Got rid of status bar and made animation apply to the window instead of the layout.

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -41,14 +41,11 @@ android {
 dependencies {
 
     implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.13.1")
-    implementation("androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1")
+    implementation("androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0")
     implementation("com.google.android.material:material:1.12.0")
     implementation("androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.4")
     implementation("androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.7.7")
     implementation("androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.7.7")
     implementation("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10")
     implementation("androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.3.2")
-    testImplementation("junit:junit:4.13.2")
-    androidTestImplementation("androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.5")
-    androidTestImplementation("androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.5.1")
 }

app/src/main/java/eu/ottop/yamlauncher/Animations.kt

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import android.animation.Animator
 import android.animation.AnimatorListenerAdapter
 import android.animation.ArgbEvaluator
 import android.animation.ObjectAnimator
+import android.animation.ValueAnimator
 import android.app.Activity
+import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable
 import android.view.View
 import android.view.WindowManager
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
@@ -34,56 +36,32 @@ class Animations () {
         val originalColor = ContextCompat.getColor(activity, R.color.original_color)
         val newColor = ContextCompat.getColor(activity, R.color.new_color)
 
-        val backgroundColorAnimator: ObjectAnimator = ObjectAnimator.ofObject(
+        val colorDrawable = ColorDrawable(originalColor)
-            binding.root,
+        activity.window.setBackgroundDrawable(colorDrawable)
-            "backgroundColor",
-            ArgbEvaluator(),
-            originalColor,
-            newColor
-        )
 
-        backgroundColorAnimator.setDuration(duration)
+        val backgroundColorAnimator = ValueAnimator.ofObject(ArgbEvaluator(), originalColor, newColor)
+        backgroundColorAnimator.addUpdateListener { animator ->
+            colorDrawable.color = animator.animatedValue as Int
+        }
+        backgroundColorAnimator.duration = duration
 
-        val window = activity.window
-        window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS)
-
-        val statusBarColorAnimator = ObjectAnimator.ofArgb(
-            window,
-            "statusBarColor",
-            originalColor,
-            newColor
-        )
-        statusBarColorAnimator.setDuration(duration)
         backgroundColorAnimator.start()
-        statusBarColorAnimator.start()
     }
 
     fun backgroundOut(activity: Activity, binding: ActivityMainBinding, duration: Long = 100) {
         val originalColor = ContextCompat.getColor(activity, R.color.new_color)
         val newColor = ContextCompat.getColor(activity, R.color.original_color)
 
-        val backgroundColorAnimator: ObjectAnimator = ObjectAnimator.ofObject(
+        val colorDrawable = ColorDrawable(originalColor)
-            binding.root,
+        activity.window.setBackgroundDrawable(colorDrawable)
-            "backgroundColor",
-            ArgbEvaluator(),
-            originalColor,
-            newColor
-        )
 
-        backgroundColorAnimator.setDuration(duration)
+        val backgroundColorAnimator = ValueAnimator.ofObject(ArgbEvaluator(), originalColor, newColor)
+        backgroundColorAnimator.addUpdateListener { animator ->
+            colorDrawable.color = animator.animatedValue as Int
+        }
+        backgroundColorAnimator.duration = duration
 
-        val window = activity.window
-        window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS)
-
-        val statusBarColorAnimator = ObjectAnimator.ofArgb(
-            window,
-            "statusBarColor",
-            originalColor,
-            newColor
-        )
-        statusBarColorAnimator.setDuration(duration)
         backgroundColorAnimator.start()
-        statusBarColorAnimator.start()
     }
     private fun View.slideInFromBottom(duration: Long = 100) {
         if (visibility != View.VISIBLE) {

app/src/main/java/eu/ottop/yamlauncher/MainActivity.kt

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import android.text.TextWatcher
 import android.view.GestureDetector
 import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.view.View
+import android.view.WindowManager
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager
 import android.widget.EditText
 import android.widget.LinearLayout
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), AppMenuAdapter.OnItemClickListener, Ap
         setContentView(binding.root)
         setSupportActionBar(null)
 
-
         launcherApps = getSystemService(Context.LAUNCHER_APPS_SERVICE) as LauncherApps
 
         gestureDetector = GestureDetector(this, GestureListener())

app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
     android:layout_gravity="fill_vertical"
-    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
     android:orientation="vertical"
     tools:context=".MainActivity">
 
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="match_parent"
         android:layout_gravity="fill_vertical"
-        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
         android:gravity="fill_vertical"
         android:orientation="vertical"
         android:visibility="visible">

app/src/main/res/values-night/themes.xml

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 <resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
     <!-- Base application theme. -->
-    <style name="Base.Theme.YamLauncher" parent="Theme.Material3.DayNight.NoActionBar">
+    <style name="Base.Theme.YamLauncher" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
-        <!-- Customize your dark theme here. -->
         <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/transparent</item>
-        <item name="android:colorBackgroundCacheHint">@null</item>
+        <item name="android:colorBackgroundCacheHint">@android:color/transparent</item>
         <item name="android:windowShowWallpaper">true</item>
-        <!-- <item name="colorPrimary">@color/my_dark_primary</item> -->
     </style>
 
 </resources>

app/src/main/res/values-v23/themes.xml

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
 
     <style name="Theme.YamLauncher" parent="Base.Theme.YamLauncher">
-        <!-- Transparent system bars for edge-to-edge. -->
         <item name="android:navigationBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
         <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
         <item name="android:windowLightStatusBar">?attr/isLightTheme</item>
+        <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
+        <item name="android:windowLayoutInDisplayCutoutMode">shortEdges</item>
     </style>
 </resources>

app/src/main/res/values/themes.xml

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
     <!-- Base application theme. -->
-    <style name="Base.Theme.YamLauncher" parent="Theme.Material3.DayNight.NoActionBar">
+    <style name="Base.Theme.YamLauncher" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
-        <!-- Customize your light theme here. -->
         <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/transparent</item>
-        <item name="android:colorBackgroundCacheHint">@null</item>
+        <item name="android:colorBackgroundCacheHint">@android:color/transparent</item>
         <item name="android:windowShowWallpaper">true</item>
-        <!-- <item name="colorPrimary">@color/my_light_primary</item> -->
+
     </style>
 
     <style name="AppSearchView" parent="Widget.AppCompat.SearchView" >