Downward shift of home screen

sabhain

Hi,

First: thanks for a great project and awesome system software. I've moved to grapheneOS a couple of years ago, and it's been tremendous. Due to some hardware issues (dropping onto hard surfaces), I've obtained a new 6a as my 2nd GrapheneOS handset.

I'm wondering if anyone else with a 6a has encountered any issues with things being shifted downward a bit. I think it may also relate to a periodic issue I'm encountering where I can't swipe up to switch apps or go home.

It doesn't happen in all apps, but the home screen is most certainly shifted down, as is the app drawer:

Here's the 6a home screen and app drawer:

https://imgur.com/HEBYkW9
![https://imgur.com/JciZuuw]

Here's my 4a-5G home screen and app drawer:

![https://imgur.com/MUzwjYy]
![https://imgur.com/vmCWf0J]

On the 6a, there's a clear drop down of the clock at the top of the home screen, and a dead gray space in the app drawer. This does NOT propagate to all apps. It appears to be a home screen & lock screen issue. The little finger print image is also shifted below where the actual sensor is slightly.

I have also however encountered a situation where I couldn't swipe up to go home, or to view open apps. It just doesn't take the input, even though the bar is there.

Hoping someone has seen this and can advise a solution.

Thanks!

P.S. Sorry .. can't seem to get the image embed to work.

matchboxbananasynergy

As far as I can remember, this changed with Android 13 QPR1. I think it's an upstream change. It's unclear why they did it or if it's intended, but if it's a bug and not an intentional change, I assume they'll revert that.

sabhain

Thanks for the response. I've done some digging and I suspect it's related to the "At A Glance" feature in the stock system. I happen to have another 6a that's stock for the wife, and that space is consumed on the home screen, lock screen and app drawer for At-A-Glance, which can be turned off .. but the space reservation remains for the clock.

I presume since that's not included in the grapheneos implementation, that's why the shift and gaps are there. There would be need to be a suppression / remove option upstream to prevent that I guess.

As for the inability to swipe up to go home, maybe that's another issue. It's annoying as heck, because it can require a re-boot to get away from the issue .. and it's not consistently reproducible with specific apps.

I'm going to fiddle with an alternate launcher to see if it can be tied to the AOSP launcher definitively.

sabhain

Not limited to the Pixel Launcher. I'm posting separately from this an update on the Gesture freeze so others might find it.