(React native) How to use SafeAreaView for Android notch devices?

Question

I'm actually developing an app with react native and i'm testing with my one plus 6 and it has a notch. The SafeAreaView is a solution for the iPhone X but for Android, it seems there is no solution.

Did someone heard about anything to solve this kinf of issue ?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51289587/react-native-how-to-use-safeareaview-for-android-notch-devices

Answer 1

A work around I had to use recently:

GlobalStyles.js:

import { StyleSheet, Platform } from 'react-native';
export default StyleSheet.create({
    droidSafeArea: {
        flex: 1,
        backgroundColor: npLBlue,
        paddingTop: Platform.OS === 'android' ? 25 : 0
    },
});

It is applied like so:

App.js

import GlobalStyles from './GlobalStyles';
import { SafeAreaView } from "react-native";

render() {
    return (
      <SafeAreaView style={GlobalStyles.droidSafeArea}>
          //More controls and such
      </SafeAreaView>
    );
  }
}

You'll probably need to adjust it a bit to fit whatever screen you're working on, but this got my header just below the icon strip at the top.