getLocationOnScreen vs getLocationInWindow

DOCUMENT

getLocationOnScreen(int[] location) : void

Added in API level 1

Computes the coordinates of this view on the screen. The argument must be an array of two integers. After the method returns, the array contains the x and y location in that order.

Parameters
location - an array of two integers in which to hold the coordinates

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getLocationInWindow(int[] location) : void

Added in API level 1

Computes the coordinates of this view in its window. The argument must be an array of two integers. After the method returns, the array contains the x and y location in that order.

Parameters
location - an array of two integers in which to hold the coordinates

两个方法都是

用来获取 View 在屏幕上的位置的。文档完全相同。然而这是两个不同的方法，而且没有任何一个 Deprecated。肯定有什么不同吧。

SOURCE

/**
 * <p>Computes the coordinates of this view on the screen. The argument
 * must be an array of two integers. After the method returns, the array
 * contains the x and y location in that order.</p>
 *
 * @param location an array of two integers in which to hold the coordinates
 */
public void getLocationOnScreen(@Size(2) int[] location) {
    getLocationInWindow(location);

    final AttachInfo info = mAttachInfo;
    if (info != null) {
        location[0] += info.mWindowLeft;
        location[1] += info.mWindowTop;
    }
}

显然 getLocationInWindow 的源码不必看了。

所以

这两个方法的区别是，getLocationOnScreen 比 getLocationInWindow 多添加了一个 AttachInfo。
通常情况下，这两个方法的效果是相同的。然而，当 View 在 Dialog 等不能铺满全屏幕的 Window 中时，结果便不同了。