[FIXED] Android ViewGroup Incorrectly Shifts Up After Navigating Back

Issue

I am trying to figure out why my view appears to shift up after returning to an activity's screen.

Here is the image before navigating away to another fragment.

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Here is the image after navigating back to original screen:

The xml file of the activity is:

<layout
    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
      <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
      />
      <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
         .
         .
         .
      </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
      .
      .
      .
    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</layout>

Note that I cannot use fitsSystemWindows=true because I don't want to create a border at the top of the toolbar, the UI should have a continuous white background from behind the status bar. Also, there is no keyboard present on the screen to cause this shift.

Solution

Add this to you root layout

android:fitsSystemWindows="true"

And set this to your AppTheme

<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">false</item>

Answered By - Noban Hasan
Answer Checked By - Robin (JavaFixing Admin)