Fix Android edge to edge Media Element Bug

[ne0rrmatrix]

• Bug fix

Description of Change

Fix edge to edge issue in Android 33 and 34 with bug introduced in current Maui version 9.0.50.

Linked Issues

• Fixes [BUG] Mediaelement distorting app view after full screen on Android #2571

PR Checklist

• Has a linked Issue, and the Issue has been approved(bug) or Championed (feature/proposal)
• Has tests (if omitted, state reason in description)
• Has samples (if omitted, state reason in description)
• Rebased on top of main at time of PR
• Changes adhere to coding standard
• Documentation created or updated: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/CommunityToolkit/pulls

Additional information

This fixes an issue that affect android media element where a white bar appear between navigation bar and status bar after restoring from full screen. This appears to affect API levels below 35 only.

Before

2025-03-17.13-33-43.mp4

After

2025-03-17.13-36-22.mp4

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Pull Request Overview

This PR addresses a bug in the Android Media Element where a white bar appears between the navigation and status bars when restoring from fullscreen mode on Android API levels below 35. The key changes include removing unused state variables, renaming and refactoring the method that manages system bar visibility, and updating the window flags handling for Android versions 33 and 34.

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src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Views/MauiMediaElement.android.cs:136

• [nitpick] The method name 'SetStatusBarsHidden' may be misleading since it both hides and shows system bars based on fullscreen status. Consider renaming it to 'UpdateSystemBarsVisibility' to more accurately reflect its behavior.

public void SetStatusBarsHidden()

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Pull Request Overview

This pull request addresses the issue where a white bar appears between the navigation and status bars in Android when restoring from full screen.

• Replaces SetSystemBarsVisibility with a new method SetStatusBarsHidden to handle full screen mode.
• Removes obsolete fields used for tracking system bar state.

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (1)

src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Views/MauiMediaElement.android.cs:136

• [nitpick] The method name 'SetStatusBarsHidden' might be misleading since it not only affects the status bars on lower API levels but also manipulates system bars on API 34 and above; consider renaming it to better reflect its full screen system bar management behavior.

public void SetStatusBarsHidden()

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It looks good to me, can you double check if this will work if the media element is inside a modalPage?

[ne0rrmatrix]

I just created a project and tested using a navigation page like this:

 protected override Window CreateWindow(IActivationState? activationState)
 {
     return new Window(new NavigationPage(new MainPage()));
 }

If by chance a navigation page is a modal page then yes it does work.

[pictos]

I just created a project and tested using a navigation page like this:

 protected override Window CreateWindow(IActivationState? activationState)
 {
     return new Window(new NavigationPage(new MainPage()));
 }

If by chance a navigation page is a modal page then yes it does work.

Not sure if I got your answer, but the way you create the Window and MainPage will not matter here. I'm asking due to the issue caused by modal navigations on android, that they don't re-apply the configurations that you do with the MainActivity.Window on it. Your code, if I didn't miss anything, doesn't touch on the DialogFragment so I would say that edge to edge customization will to work if the MediaElement is inside a Modal Page