Use insets in Views and Compose

If your app contains both Compose and View code, you may need to be explicit about which system insets each one should consume and ensure that insets are dispatched to sibling views.

Overriding default insets

You may need to override default insets when your screen has both Views and Compose code in the same hierarchy. In this case, you need to be explicit in which one should consume the insets, and which one should ignore them.

For example, if your outermost layout is an Android View layout, you should consume the insets in the View system and ignore them for Compose. Alternatively, if your outermost layout is a composable, you should consume the insets in Compose, and pad the AndroidView composables accordingly.

By default, each ComposeView consumes all insets at the WindowInsetsCompat level of consumption. To change this default behavior, set AbstractComposeView.consumeWindowInsets to false.

Backward compatible inset dispatching for views

If your app contains Views code, you may need to confirm that insets are dispatched to sibling views on devices that run Android 10 (API level 29) or lower. See the edge-to-edge Views guide for more information.

System bar icons

Calling enableEdgeToEdge ensures system bar icon colors update when the device theme changes.

While going edge-to-edge, you might need to manually update the system bar icon colors so they contrast with your app's background. For example, to create light status bar icons:

WindowCompat.getInsetsController(window, window.decorView)
    .isAppearanceLightStatusBars = false

WindowCompat.getInsetsController(window, window.getDecorView())
    .setAppearanceLightStatusBars(false);