[Android] SurfaceView + SlidingDrawer issue

Tested and verified at Android 4.0.3

When using SlidingDrawer over SurfaceView, SlidingDrawer is cropped by SurfaceView while opening and closing even if SlidingDrawer is over SurfaceView.

Try with below layout.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    >
    <SurfaceView
        android:id="@+id/surface"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        />
    <SlidingDrawer
        ...
        />
</RelativeLayout>

In my opinion, that's because SufaceView holding the visible region and display on it.

And, in case of SlidingDrawer, opening and closing area is not known by WindowManager.
So, it may not be considered when holding region by SurfaceView.

Based on above hypothesis, I tried with below layout and confirmed that it works as expected.

The difference is just put a dummy View that covers all SurfaceView to let WindowManager know there is window over SurfaceView.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    >
    <SurfaceView
        android:id="@+id/surface"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        />
    <View
        android:id="@+id/touch_ground"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        />
    <SlidingDrawer
        ...
        />
</RelativeLayout>

I don't want to tell that this is a kind of bug of Android framework. It's just common-type of issue when things are in together.

I hope that this post is helpful to others.