Set default of `SystemUiMode` to edge-to-edge

If your Flutter app targets Android SDK version 15 or later, your app automatically displays in edge-to-edge mode, as documented on the SystemUiMode API page. To maintain non-edge-to-edge app behavior (including an unset SystemUiMode), follow the steps in migration guide.

By default, Android enforces edge-to-edge mode for all apps that target Android 15 or later. To learn more about this change, check out the Android release notes. This impacts devices running on Android SDK 15+ or API 35+.

Prior to Flutter 3.27, Flutter apps target Android 14 by default and won't opt into edge-to-edge mode automatically, but your app will be impacted when you choose to target Android 15. If your app targets flutter.targetSdkVersion (as it does by default), then it targets Android 15 starting with Flutter version 3.27, automatically opting your app in to edge-to-edge.

If your app explicitly sets SystemUiMode.edgeToEdge to run in edge-to-edge mode by calling SystemChrome.setEnabledSystemUIMode, then your app is already migrated. Apps needing more time to migrate to edge-to-edge mode must use the following steps to opt out on devices running Android SDK 15+.

Be aware of the following:

1. Android plans for the workaround detailed here to be temporary.
2. Flutter plans to align with Android (and iOS) to support edge-to-edge by default within the year, so migrate to edge-to-edge mode before the operating system removes the ability to opt out.

To opt out of edge-to-edge on SDK 15, specify the new style attribute in each activity that requires it. If you have a parent style that child styles need to opt out of, you can modify the parent only. In the following example, update the style configuration generated from flutter create.

By default, the styles used in a Flutter app are set in the Android manifest file (your_app/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml). Generally, styles are denoted by @style and help theme your app. Modify these default styles in your manifest file:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <application ...>
        <activity ...>
            <!-- Style to modify: -->
            <meta-data
              android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.NormalTheme"
              android:resource="@style/NormalTheme"
            />
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

Find where this style is defined in your_app/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml. There, add the following attribute to the style:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    ...
    <style name="NormalTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar">
        ...
	      <!-- Add the following line: -->
        <item name="android:windowOptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement">true</item>
    </style>
</resources>

This modified style opts your app out of edge-to-edge for apps targeting Android SDK 15+. So now you're done!

Starting in Flutter 3.27, Flutter apps target Android 15 by default, so if you wish to use this version and not manually set a lower target SDK version for your Flutter app, follow the preceding migration steps to maintain an unset or non-edge-to-edge SystemUiMode.

Landed in version: 3.26.0-0.0.pre
Stable release: 3.27

• The supported Flutter SystemUiModes
• The Android 15 edge-to-edge behavior changes guide

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