A useful abstract class that wraps in global layout listener functionality to support older android versions.

CompatGlobalLayoutListener.java

public abstract class CompatGlobalLayoutListener implements ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener {

    private final View view;

    public CompatGlobalLayoutListener(@NonNull final View view) {
        this.view = view;
    }

    protected abstract void onGlobalLayoutReady();

    @Override
    public void onGlobalLayout() {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
            removeGlobalLayoutListenerPreJB();
        } else {
            removeGlobalLayoutListenerJB();
        }
        onGlobalLayoutReady();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    private void removeGlobalLayoutListenerPreJB() {
        view.getViewTreeObserver().removeGlobalOnLayoutListener(this);
    }

    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN)
    private void removeGlobalLayoutListenerJB() {
        view.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
    }

    public View getView() {
        return view;
    }

}