White on white status bar (regression)

[g123k]

Hi everyone!

I think we have another regression with Material 3: the color of the status bar.
Here on Android with the light theme:

[monsieurtanuki]

A solution would be not to try to expand our content or colors to the status bar, and let the system work the way it's supposed to work.

[teolemon]

iOS and Android actually have provisions for that, for a more immersive experience, and are actively encouraging apps to adopt it.

[monsieurtanuki]

Fun fact: none of the apps on my new smartphone have that "immersive feature", not even:

• Google apps (including Drive showing photos)
• Samsung games from Gaming Hub - either full screen or with a normal status bar

[g123k]

I'm sorry, but I need to prepare you for what's coming 😅
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c5073cfb-d4b5-48fd-b6f5-e889574efc1e

[monsieurtanuki]

@g123k Oh I'm not surprised 😉

[teolemon]

Google Maps, Gmail… on my phone all have up and down immersion, might be a vendor specific choice ?

[monsieurtanuki]

I guess I already uninstalled gmail months ago - their UX stinks.
Regarding maps, fair enough, but they do have a large control over the screen background - like dark maps in dark mode.

Anyway, my initial point was to fix the issue quickly in a maintainable way, as always.
Other solutions are possible but cost higher in maintenance, e.g. when upgrading to material 3.