Android edge-to-edge fixes

This fixes Android with bottom navigation that ends up on the side after rotate.

There's a size heuristic to identify camera cut-out vs navigation that we can
revisit in future if needed.

Author: microbit-matt-hillsdon

android/app/src/main/java/org/microbit/createai/MainActivity.java

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ public class MainActivity extends BridgeActivity {
     @Override
     public void onStart() {
         super.onStart();
+        // Enable edge-to-edge mode for all Android versions.
+        // On API 35+ this is automatic, but older versions need this call
+        // to make status/navigation bars transparent and allow content underneath.
+        // The @capacitor-community/safe-area plugin handles icon colors via config.
         EdgeToEdge.enable(this);
     }
 

capacitor.config.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@ const config: CapacitorConfig = {
   android: {
     adjustMarginsForEdgeToEdge: "disable",
   },
+  plugins: {
+    SafeArea: {
+      // "DARK" = light/white icons for dark header background
+      // (confusing name - it refers to the background, not the icons)
+      statusBarStyle: "DARK",
+      navigationBarStyle: "LIGHT",
+    },
+    // Required by @capacitor-community/safe-area plugin from v8
+    SystemBars: {
+      insetsHandling: "disable",
+    },
+  },
 };
 
 function getIP() {

ios/App/Podfile.lock

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PODS:
     - Capacitor
   - CapacitorCommunityBluetoothLe (7.3.0):
     - Capacitor
-  - CapacitorCommunitySafeArea (7.0.0-beta.5):
+  - CapacitorCommunitySafeArea (7.0.0):
     - Capacitor
   - CapacitorCordova (7.4.4)
   - CapacitorFilesystem (7.1.6):
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   Capacitor: 358dd1c3fdd71d969547b17e159fd8a7736cb45f
   CapacitorApp: 26587c2ce485d88ddb39adb21cac64f8e481afe3
   CapacitorCommunityBluetoothLe: 41f9dec8a4c16ab6b81e56402b6047fc19b4735d
-  CapacitorCommunitySafeArea: 53e3ad999bada9892cb4e9aca8fa8012aabad4b2
+  CapacitorCommunitySafeArea: 211e919d3f0ff6020a3b2acb3b772fa30fb685ef
   CapacitorCordova: bf648a636f3c153f652d312ae145fb508b6ffced
   CapacitorFilesystem: 66f05ee0d8b1ccdc00d509091273a9b3b57c4a0b
   IONFilesystemLib: 89258b8e3e85465da93127d25d7ce37f977e8a6f