android toolbar not working properly in api 35

Question

I have an app which works great on every device , but i recently updated the target sdk to api 35 and now the toolbar of my app breaks in android api 35 and works fine on every other device upto api 35. I tried doing everything i could think of and also searched online but nothing works.

Here is the example of the issue Any help would be appreciated.

And here is my code

activity_favourites.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
    tools:context=".ui.activities.FavouritesActivity">

    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recyclerview"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_above="@id/adView"
        android:background="@color/colorRecyclerViewBg"
        android:scrollbars="vertical"
        tools:listitem="@layout/favourites_list_item" />

    <include
        android:id="@+id/empty_layout"
        layout="@layout/empty_view"
        android:visibility="gone" />

    <include
        android:id="@+id/adView"
        layout="@layout/admob_banner_layout"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

FavouritesActivity.kt

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

        binding = ActivityFavouritesBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
        setContentView(binding.root)

        supportActionBar?.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true)

    }

manifest.xml

  <application
        android:name=".utils.MyApplication"
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
        android:enableOnBackInvokedCallback="true"
        android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
        tools:targetApi="tiramisu">

        <activity
            android:name=".ui.activities.RoutingActivity"
            android:exported="true">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <activity
            android:exported="false"
            android:name=".ui.activities.FavouritesActivity"
            android:label="@string/favourites" />

themes.xml 

    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />

    <style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

Answer 1

In Android 15 edge2edge is active by default, but you can disable it by using the windowOptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement flag in style declaration, so please change styles in your themes.xml file, e.g. the AppTheme will be:

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>

    <item name="android:windowOptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement" tools:ignore="NewApi">true</item>
</style>

This solution works as long as you set targetSdkVersion 35 (Android 15).