Android 16 will force apps to use transparent status and navigation bars
Full-screen apps are no longer opt-out

Android 15 made a major change to the way apps work, requiring them to use an "edge-to-edge" format where content from the app is shown behind the status and navigation bars. This means that apps targeting the latest OS need to have a transparent nav bar and status bar, essentially making them full-screen. But there was an opt-out clause in the new rule, so developers could add a line of code to override the mandate. Android 16 is changing that.