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# Edge-to-edge support in PCAPdroid
This document gives a brief introduction to edge-to-edge and contains the guidelines on how to implement proper edge-to-edge support for new views and activities.
See https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/insets-handling-tips-for-android-15s-edge-to-edge-enforcement-872774e8839b for a detailed description.
- Android 35 forces apps to be edge-to-edge
- It's temporary possible to opt out by applying a custom style:
```
<!-- In values-v35.xml -->
<resources>
<!-- TODO: Remove once activities handle insets. -->
<style name="OptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement">
<item name="android:windowOptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement">true</item>
</style>
</resources>
```
- Implementing edge-to-edge support requires a lot of efforts, in particular to handle all the possible cases for insets
- Moreover, there can be issues which only appear on older Android versions (e.g. Android 9, see adbc33afe55f2c1795d250707fc3f29aadacdbb0)
- When edge-to-edge support is enabled, it breaks the ability to select a custom theme, see 5f50ae30c1e8b4f2ce73cb684066d12fb0d65b0a
# How it works
- inset types:
- WindowInsetsCompat.Type.statusBars: the status bar, which is the one with icons and wall clock
- WindowInsetsCompat.Type.systemBars: any system bar, e.g. 3-buttons navigation bar
- WindowInsetsCompat.Type.displayCutout: cutouts in the displays, e.g. camera holes
- WindowInsetsCompat.Type.ime: virtual keyboard. Handling of this inset is not usually required, but it allows to get a better behavior on IME open
- e.g. to resize the ReciclerView to make all the items visible on screen
- insets handling works hierarchically:
- the top views first get a chance to handle the insets
- if the top views don't consume the insets, they get propagated to the children
- it's unclear how it affects siblings, but it does, see issues on Android 9 adbc33afe55f2c1795d250707fc3f29aadacdbb0
- insets can either be handled via:
- ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener
- you can choose to consume or not the insets
- makes it possible to implement edge-to-edge
- fitsSystemWindows="true"
- it always *consumes* all the insets
- it just adds margins, without proper edge-to-edge support. Normally it should not be used
- ViewPager2 does not handle insets dispatching properly
- https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/145617093#comment10
- to fix it, it's necessary to dispatch the insets manually on tab change: ViewCompat.dispatchApplyWindowInsets
- see Utils.fixViewPager2Insets
# Guidelines
- To enable proper edge-to-edge support, in particular on older platforms, when creating an Activity be sure to either:
- just inherit from BaseActivity, which internally calls Utils.enableEdgeToEdge and handles the insets for the toolbar (preferred approach)
- call Utils.enableEdgeToEdge manually in onCreate, before super.onCreate
- The activity layout must use AppBarLayout and Toolbar (with id `toolbar`) in a CoordinatorLayout. See how it is done for other activities (e.g. about_activity.xml)
- this makes proper space for the toolbar
- when possible, reuse `fragment_activity.xml`, for simple activities made of just 1 fragment
- for tab-based activities, either use `tab_activity.xml` or `tab_activity_fixed.xml`. In the latter case, be sure to call `Utils.fixScrollableTabLayoutInsets`
- the toolbar needs some top insets handling; if you inherit from BaseActivity, this is already implemented
- When using ViewPager2, be sure to call Utils.fixViewPager2Insets to properly dispatch insets to sub-views
- For ReciclerViews, use EmptyRecyclerView when possible, which already handles insets, IME (virtual keyboard), uses setClipToPadding(false) for edge-to-edge support
- For ListViews, use Utils.fixListviewInsetsBottom for edge-to-edge support
- New activity testing:
- test with 3-buttons bottom navbar. This can be enabled from the Android settings
- to properly test scrolling behavior, ensure to populate the views
- test horizontal insets with rotated device
- test with IME open/closed in views that use it
- test on the newest Android version
- test on Android 9 or lower, as some bugs are only visible there (e.g. adbc33afe55f2c1795d250707fc3f29aadacdbb0)