Actionbarsherlock switch Actionbar Overlay Mode programmatic

actionbarsherlock, android, android-layout

Solution

Edit: Sadly it doesnt work for Actionbarsherlock and a ListFragment from the Compatibility Package. Top Margin is added to the Bottom Margin for some reason. Left and Right Margin working fine inside the LayoutListener.

Found a solution for this Problem in an Android Developer Example

// Attach a GlobalLayoutListener so that we get a callback when the layout
// has finished drawing. This is necessary so that we can apply top-margin
// to the ListView in order to dodge the ActionBar. Ordinarily, that's not
// necessary, but we've set the ActionBar to "overlay" mode using our theme,
// so the layout does not account for the action bar position on its own.
ViewTreeObserver observer = getListView().getViewTreeObserver();
observer.addOnGlobalLayoutListener(layoutListener);

// Because the fragment doesn't have a reliable callback to notify us when
// the activity's layout is completely drawn, this OnGlobalLayoutListener provides
// the necessary callback so we can add top-margin to the ListView in order to dodge
// the ActionBar. Which is necessary because the ActionBar is in overlay mode, meaning
// that it will ordinarily sit on top of the activity layout as a top layer and
// the ActionBar height can vary. Specifically, when on a small/normal size screen,
// the action bar tabs appear in a second row, making the action bar twice as tall.
ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener layoutListener = new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
    @Override
    public void onGlobalLayout() {
        int barHeight = getActivity().getActionBar().getHeight();
        ListView listView = getListView();
        FrameLayout.LayoutParams params = (LayoutParams) listView.getLayoutParams();
        // The list view top-margin should always match the action bar height
        if (params.topMargin != barHeight) {
            params.topMargin = barHeight;
            listView.setLayoutParams(params);
        }
        // The action bar doesn't update its height when hidden, so make top-margin zero
        if (!getActivity().getActionBar().isShowing()) {
          params.topMargin = 0;
          listView.setLayoutParams(params);
        }
    }
};

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