I am trying to move the status bar in Android (Froyo) at the top of the screen at the bottom of the screen. I did a lot of research, but I did not find anyone who could do this.
Side notes: I do not want to hide the status bar, I want to move it. Also, it doesn't bother me if the status bar can no longer be expanded. For this use case, it will never be needed.
This is what I have done so far:
- I looked at the status_bar.xml file in
systemui/res/status_bar.xml, but it only seems that it defines the layout in the status bar, and not in the status bar. - Looked at the file
systemui\src\com\android\systemui\statusbar\StatusBarService.java.- Around line 267, a
StatusBarViewis created from R.layout.status_bar (defined in the status_bar.xml file that I mentioned above). - Around line 330, a is created
WindowManager.LayoutParams, and the value of gravity is equal Gravity.TOP. - The view and windows of WindowManager.LayoutParams are passed in
WindowManagerImpl.getDefault().addView(view, lp)at line 341 at the end of addStatusBarView ().
Based on this, I changed the gravity of WindowManager.LayoutParams to Gravity.BOTTOM. This DID works to some extent; The status bar is at the bottom of the screen. However, everything else that usually appears below the status bar is still below the status bar — it pops out of the bottom of the screen. It is as if the rest of the screen was positioned relative to the status bar.
Can someone give an idea of what else I need to change for this?
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