Make bottom Android navigation bar background transparent

[Fxsch]

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• I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same feature request.
• I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
• This issue only contains a request for one single feature, not multiple (related) features.

App version

6.711

Problem you are trying to solve

The Android navigation bar (for gesture navigation) at the bottom has a solid color background and I don't think that looks very good

Suggested solution

I think it would look a lot better if it didn't have a background and was displayed on top of the app without the background instead

Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details

No response

[bernhard-fp]

@Fxsch Could you please post a screenshot of the bottom navigation you mean?

[Fxsch]

The one at the very bottom. It's not part of the app but of the operating system, an app can render itself behind it tho.

[bernhard-fp]

Ah ok, thank you. I can confirm that it might be possible, because I have seen that the google messages app has a transparent navigation bar background.
I checked most of my apps and it seems to be the only one with this feature.
But I will check if it is possible to change that programmatically by app.

[imadhavb]

Any update on this? Should be able to use this: https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/layout/edge-to-edge

[kewisch]

We have #8747 to work on edge to edge support, this might "fix it" as a side-effect. This specifically isn't an issue we're prioritizing, but if someone wants to look into it the support is welcome.