completely transparent status bar and navigation bar on lollipop

Question

I'm trying to make an android launcher. I want to achieve a completely transparent status bar and navigation bar, here is my theme xml file.

<resources>
    <style name="Theme" parent="android:Theme.Material.Wallpaper.NoTitleBar">
        <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
        <item name="android:navigationBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
        <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">false</item>
        <item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">false</item>
    </style>
</resources>

the last two items don't work, there is still a shadow on lollipop.

This is what it looks like(note there is actually a shadow on status bar and navigation bar):

what I want to achieve (nova launcher):

how to make the status bar and navigation bar "transparent" instead of "translucent"?

Answer 1

Update

You can achieve the same effect programmatically on KitKat and afterward by setting the FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS flag inside the Window.

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
            Window w = getWindow(); // in Activity's onCreate() for instance
            w.setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS);
        }

If you set a background resource (like a color or a picture) to your layout, you will see the color or picture "below" the status bar.

<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/primary_dark</item>

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Original Answer

It looks like android:windowTranslucentStatus and android:windowTranslucentNavigation should be true instead of false

<resources>
    <style name="Theme" parent="android:Theme.Material.Wallpaper.NoTitleBar">
        <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
        <item name="android:navigationBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
        <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
        <item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">true</item>
    </style>
</resources>

Also, your transparent activity / container layout needs this property set:

android:fitsSystemWindows="true"

[Source][1] [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29311321/1549700

Answer 2

I use this since it keeps the height of the status bar and nav bar

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="theme" parent="android:Theme.Material.Wallpaper.NoTitleBar">
    <item name="android:navigationBarColor">#00000000</item>
    <item name="android:statusBarColor">#00000000</item>
</style>

This does require API 21+ however

Answer 3

You can use this kotlin extension function it will set status bar fully transparent (on API 23+, View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR flag available on API 23+) and navigation bar (on API 27+, View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_NAVIGATION_BAR flag available on API 27+) otherwise it will use the systemUiScrim color on API 21+

fun Activity.transparentStatusAndNavigation(
    systemUiScrim: Int = Color.parseColor("#40000000") // 25% black
) {
    var systemUiVisibility = 0
    // Use a dark scrim by default since light status is API 23+
    var statusBarColor = systemUiScrim
    //  Use a dark scrim by default since light nav bar is API 27+
    var navigationBarColor = systemUiScrim
    val winParams = window.attributes


    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
        systemUiVisibility = systemUiVisibility or View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR
        statusBarColor = Color.TRANSPARENT
    }
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        systemUiVisibility = systemUiVisibility or View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_NAVIGATION_BAR
        navigationBarColor = Color.TRANSPARENT
    }
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
        systemUiVisibility = systemUiVisibility or
                View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE or
                View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN or
                View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION
        window.decorView.systemUiVisibility = systemUiVisibility
    }
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
        winParams.flags = winParams.flags or
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS or
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_NAVIGATION
    }
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
        winParams.flags = winParams.flags and
                (WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS or
                        WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_NAVIGATION).inv()
        window.statusBarColor = statusBarColor
        window.navigationBarColor = navigationBarColor
    }

    window.attributes = winParams
}

API 21+ API 27+

Answer 4

For API 29 and above use

<style name="Your.Theme">
    <item name="android:navigationBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:enforceNavigationBarContrast">false</item>
</style>