipe intercepted");
return true;
}
}
public static void allowStatusBarExpansion(Context context) {
CustomViewGroup view = new CustomViewGroup(context);
WindowManager manager = ((WindowManager) context.getApplicationContext()
.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE));
manager.removeView(view);
}
// Stop expansion of the status bar on swipe down.
public static void preventStatusBarExpansion(Context context) {
WindowManager manager = ((WindowManager) context.getApplicationContext()
.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE));
Activity activity = (Activity) context;
WindowManager.LayoutParams localLayoutParams = new WindowManager.LayoutParams();
localLayoutParams.type = WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_ERROR;
localLayoutParams.gravity = Gravity.TOP;
localLayoutParams.flags = WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE |
// this is to enable the notification to receive touch events
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL |
// Draws over status bar
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN;
localLayoutParams.width = WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1016896/get-screen-dimensions-in-pixels
int resId = activity.getResources().getIdentifier("status_bar_height", "dimen", "android");
int result = 0;
if (resId > 0) {
result = activity.getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(resId);
}
localLayoutParams.height = result;
localLayoutParams.format = PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT;
CustomViewGroup view = new CustomViewGroup(context);
manager.addView(view, localLayoutParams);
}

How to draw view on top of soft keyboard like WhatsApp?

I want to know how it's possible to add View on top of Keyboard like WhatsApp and Hangout. In chat screen, they insert emoticons view on top of the opened soft keyboard.
Does anyone know how to achieve this behavior?

Well, I have created a sample keyboard for chatting here...
Here, I use popup window for showing popup window and height of popup is calculated dynamically by height of keyboard
// Initially defining default height of keyboard which is equal to 230 dip
final float popUpheight = getResources().getDimension(
R.dimen.keyboard_height);
changeKeyboardHeight((int) popUpheight);
// Creating a pop window for emoticons keyboard
popupWindow = new PopupWindow(popUpView, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
(int) keyboardHeight, false);
and height is calculated using this function :
/**
* Checking keyboard height and keyboard visibility
*/
int previousHeightDiffrence = 0;
private void checkKeyboardHeight(final View parentLayout) {
parentLayout.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(
new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
#Override
public void onGlobalLayout() {
Rect r = new Rect();
parentLayout.getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(r);
int screenHeight = parentLayout.getRootView()
.getHeight();
int heightDifference = screenHeight - (r.bottom);
if (previousHeightDiffrence - heightDifference > 50) {
popupWindow.dismiss();
}
previousHeightDiffrence = heightDifference;
if (heightDifference > 100) {
isKeyBoardVisible = true;
changeKeyboardHeight(heightDifference);
} else {
isKeyBoardVisible = false;
}
}
});
}
Using all these stuff i am able to make a perfect overlapping keyboard....
then i inflate popup window with viewpager and gridview for emoticons.
Also, i use spannable string for showing these emoticons in listview and chat window

After a heavy time of research and try-and-error, I've found another solution similar to the one of Chirag Jain above, but using a custom Dialog.
mDialogKeyboard = new Dialog(this,android.R.style.Theme_NoTitleBar);
mDialogKeyboard.setContentView(R.layout.your_custom_layout);
mDialogKeyboard.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL,WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL);
mDialogKeyboard.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_WATCH_OUTSIDE_TOUCH,WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_WATCH_OUTSIDE_TOUCH);
mDialogKeyboard.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM,WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM);
mDialogKeyboard.getWindow().clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND);
WindowManager.LayoutParams lp=mDialogKeyboard.getWindow().getAttributes();
lp.width=WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
lp.height=mSoftKeyboardHeight;
lp.gravity=Gravity.BOTTOM | Gravity.LEFT;
lp.dimAmount=0;
Despite the fact that Chirag Jain answer seems to be more clean, I'll post this here for have an alternative method.

As far as I know you can draw on other applications, yes. I myself have designed such an app. As for drawing on an application such as the keyboard or any other application in specific, I guess, you'll have to define a layout with a height that's exactly that of the keyboard. So, that would vary from device to device. So, this isn't possible.
I still stick to my notion that WhatsApp merely dismisses the soft keyboard on pressing the smiley button and calls it's own fragment.
If you would still like to pursue this, here's how you draw a "window" over other applications. These should be it's layout parameters.
params = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_OVERLAY,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN,
PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);
Albeit, your width will change to an absolute pixel value since you'd like the activity to be over the keyboard only.
If I've misunderstood the question, please correct me.

what my thinking is they have created their own keypad for smiles, and on click of smile icon or keypad icon they are hiding smile keypad and showing the normal keypad. there are two scenarios in whats app case 1) if you don't focus 1st time of editext then you can not see the show keypad button,and the height of smile keypad is exactly same as normal keypad,we will get the keypad height only after our view layout is changed, means only after the keypad is shown, that means they are creating their own keypad.. 2) if you focus the edittext and click of smile button then it will show the option of show keypad button Please correct me if i am not right on this

I recently had to implement a view which would be above a soft keyboard. #Chirag Jain's solution is almost right, but it does not count with the system buttons in the bottom of the screen! This will make the keyboard height incorrect on some devices like NEXUS 6. This solution should work across all devices:
1) create layout which contains your view
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/keyboard_info_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:background="#color/C12"
android:padding="10dp"
android:visibility="invisible">
....
</RelativeLayout>
2) Bind view
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootview = inflater.inflate(R.layout.notifications_email_settings_fragment, container, false);
ButterKnife.bind(this, rootview);
checkKeyboardHeight(rootview);
3) keyboard check and view margin settings
private void checkKeyboardHeight(final View parentLayout) {
parentLayout.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(
new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
int previousHeightDiffrence = 0;
int systemBarHigh = 999999;
#Override
public void onGlobalLayout() {
Rect r = new Rect();
parentLayout.getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(r);
int screenHeight = parentLayout.getRootView()
.getHeight();
int keyboardHeight = screenHeight - (r.bottom);
if(systemBarHigh > keyboardHeight) {
systemBarHigh = keyboardHeight;
}
if (keyboardHeight > 250) {
int keyboardHightWithoutSystemBar = keyboardHeight - systemBarHigh;
// no need to update when the keyboard goes down
if (previousHeightDiffrence != keyboardHightWithoutSystemBar) { // if (Math.abs(previousHeightDiffrence - keyboardHeight) > 10) {
adjustKeyboard(keyboardHightWithoutSystemBar);
}
keyboardInfoContainer.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
isKeyBoardVisible = true;
previousHeightDiffrence = keyboardHightWithoutSystemBar;
} else {
isKeyBoardVisible = false;
if (keyboardInfoContainer != null) {
keyboardInfoContainer.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
}
}
}
});
}
private void adjustKeyboard(int keyboardHeight) {
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) keyboardInfoContainer.getLayoutParams();
lp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM);
lp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_RIGHT);
lp.bottomMargin = keyboardHeight;
keyboardInfoContainer.requestLayout();
}

#jirkarrr, Why don't you add the keyboardInfoContainer like this:
WindowManager wm = getWindowManager();
WindowManager.LayoutParams lps = new WindowManager.LayoutParams();
lps.x = 0; lps.y = keyboardHeight;
wm.addView(keyboardInfoContainer, lps);
I do as your code, but it cannot show out the keyboardInfoContainer.

I use a popup to put view over the keyboard:
public void showPopUpKeyboard() {
mIsPopupVisible = true;
// Initialize a new instance of LayoutInflater service
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
// Inflate the custom layout/view
View customView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.popup_in_keyboard, null);
mScrollView = (ScrollView) customView.findViewById(R.id.keyboard_layout_view);
// Initialize a new instance of popup window
mPopupWindow = new PopupWindow(
customView,
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT
);
setSizeForSoftKeyboard();
// Get a reference for the custom view close button
Button closeButton = (Button) customView.findViewById(R.id.ib_close);
// Set a click listener for the popup window close button
closeButton.setOnClickListener((View view) -> {
// Dismiss the popup window
mIsPopupVisible = false;
mPopupWindow.dismiss();
});
mPopupWindow.showAtLocation(mParentLayout, Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);
}
Then I try to know keyboard's height:
mParentLayout.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(() -> {
Rect r = new Rect();
mParentLayout.getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(r);
int heightDiff = mParentLayout.getRootView().getHeight() - (r.bottom - r.top);
if (heightDiff > 100) {
//enter your code here
if (mIsPopupVisible) {
keepKeyboard();
mIsPopupVisible = false;
mPopupWindow.dismiss();
}
} else {
//enter code for hid
}
});
You can check this tutorial and this example in GitHub

How to restore the popup window's position when changes the orientation in android?

I am trying to show popup windows wherever user touchs the screen. I am able to display popup windows at desired location. But problem is when popup window is in portrait mode if i changes the orientation in landscape mode that popup window is displaying in same position , because of that popup window is overlapping with views in landscape mode and same problem occurs when we change orientation landscape to portrait . My requirements are below
1. Dont want to dismiss popup window when changes the orientation.
2. change the positions of the all popup windows dynamically, whenever orientation changes so that views are not overlapped(popup window doesnt overlaps with image). Example when i change the orientation portrait to landscape popup windows position will move to bit upwards.
private void showPopup(final Activity context, Point p) {
int popupWidth = 200;
int popupHeight = 150;
boolean showEditText = true;
// Inflate the popup_layout.xml
LinearLayout viewGroup = (LinearLayout) context
.findViewById(R.id.popup);
LayoutInflater layoutInflater = (LayoutInflater) context
.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View layout = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.popup_layout, viewGroup);
// Creating the PopupWindow
final PopupWindow popup = new PopupWindow(context);
popup.setContentView(layout);
popup.setWidth(popupWidth);
popup.setHeight(popupHeight);
popup.setFocusable(false);
popup.setOutsideTouchable(false);
// Some offset to align the popup a bit to the right, and a bit down,
// relative to button's position.
int OFFSET_X = 5;
int OFFSET_Y = 5;
// Clear the default translucent background
popup.setBackgroundDrawable(new BitmapDrawable());
// Displaying the popup at the specified location, + offsets.
popup.showAtLocation(layout, Gravity.NO_GRAVITY, p.x + OFFSET_X, p.y
+ OFFSET_Y);
final Button addname = (Button) layout.findViewById(R.id.addName);
}

I know it's not a good solution but we can do it like this
make popup as class level object
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
if (popupWindow != null && popupWindow.isShowing()) {
popupWindow.dismiss();
showPopup(...);
}
}
},500);
}