Immersive mode no longer works on android, both the notification bar and the navigation bar are still visible.

[overTheRocks]

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Bugsquad note: This issue has been confirmed several times already. No need to confirm it further.

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Godot version

v4.2.dev2.official [da81ca6]

System information

Windows 11 - Vulkan (Forward+)

Issue description

Immersive mode seems to no longer works on android, both the notification bar and the navigation bar are still visible. The pinhole cutout is has also gained a black bar.

Tried creating a completely blank project and the problem still arises.

Godot 4.2 dev 2:

Godot 4.1:

I am using a Pixel 7 with Android 13

Steps to reproduce

Export to android

Minimal reproduction project

N/A

[Calinou]

Can you reproduce this in 4.2.dev3 and 4.2.dev1?

[overTheRocks]

Can you reproduce this in 4.2.dev3 and 4.2.dev1?

Created two new projects and tried them with both 4.2.dev1 and 4.2.dev3 both create the same problem.

[MinikPLayer]

Bug still exists in 4.2.dev4.
Replacing export templates with templates from 4.1 fixes the problem (but probably introduces more by itself, so shouldn't be a fix - just a clue)

[SmallKi]

Bug still exists in 4.2 dev5

[SmallKi]

It seems that reading command lines from '_cl_' file in 'Godot.kt'() has some problems? or the ‘OnCreate’(Godot.kt:180) function is not executed totally?
I'm not an expert at android development, so I can just give some clues..

Here is my workaround:

1. open res://android/build/src/com/godot/game/GodotApp.java
2. replace content with:

package com.godot.game;

import org.godotengine.godot.GodotActivity;
import android.view.View;

import android.os.Bundle;

/**
* Template activity for Godot Android builds.
* Feel free to extend and modify this class for your custom logic.
*/
public class GodotApp extends GodotActivity {
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
   	setTheme(R.style.GodotAppMainTheme);
   	super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
   	View decorView = getWindow().getDecorView();
   	int flags = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE_STICKY;
   	decorView.setSystemUiVisibility(flags);
   }
}

3. export the project from editor again(check 'Use Gradle Build' on).
   (This workaround only works when you use gradle to build)

[MTareqAzim]

From the previous comment, I dug around more to understand how the new system works. This is all just through guess work though, so please enlighten me if I'm wrong.

Basically, GodotActivity is the main app. It then makes a GodotFragment that creates Godots. The Godot object properly (technically using deprecated methods for newer Android 11 and above) sets its flags for immersive mode. However, since GodotActivity is the main app, it doesn't actually affect much since the main app itself is not in immersive mode.

The fix above basically applies the immersive flags to GodotActivity which is why it works.