First item in RecyclerView does not go under status bar

Question

I have the following layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    tools:context="com.skillberg.weather.ui.activity.MainActivity">

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/weather_rv"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@android:color/white"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true" />


</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

And style:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>

        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
        <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
    </style>

I want the first item in RecyclerView to be displayed under the status bar (like toolbar), but it's not being displayed there:

However, RecyclerView itself draws under status bar, but it seems that there is some top padding which height = status bar height:

How to fix it?

Answer 1

Expand your AppTheme with windowTranslucentStatus e.g.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
        // other stuff
</style>

This will allow the StatusBar to be transparent. You don't need to use android:fitsSystemWindows.