'How to fix Empty Space on top of Curved Android Phone
My react-native app look totally fine on most Android devices (and iOS) I tested on emulator, but some devices with noticeable curved screen on top (Google Pixel 4, API 29), it shows a big empty region on top of the phone.
This does not look normal. Do you know how to fix it ?
I am using SafeAreaView but without any Android specific padding/margin.
<SafeAreaView style={{flex:1}}>
... My App Code come here.
</SafeAreaView>
I also tried to remove the the SafeAreaView and used regular View instead but it still wont go away.
Just for testing I removed everything and added a hello world test screen. It still gives same wide empty space.
My App.js:
export default class Main extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super (props);
}
render () {
return (
<View style={{flex:1, backgroundColor: 'white'}}>
<Text> Hello World, How to fix this ? </Text>
</View>
);
}
}
AppRegistry.registerComponent(appName, () => Main);
Solution 1:[1]
You can achieve this simply by hiding your StatusBar just like this:
import React from "react";
import { StatusBar, View, Text } from "react-native";
export default class Main extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
}
componentDidMount() {
StatusBar.setHidden(true);
}
render() {
return (
<View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: 'white' }}>
<Text> Hello World, How to fix this ? </Text>
</View>
);
}
}
Update: set StatusBar's transluent attribute to true along with make its' background as transparent like this:
import React, { Component } from "react";
import { StatusBar, View, Text } from "react-native";
export default class Main extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
}
componentDidMount() {
StatusBar.setTranslucent(true);
StatusBar.setBackgroundColor("transparent");
}
render() {
return (
<View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: 'white' }}>
<Text> Hello World, How to fix this ? </Text>
</View>
);
}
}
Solution 2:[2]
Have you tried using this way
<StatusBar translucent={true} hidden={true} /> {/* <--- Here */}
Solution 3:[3]
Check statusbar component where you can draw an app under the status bar by using the property named translucent. Reference link
Solution 4:[4]
I managed to fix this by going to AVD Manager -> Click on Wipe Data
Sources
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Source: Stack Overflow
| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | |
| Solution 2 | Nooruddin Lakhani |
| Solution 3 | Maneesh |
| Solution 4 | keilokimnida |



