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I'm building a .NET MAUI app and facing an issue on Android — the TabBar (Shell tabs) overlaps with the system navigation bar at the bottom of the screen.

Here’s what happens:

  • The tabs are partially hidden behind the Android navigation buttons.
  • It looks fine on iOS, but only happens on Android devices
    (especially with gesture navigation).

My setup:

  • .NET MAUI 9.0
  • Using Shell with TabBar and Tab pages.
  • No custom renderer — using default Shell behavior

Example:

<TabBar Title="Send">

    <Tab Title="Home">
        <Tab.Icon>
            <FontImageSource
                FontFamily="Ficons"
                Glyph="{DynamicResource IconHome1}"
                Size="20" />
        </Tab.Icon>
        <ShellContent
            Title="Home"
            ContentTemplate="{DataTemplate views:HomePage}"
            Route="HomePage" />
    </Tab>
    <Tab Title="Transactions">

        <Tab.Icon>
            <FontImageSource
                FontFamily="Ficons"
                Glyph="{DynamicResource IconChart1}"
                Size="20" />
        </Tab.Icon>
        <ShellContent
            Title="Transaction"
            ContentTemplate="{DataTemplate views:TransactionPage}"
            Route="TransactionPage" />
    </Tab>
    <Tab Title="Send">
        <Tab.Icon>
            <FontImageSource
                FontFamily="Ficons"
                Glyph="{DynamicResource IconSwap}"
                Size="20" />
        </Tab.Icon>

        <ShellContent
            Title="Send Money"
            ContentTemplate="{DataTemplate views:SendMoneyPage}"
            Route="SendMoneyPage" />
    </Tab>

    <Tab Title="Recipients">
        <Tab.Icon>
            <FontImageSource
                FontFamily="Ficons"
                Glyph="{DynamicResource IconGroups1}"
                Size="20" />
        </Tab.Icon>
        <ShellContent
            Title="Recipients"
            ContentTemplate="{DataTemplate views:RecipientPage}"
            Route="RecipientPage" />
    </Tab>
    <Tab Title="Profile">
        <Tab.Icon>
            <FontImageSource
                FontFamily="Ficons"
                Glyph="{DynamicResource IconUser21}"
                Size="14" />
        </Tab.Icon>
        <ShellContent
            Title="Profile"
            ContentTemplate="{DataTemplate views:ProfilePage}"
            Route="ProfilePage" />
    </Tab>

</TabBar>

What I tried:

  • Setting Shell.TabBarBackgroundColor and Shell.TabBarHeight.

  • Using padding in MainPage.

  • Applying WindowCompat.SetDecorFitsSystemWindows(window, false) in MainActivity.

  • Adjusting safe area manually in XAML:

But that feels like a hack.

Question:

How can I correctly handle TabBar overlapping with the Android navigation bar in .NET MAUI so it respects system insets automatically?

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  • Could you update with an Image of the issue please? Also what Android API are you targeting Commented Oct 16 at 14:25
  • Is this what you are referring too, I had seen this post this morning and Gerald had commented on it- linkedin - GitHub Issue. I havent used TabBar so not had this issue Commented Oct 16 at 14:33
  • Target Android API: 35 (Android 14) Commented Oct 16 at 14:34
  • I have updated the above comment with the a Open GitHub issue which may be your issue too, if you can check it out- .NET 10 seems to fix this issue from my scan of it Commented Oct 16 at 14:36
  • @Lewie Your Github Solution is not Working. Commented Oct 23 at 8:16
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