How to set margins to a custom dialog?

Question

Does anybody knows how can I set margins to a custom dialog? I\'m asking because I\'ve a custom dialog but when displayed it stretches to fill the parent, even though I set

Answer 1

This is a straight-forward, programmatic way to set position and size of my dialog with margins.

I tested my approach for a DialogFragment by applying it in the onCreateDialog method:

public Dialog onCreateDialog( Bundle savedInstanceState )
{
    // create dialog in an arbitrary way
    Dialog dialog = super.onCreateDialog( savedInstanceState ); 
    DialogUtils.setMargins( dialog, 0, 150, 50, 75 );
    return dialog;
}

This is the method applying the margins to the dialog:

public static Dialog setMargins( Dialog dialog, int marginLeft, int marginTop, int marginRight, int marginBottom )
{
    Window window = dialog.getWindow();
    if ( window == null )
    {
        // dialog window is not available, cannot apply margins
        return dialog;
    }
    Context context = dialog.getContext();

    // set dialog to fullscreen
    RelativeLayout root = new RelativeLayout( context );
    root.setLayoutParams( new ViewGroup.LayoutParams( ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT ) );
    dialog.requestWindowFeature( Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE );
    dialog.setContentView( root );
    // set background to get rid of additional margins
    window.setBackgroundDrawable( new ColorDrawable( Color.WHITE ) );

    // apply left and top margin directly
    window.setGravity( Gravity.LEFT | Gravity.TOP );
    LayoutParams attributes = window.getAttributes();
    attributes.x = marginLeft;
    attributes.y = marginTop;
    window.setAttributes( attributes );

    // set right and bottom margin implicitly by calculating width and height of dialog
    Point displaySize = getDisplayDimensions( context );
    int width = displaySize.x - marginLeft - marginRight;
    int height = displaySize.y - marginTop - marginBottom;
    window.setLayout( width, height );

    return dialog;
}

Here are the helper methods I used:

@NonNull
public static Point getDisplayDimensions( Context context )
{
    WindowManager wm = ( WindowManager ) context.getSystemService( Context.WINDOW_SERVICE );
    Display display = wm.getDefaultDisplay();

    DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
    display.getMetrics( metrics );
    int screenWidth = metrics.widthPixels;
    int screenHeight = metrics.heightPixels;

    // find out if status bar has already been subtracted from screenHeight
    display.getRealMetrics( metrics );
    int physicalHeight = metrics.heightPixels;
    int statusBarHeight = getStatusBarHeight( context );
    int navigationBarHeight = getNavigationBarHeight( context );
    int heightDelta = physicalHeight - screenHeight;
    if ( heightDelta == 0 || heightDelta == navigationBarHeight )
    {
        screenHeight -= statusBarHeight;
    }

    return new Point( screenWidth, screenHeight );
}

public static int getStatusBarHeight( Context context )
{
    Resources resources = context.getResources();
    int resourceId = resources.getIdentifier( "status_bar_height", "dimen", "android" );
    return ( resourceId > 0 ) ? resources.getDimensionPixelSize( resourceId ) : 0;
}

public static int getNavigationBarHeight( Context context )
{
    Resources resources = context.getResources();
    int resourceId = resources.getIdentifier( "navigation_bar_height", "dimen", "android" );
    return ( resourceId > 0 ) ? resources.getDimensionPixelSize( resourceId ) : 0;
}

The helper methods are explained in another of my SO answers.

This Gist contains an extended versions that supports immersve mode too.