Full Screen Theme for AppCompat

Question

I would like to know how can I apply full screen theme ( no title bar + no actionbar ) to an activity. I am using AppCompat library from support package v7.

I've tried to applied android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" to my specific activity but it crashed. I think it's because my application theme is like this.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

I also have tried this

getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

which only hides title bar but not the action bar. My current workaround is that hiding the actionbar with

getSupportActionBar().hide();

Solution 1

When you use Theme.AppCompat in your application you can use FullScreenTheme by adding the code below to styles.

<style name="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar.FullScreen" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
</style>

and also mention in your manifest file.

<activity
   android:name=".activities.FullViewActivity"
   android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar.FullScreen" 
/>

Solution 2

Based on the answer by @nebyan, I found that the action bar is still not hiding.

The following code works for me:

<style name="AppFullScreenTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
</style>

and of course dont forgot to edit your AndroidManifest file.

<activity
    android:name="YOUR_ACTIVITY_NAME"
    android:theme="@style/AppFullScreenTheme" 
/>

Solution 3

<style name="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat">
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
</style>

Using the above xml in style.xml, you will be able to hide the title as well as action bar.

Solution 4

Issues arise among before and after versions of Android 4.0 (API level 14).

from here I created my own solution.

@SuppressLint("NewApi")
@Override
protected void onResume()
{
    super.onResume();

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 16)
    {
        // Hide the status bar
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
        // Hide the action bar
        getSupportActionBar().hide();
    }
    else
    {
        // Hide the status bar
        getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
        / Hide the action bar
        getActionBar().hide();
    }
}

I write this code in onResume() method because if you exit from your app and then you reopen it, the action bar remains active! (and so this fix the problem)

I hope it was helpful ;)

Solution 5

Your "workaround" (hiding the actionBar yourself) is the normal way. But google recommands to always hide the ActionBar when the TitleBar is hidden. Have a look here: https://developer.android.com/training/system-ui/status.html

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