Getting View's coordinates relative to the root layout

You can use `

view.getLocationOnScreen(int[] location)

;` to get location of your view correctly.

But there is a catch if you use it before layout has been inflated you will get wrong position.

Solution to this problem is adding ViewTreeObserver like this :-

Declare globally the array to store x y position of your view

 int[] img_coordinates = new int[2];

and then add ViewTreeObserver on your parent layout to get callback for layout inflation and only then fetch position of view otherwise you will get wrong x y coordinates

  // set a global layout listener which will be called when the layout pass is completed and the view is drawn
            parentViewGroup.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(
                    new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
                        public void onGlobalLayout() {
                            //Remove the listener before proceeding
                            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
                                parentViewGroup.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
                            } else {
                                parentViewGroup.getViewTreeObserver().removeGlobalOnLayoutListener(this);
                            }

                            // measure your views here
                            fab.getLocationOnScreen(img_coordinates);
                        }
                    }
            );

and then use it like this

xposition = img_coordinates[0];
yposition =  img_coordinates[1];

You can use the following the get the difference between parent and the view you interested in:

private int getRelativeTop(View view) {
    final View parent = (View) view.getParent();
    int[] parentLocation = new int[2];
    int[] viewLocation = new int[2];

    view.getLocationOnScreen(viewLocation);
    parent.getLocationOnScreen(parentLocation);

    return viewLocation[1] - parentLocation[1];
}

Dont forget to call it after the view is drawn:

 timeIndicator.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(() -> {
        final int relativeTop = getRelativeTop(timeIndicator);
    });