How do I hide the status bar in my Android 11 app?

Question

Every method I came across to hide status bar of my Android app is deprecated in Android 11.

Does anyone know about any current acceptable method?

Also I use Kotlin to develop my apps.

Answer 1

When your device is API-30 (Android 11; minSdkVersion 30) or later , setSystemUiVisibility is deprecated and you can use the newly introduced WindowInsetsController instead. (And note that you cannot use WindowInsetsController on API-29 or earlier).

So the official reference says:

This method was deprecated in API level 30. SystemUiVisibility flags are deprecated. Use WindowInsetsController instead.

You should use WindowInsetsController class.

in Kotlin:

window.decorView.windowInsetsController!!.hide(
    android.view.WindowInsets.Type.statusBars()
)

in Java:

getWindow().getDecorView().getWindowInsetsController().hide(
    android.view.WindowInsets.Type.statusBars()
);

If you also want to hide NavigationBar:

in Kotlin:

window.decorView.windowInsetsController!!.hide(
    android.view.WindowInsets.Type.statusBars()
            or android.view.WindowInsets.Type.navigationBars()
)

in Java:

getWindow().getDecorView().getWindowInsetsController().hide(
    android.view.WindowInsets.Type.statusBars()
            | android.view.WindowInsets.Type.navigationBars()
);