useWindowDimensions() wrong height on Android Fullscreen Landscape

[gomes042]

Android landscape, fullscreen without system's Status Bar or Navigation Bar.

Version

^0.65.2

Output of npx react-native info

System:
OS: macOS 12.3.1
CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1
Memory: 151.89 MB / 8.00 GB
Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 16.14.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.17 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 8.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
Watchman: 2022.03.21.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.11.3 - /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 21.4, iOS 15.4, macOS 12.3, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5
Android SDK:
API Levels: 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
Build Tools: 29.0.2, 30.0.2, 31.0.0, 32.0.0, 32.1.0, 33.0.0
System Images: android-32 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
Android NDK: 23.1.7779620
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2021.1 AI-211.7628.21.2111.8193401
Xcode: 13.3/13E113 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: 11.0.14.1 - /usr/bin/javac
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 17.0.2 => 17.0.2
react-native: 0.65.2 => 0.65.2
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

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My MainActivity.java's onCreate:

@Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
   setTheme(R.style.AppTheme);
   super.onCreate(null);

   if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 19){ 
       View v = this.getWindow().getDecorView();
       v.setSystemUiVisibility(View.GONE);
   } else {
       View decorView = getWindow().getDecorView(); 
       decorView.setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE
       | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION
       | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN
       | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION 
       | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN
       | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE);
   }
 }

// Scenario 01
// I noticed that the "red rectangle" had a kind of vertical margin,

const {width, height} = useWindowDimensions();
<View style={{position: 'absolute', backgroundColor: 'red', width: width, height: height}}/>

// Scenario 02 
// Solved it using the height as "100%"

<View style={{position: 'absolute', backgroundColor: 'red', width: '100%', height: '100%'}}/>

Originally posted by @runtothedoor in #29290 (comment)

[gomes042]

Setting both padding and margin to 0 didn't solve the issue

{
        width: width,
        height: height,
        margin: 0,
        padding: 0
}

[cipolleschi]

Hi @3GOMESz, could you update the issue with one of the template we provide? It will give us more information to help you with the issue (if it is still valid)

[gomes042]

Hi @3GOMESz, could you update the issue with one of the template we provide? It will give us more information to help you with the issue (if it is still valid)

Done

[MetaBenji]

This bug also exists in portrait mode on Android when using full screen mode for react native version 0.67.4. You can easily verify it by getting the height from useWindowDimensions and then getting the height of any view covering the entire screen using the onLayout callback. You'll see that the height of the view is larger than the height returned from useWindowDimensions.

@cipolleschi this seems like a critical bug with useWindowDimension. What do you suggest we do?

[cipolleschi]

I just see that the version is 0.65. We don't support that version anymore. Could you try and verify if the error persists in 0.69, 0.70 or 0.71 which are the versions we are committed to support at the moment?

Thank you so much.

[github-actions]

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[MetaBenji]

@cipolleschi the bug in portrait mode exists in the supported versions. I think if the app is in full screen mode on Android, window height should include the status bar and bottom navigation bar

[cipolleschi]

@cortinico any idea on this? can we onboard someone else with more experience in the runtime to have a look at this issue?

[cortinico]

@cortinico any idea on this? can we onboard someone else with more experience in the runtime to have a look at this issue?

@javache do you have any insights here?

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[brandtnewlabs]

The issue still exists. I worked around this limitation for Android by using Dimensions.get('screen').height instead of Dimensions.get('window').height.

[its-acarn]

Issue still happening. React-native v0.68.0

Workaround suggested by @brandtnewww works for me.

[cipolleschi]

Sorry @its-acarn, but React Native 0.68 is not supported anymore, as per our Support Window Policy. Please update to a supported version of React Native.

[its-acarn]

Will do - thanks.

[TheRealMikeD]

I'm still seeing this issue as of November 3, 2023, with the following library versions:
react-native: 0.72.6
expo: 49.0.0
expo-dev-client: 2.4.11

I have been using a view with flex: 1 and catching the dimensions of that in its onLayout event, then using that to set state as a workaround. I'm going to try @brandtnewww's suggestion, though, as it sounds like it might be more elegant.

[joeporpeglia]

This issue applies to newer supported versions of react native too. Can we remove the "Unsupported Version" label?

[cortinico]

This issue applies to newer supported versions of react native too. Can we remove the "Unsupported Version" label?

As the original author is unresponsive, @joeporpeglia could you open a new issue + reproducer against 0.73?

[joeporpeglia]

Yup, see #41918

[cortinico]

Great thank you, closing in favor of #41918