edge-to-edge

To fix Jetpack Compose UI content obscured by system bars, you implement edge-to-edge display by configuring window insets. This enables your activity to draw behind the status and navigation bars, applying standardized inset padding to prevent content clipping.

Your Android Compose bottom navigation bar gets covered because the activity is not drawing edge-to-edge or lacks proper inset consumption. Applying edge-to-edge configuration with specific inset handling modifiers ensures proper alignment with system bars.

To stop the keyboard from hiding text input fields, you handle IME insets by applying Compose-specific inset consumption patterns. This adjusts UI padding dynamically based on soft keyboard visibility, ensuring text fields remain visible.

Yes, you need Android SDK 35 or later to enable edge-to-edge in Jetpack Compose applications. This SDK version provides the necessary APIs and enforcement behaviors for configuring window insets and system bar appearance.

The best way to prevent double-padding when managing system bar insets in Compose is to use standardized inset consumption patterns. This edge-to-edge approach ensures only one component consumes the window insets for padding, avoiding overlapping UI spacing.

To configure enableEdgeToEdge for an Android Activity, you apply the specific function to your activity classes and implement Compose inset handling modifiers. This configures the window to draw adaptively behind system bars for an immersive layout.