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

Issue

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.

Solution

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()
    );

Answered By - hata