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I get this question all the time and the solution is very simple.
Just set the theme of the app to one of the following:
- Theme.Translucent
- Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar
- Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen
To do that, just edit the manifest file and add, in the application section, android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" (or any of the above)
for instance
<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent">
...
This will make your app look like this
Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar and Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen produce
I think Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen was supposed to hide the system's status bar but what happens is that the status bar is never hidden. When using any of the *Fullscreen themes, the app window just extends on top of the status bar.
Have fun.
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