getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame() gives different values in Android 2.2, 2.3 (but not 2.3.3)

Question

I\'ve got an Activity which uses

getWindow().getDecorView().getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(rectangle);

to determine the useable

Answer 1

Welp, if you read the comments in the source, it admits that this method is kind of broken

    public void getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(Rect outRect) {
    if (mAttachInfo != null) {
        try {
            mAttachInfo.mSession.getDisplayFrame(mAttachInfo.mWindow, outRect);
        } catch (RemoteException e) {
            return;
        }
        // XXX This is really broken, and probably all needs to be done
        // in the window manager, and we need to know more about whether
        // we want the area behind or in front of the IME.
        final Rect insets = mAttachInfo.mVisibleInsets;
        outRect.left += insets.left;
        outRect.top += insets.top;
        outRect.right -= insets.right;
        outRect.bottom -= insets.bottom;
        return;
    }

You will have to ignore the outRect.top value for versions < 2.3.3