How do I get the height and width of the Android Navigation Bar programmatically?

Question

Try below code:

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

I get navigation bar size by comparing app-usable screen size with real screen size. I assume that navigation bar is present when app-usable screen size is smaller than real screen size. Then I calculate navigation bar size. This method works with API 14 and up.

public static Point getNavigationBarSize(Context context) {
    Point appUsableSize = getAppUsableScreenSize(context);
    Point realScreenSize = getRealScreenSize(context);

    // navigation bar on the side
    if (appUsableSize.x < realScreenSize.x) {
        return new Point(realScreenSize.x - appUsableSize.x, appUsableSize.y);
    }

    // navigation bar at the bottom
    if (appUsableSize.y < realScreenSize.y) {
        return new Point(appUsableSize.x, realScreenSize.y - appUsableSize.y);
    }

    // navigation bar is not present
    return new Point();
}

public static Point getAppUsableScreenSize(Context context) {
    WindowManager windowManager = (WindowManager) context.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
    Display display = windowManager.getDefaultDisplay();
    Point size = new Point();
    display.getSize(size);
    return size;
}

public static Point getRealScreenSize(Context context) {
    WindowManager windowManager = (WindowManager) context.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
    Display display = windowManager.getDefaultDisplay();
    Point size = new Point();

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 17) {
        display.getRealSize(size);
    } else if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 14) {
        try {
            size.x = (Integer) Display.class.getMethod("getRawWidth").invoke(display);
            size.y = (Integer) Display.class.getMethod("getRawHeight").invoke(display);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {}
    }

    return size;
}

UPDATE

For a solution that takes into account display cutouts please check John's answer.

The NavigationBar height varies for some devices, but as well for some orientations. First you have to check if the device has a navbar, then if the device is a tablet or a not-tablet (phone) and finally you have to look at the orientation of the device in order to get the correct height.

public int getNavBarHeight(Context c) {
         int result = 0;
         boolean hasMenuKey = ViewConfiguration.get(c).hasPermanentMenuKey();
         boolean hasBackKey = KeyCharacterMap.deviceHasKey(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK);

         if(!hasMenuKey && !hasBackKey) {
             //The device has a navigation bar
             Resources resources = c.getResources();

             int orientation = resources.getConfiguration().orientation;
             int resourceId;
             if (isTablet(c)){
                 resourceId = resources.getIdentifier(orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT ? "navigation_bar_height" : "navigation_bar_height_landscape", "dimen", "android");
             }  else {
                 resourceId = resources.getIdentifier(orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT ? "navigation_bar_height" : "navigation_bar_width", "dimen", "android");     
             }

             if (resourceId > 0) {
                 return resources.getDimensionPixelSize(resourceId);
             }
         }
         return result;
} 


private boolean isTablet(Context c) {
    return (c.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout
            & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK)
            >= Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_LARGE;
}

Actually the navigation bar on tablets (at least Nexus 7) has different size in portrait and landscape so this function should look like this:

private int getNavigationBarHeight(Context context, int orientation) {
    Resources resources = context.getResources();

    int id = resources.getIdentifier(
            orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT ? "navigation_bar_height" : "navigation_bar_height_landscape",
            "dimen", "android");
    if (id > 0) {
        return resources.getDimensionPixelSize(id);
    }
    return 0;
}

I think better answer is here because it allows you to get even cutout height too.

Take your root view, and add setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener (or you can override onApplyWindowInsets from it), and take insets from it.

In my camera activity, i add padding equal to the systemBars.bottom to my bottom layout. And finally, it fix cutout issue.

with appcompat it is like this

ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener(binding.root) { v, insets ->
    val systemBars = insets.getInsets(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.systemBars())
    binding.takePictureLayout.apply {
        setPaddingRelative(paddingStart, paddingTop, paddingEnd, systemBars.bottom)
    }
    return@setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener insets
}

without appcompat, this:

mCameraSourcePreview.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener((v, insets) -> { ... })

I hope this helps you

public int getStatusBarHeight() {
    int result = 0;
    int resourceId = getResources().getIdentifier("status_bar_height", "dimen", "android");
    if (resourceId > 0) {
        result = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(resourceId);
    }
    return result;
}

public int getNavigationBarHeight()
{
    boolean hasMenuKey = ViewConfiguration.get(context).hasPermanentMenuKey();
    int resourceId = getResources().getIdentifier("navigation_bar_height", "dimen", "android");
    if (resourceId > 0 && !hasMenuKey)
    {
        return getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(resourceId);
    }
    return 0;
}

This is my code to add paddingRight and paddingBottom to a View to dodge the Navigation Bar. I combined some of the answers here and made a special clause for landscape orientation together with isInMultiWindowMode. The key is to read navigation_bar_height, but also check config_showNavigationBar to make sure we should actually use the height.

None of the previous solutions worked for me. As of Android 7.0 you have to take Multi Window Mode into consideration. This breaks the implementations comparing display.realSize with display.size since realSize gives you the dimensions of the whole screen (both split windows) and size only gives you the dimensions of your App window. Setting padding to this difference will leave your whole view being padding.

/** Adds padding to a view to dodge the navigation bar.

    Unfortunately something like this needs to be done since there
    are no attr or dimens value available to get the navigation bar
    height (as of December 2016). */
public static void addNavigationBarPadding(Activity context, View v) {
    Resources resources = context.getResources();
    if (hasNavigationBar(resources)) {
        int orientation = resources.getConfiguration().orientation;
        int size = getNavigationBarSize(resources);
        switch (orientation) {
        case Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE:
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N &&
                context.isInMultiWindowMode()) { break; }
            v.setPadding(v.getPaddingLeft(), v.getPaddingTop(),
                         v.getPaddingRight() + size, v.getPaddingBottom());
            break;
        case Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT:
            v.setPadding(v.getPaddingLeft(), v.getPaddingTop(),
                         v.getPaddingRight(), v.getPaddingBottom() + size);
            break;
        }
    }
}

private static int getNavigationBarSize(Resources resources) {
    int resourceId = resources.getIdentifier("navigation_bar_height",
                                             "dimen", "android");
    return resourceId > 0 ? resources.getDimensionPixelSize(resourceId) : 0;
}

private static boolean hasNavigationBar(Resources resources) {
    int hasNavBarId = resources.getIdentifier("config_showNavigationBar",
                                              "bool", "android");
    return hasNavBarId > 0 && resources.getBoolean(hasNavBarId);
}