Weird white bar above the address bar

[Guiltynine]

Preliminary checklist

• I have read the README.
• I have searched the existing issues for my problem. This is a new ticket, NOT a duplicate or related to another open issue.
• I have updated Cromite to the latest version. The bug is reproducible on this latest version.
• This is a bug report about the Cromite browser; not the website nor F-Droid nor anything else.

Can the bug be reproduced with corresponding Chromium version?

Yes

Are you sure?

Yes

Cromite version

Cromite 130.0.6723.59

Device architecture

arm64-v8a

Platform version

Android 13

Android Device model

Realme 9 SE

Is the device rooted?

Yes

Changed flags

No flags changed

Is this bug happening ONLY in an incognito tab?

Yes

Is this bug caused by the adblocker?

No

Is this bug a crash?

No

Describe the bug

Weird white bar above the address bar..

Steps to reproduce the bug

Open any web page.

Expected behavior

No white band over address bar..

Screenshots

[uazo]

open chrome://flags and tell me which flags you have activated.
There should be one that is incorrect.

Unfortunately it happened to me too but I don't remember which flag it was, it was something related to the tabgroup.
I thought I had accidentally activated it a while ago....

[nhathoang24]

disable "Show a NewPage at startup (Cromite flag)" should slove problem

[uazo]

@nhathoang24 no, it is not that.

[Guiltynine]

I did reset all the flags but i still have the issue.. when i switch to the previous version, it's not there.. I've enabled core patch ony rooted device, so i can switch back and forth, just FYI..

[uazo]

can you check whether you have the same issue with the bar at the bottom?

[Guiltynine]

can you check whether you have the same issue with the bar at the bottom?

Yes , it's there..

[Xisrr1]

Looks like Cromite is trying to load the tab bar.

Details

Screen_Recording_20241017_164824_One.UI.Home_1.mp4

[uazo]

can you copy me the ‘Command Line’ and ‘Command-line variations’ section of chrome://version?

[Xisrr1]

Command Line

Details

--use-mobile-user-agent --top-controls-show-threshold=0.5 --top-controls-hide-threshold=0.5 --use-mobile-user-agent --enable-viewport --validate-input-event-stream --enable-longpress-drag-selection --touch-selection-strategy=direction --disable-composited-antialiasing --enable-dom-distiller --flag-switches-begin --enable-features=AllowExternalIntentRequests,MoveTopToolbarToBottom --disable-features=TabSwitcherListMode --flag-switches-end --site-per-process

Command-line variations

Details

--enable-features="AImageReaderMediaPlayer,AImageReaderVideoOutput,AdaptiveButtonInTopToolbar,AdaptiveButtonInTopToolbarCustomizationV2,AdblockPlus,AllowExternalIntentRequests,AndroidImprovedBookmarks,AppsShortcutDefaultOff,AskForRestartOnConnectionChange,AudioContextShuffleEnabled,AutofillPopupZOrderSecuritySurface,AutofillVirtualViewStructureAndroid,BlockInsecurePrivateNetworkRequests,BlockInsecurePrivateNetworkRequestsFromPrivate,BlockIntentsWhileLocked,BlockMidiByDefault,BlockTabUnders,CCTIncognitoAvailableToThirdParty,CPUMeasurementInFreezingPolicy,CertificateTransparency,CertificateTransparencyAskBeforeEnabling,ClearCrossSiteCrossBrowsingContextGroupWindowName,CloseAllTabsModalDialog,CloseSessionsOnIpChange,CookieDomainRejectNonASCII,CookieSameSiteConsidersRedirectChain,DarkenWebsitesCheckboxInThemesSetting,DisablePrivacySandboxPrompts,DisableSpeechSynthesisVoiceList,DisableTLSResumption,EnableADPFRendererMain,EnableFirewall,FileSystemAccessDragAndDropCheckBlocklist,FontsFingerprintMitigation,FreezingWithoutBatterySaver,IPv6Probing,InlineUpdateFlow,InnerFrameCompositorSurfaceEviction,IntentBlockExternalFormRedirectsNoGesture,IsCleartextPermitted,IsolateSandboxedIframes,JXL,KeepAliveInBrowserMigration,MediaDeviceIdPartitioning,MediaDeviceIdRandomSaltsPerStorageKey,MoveTopToolbarToBottom,NoAESHardwareMessage,OfflineIndicatorV2,PartitionConnectionsByNetworkIsolationKey,PrefetchPrivacyChanges,RemoveAutorizationOnCrossOriginRedirect,ResourceAttributionIncludeOrigins,RestrictGamepadAccess,RestrictRendererPoliciesInBaseline,SameSiteDefaultChecksMethodRigorously,SchemefulSameSite,SharedIntentUI,ShowNtpAtStartupAndroid,ShowRelatedWebsiteSetsPermissionGrants,SimplifiedNTP,SitePerProcess,SkipUndecryptablePasswords,SplitAuthCacheByNetworkIsolationKey,SplitCacheByIncludeCredentials,SplitCacheByNavigationInitiator,SplitCacheByNetworkIsolationKey,SplitCodeCacheByNetworkIsolationKey,StartSurfaceReturnTime,StrictOriginIsolation,SystemKeyboardProtection,ThirdPartyStoragePartitioning,TimeLimitedInsecureCookies,UseRendererProcessPolicy,WebFeedKillSwitch,fill-on-account-select" --disable-features="AcceptCHFrame,AdAuctionReportingWithMacroApi,AdAuctionSignals,AllowUserCertificates,AndroidDownloadableFontsMatching,AsyncDns,AttributionReportingCrossAppWeb,AttributionReportingInBrowserMigration,AutofillServerCommunication,BackForwardCache,BlockUrlLeakageSandboxIframe,BookmarkTriggerForPrerender2,BookmarksExportUseSaf,BrowsingTopics,BrowsingTopicsDocumentAPI,BrowsingTopicsParameters,CCTAutoTranslate,CCTIntentFeatureOverrides,ChromeLabs,ChromeSmartSelection,CommerceHintAndroid,CommercePriceTrackingRegionLaunched,Compose,ComposeEligible,ConversionMeasurement,ConversionMeasurementAPIAlternativeUsage,CookieDeprecationFacilitatedTesting,CrashReporting,CriticalClientHint,EnableAndroidAppRestriction,EnableDiscountInfoApi,EnableDiscountInfoApiRegionLaunched,EnablePasswordsAccountStorageForNonSyncingUsers,EnableSaveDataHeader,EnforcePrivacySandboxAttestations,ExperimentsForAgsa,FedCm,FedCmIdpSigninStatusEnabled,FedCmWithStorageAccessAPI,FencedFrames,FilterInstalledAppsWebAppMatching,Fledge,FledgeBiddingAndAuctionServer,FontSrcLocalMatching,ForceThirdPartyCookieBlockingEnabled,GMSCoreEmoji,IdleDetection,InstalledApp,InstalledAppProvider,InterestFeedV2,InterestGroupStorage,KidFriendlyContentFeed,LiveCaption,LiveCaptionWebAudio,LocalWebApprovals,LocationProviderManager,LogTLSResumption,MagicStackAndroid,MantaService,MediaDrmPreprovisioning,MetricsReporting,MigrateSessionsOnNetworkChangeV2,NavigationPredictor,NetworkContextPrefetch,NetworkErrorLogging,NewTabPageAndroidTriggerForPrerender2,NewTabPageTriggerForPrerender2,NewTabSearchEngineUrlAndroid,OfflineAutoFetch,OfflinePagesAutoSaveEnabled,OfflinePagesInDownloadHomeOpenInCct,OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationGuidePushNotifications,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationHintsFetchingAnonymousDataConsent,OptimizationHintsFetchingSRP,OptimizationTargetPrediction,OrcaUseProdServer,OriginTrialsSampleAPIThirdPartyAlternativeUsage,PageContentAnnotations,PageContentAnnotationsPersistSalientImageMetadata,PageContentAnnotationsValidation,PageVisibilityBatchAnnotations,ParcelTracking,ParcelTrackingRegionLaunched,PartialLowEndModeOnMidRangeDevices,PartnerCustomizationsUma,PermissionOnDeviceGeolocationPredictions,PermissionOnDeviceNotificationPredictions,PermissionPredictionsV2,PersistentOriginTrials,PostFREFixMetricsReporting,PreconnectToSearch,PreconnectToSearchWithPrivacyModeEnabled,PreloadingHeuristicsMLModel,PrerenderFallbackToPreconnect,PreventLongRunningPredictionModels,PrivacyGuideAndroid3,PrivacyGuidePreloadAndroid,PrivacySandboxAdsAPIsM1Override,PrivacySandboxAdsAPIsOverride,PrivacySandboxAggregationService,PrivacySandboxFirstPartySetsUI,PrivacySandboxSettings4,PrivateAggregationApi,PrivateStateTokens,ReadAloud,ReadAloudPlayback,RemotePageMetadata,Reporting,SCTAuditing,SCTAuditingHashdance,SearchEngineChoiceTrigger,SearchReadyOmnibox,SegmentationPlatform,SegmentationPlatformAdaptiveToolbarV2Feature,SegmentationPlatformFeedSegmentFeature,SharedStorageAPI,SharedStorageAPIM118,SharedStorageAPIM125,ShoppingListRegionLaunched,ShowAlwaysContextMenuOnLinks,SideSearch,SiteEngagement,StorageAccessHeaders,StrictPopupBlocker,SupportSearchSuggestionForPrerender2,TabHoverCardImages,TabSwitcherListMode,TextFragmentAnchor,ThirdPartyPartitionedStorageAllowedByDefault,TpcdHeuristicsGrants,TpcdMetadataGrants,TpcdMetadataStageControl,TrackingProtection3pcd,TranslateRankerEnforcement,TranslateRankerQuery,TrustTokens,Ukm,UseBrowserNavigationHandler,UserBypassUI,VibrationEnabled,ViewportProtection,WebMeasureMemoryViaPerformanceManager,kFileSystemAccessPersistentPermissions,kPermissionPredictionServiceUseUrlOverride,resume-background-video" --disable-field-trial-config

[uazo]

thanks.
incredibly I only detect the problem in the released version, in my debug version I do not.

As a temporary workaround, set the ‘Force Tablet Mode’ under ‘Accessibility and UI’ and reboot twice.

[Xisrr1]

As a temporary workaround, set the ‘Force Tablet Mode’ under ‘Accessibility and UI’ and reboot twice.

This only works if toolbar is set to top, or else it'll look like this:

Details

[Ghisy]

I can confirm I have the same graphical bug on the latest version from today.

[tifriis208]

Hello, I also have this issue with last update

[cocklemon]

Hello, I also have this issue with last update too

[USBhost]

+1 to the problem as I just updated.
Force tablet mode worked for me as a workaround.

[tifriis208]

+1 to the problem as I just updated. Force tablet mode worked for me as a workaround.

Can you tell us how to do that ? Thanks :)

[USBhost]

As a temporary workaround, set the ‘Force Tablet Mode’ under ‘Accessibility and UI’ and reboot twice.

@tifriis208 its in the normal settings of cromite. But no need to restart twice.

[Issam28]

@USBhost Does it work when toolbar is set to be at the bottom?

[theRealTrabo]

Want to chime in after having read through this thread. On Cromite 130.0.6723.59 (device Galaxy S23), with Force tablet mode enabled, with tab bar at top or at bottom, after having restarted the app several times, on each new startup this occurs:

Details

Screen_Recording_20241017_140826.mp4

Screen_Recording_20241017_141030_Nova.Launcher.mp4

Note that once the app is open and running the issue does not seem to persist.

[kizwolak]

On Galaxy S24U, Android 14, OneUI 6.1, all the latest patches etc.
I can remove the bar on top by switching between system light and dark mode (the control accessible through the settings menu in the notification bar). The bar comes back after I close the application, but again, switching modes helps resolve the issue. Please note that I am not talking about dark mode in Cromite itself, I mean the global Android setting.

[bober757]

I fixed by this: go to settings - accessibility and ui - move toolbar to bottom - on - restart browser - settings again -accessibility and ui - move toolbar to bottom - off - restart
And everything is OK

Oh... after a while invisible tabs panel appears again

[JMPesce]

Is this caused by A15 and full-screen apps?

That has to be it, no?

[ruboard]

[GitAlasGo]

I was able to reproduce this on cromite 130.0.6723.59

Downgrade your cromite to 129.0.6668.101

[Alf3rez]

I'm also in this with this problem, is loading for some reason a bar with the tabs above the url bar, hope it could be solved for next update

[kmcbest]

I fixed by this: go to settings - accessibility and ui - move toolbar to bottom - on - restart browser - settings again -accessibility and ui - move toolbar to bottom - off - restart And everything is OK

It works. Thanks.

[KrazyDeinos]

I fixed by this: go to settings - accessibility and ui - move toolbar to bottom - on - restart browser - settings again -accessibility and ui - move toolbar to bottom - off - restart And everything is OK

Did not work, when using toolbar at the bottom after this suggestion. On top, worked if "force tablet mode" is checked.

reverted to 129.0.6668.101

[uazo]

this is the path in production:

at org.chromium.chrome.browser.preferences.ChromeSharedPreferences.<clinit>(ChromeSharedPreferences.java:32)
at J.N._V_JO(N.java)
at org.jni_zero.GEN_JNI.org_chromium_chrome_browser_metrics_UmaSessionStats_umaResumeSession(GEN_JNI.java:2468)
at org.chromium.chrome.browser.metrics.UmaSessionStatsJni.umaResumeSession(UmaSessionStatsJni.java:103)
at org.chromium.chrome.browser.metrics.UmaSessionStats.startNewSession(UmaSessionStats.java:153)
at org.chromium.chrome.browser.metrics.UmaActivityObserver.startUmaSession(UmaActivityObserver.java:55)
at org.chromium.chrome.browser.app.ChromeActivity.startUmaSession(ChromeActivity.java:2730)
at org.chromium.chrome.browser.ChromeTabbedActivity.startNativeInitialization(ChromeTabbedActivity.java:1128)
at org.chromium.chrome.browser.init.ChromeBrowserInitializer.lambda$handlePostNativeStartup$4(ChromeBrowserInitializer.java:200)
at org.chromium.base.task.ChainedTasks$1.run(ChainedTasks.java:50)
at android.os.MessageQueue.nativePollOnce(Native Method)
at android.os.MessageQueue.next(MessageQueue.java:335)
at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:162)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:294)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8177)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:552)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:971)

this in debug:

at org.chromium.chrome.browser.preferences.ChromeSharedPreferences.<clinit>(ChromeSharedPreferences.java:32)
at org.chromium.chrome.browser.night_mode.GlobalNightModeStateProviderHolder.getInstance(GlobalNightModeStateProviderHolder.java:65)
at org.chromium.chrome.browser.ChromeBaseAppCompatActivity.createNightModeStateProvider(ChromeBaseAppCompatActivity.java:311)
at org.chromium.chrome.browser.ChromeBaseAppCompatActivity.attachBaseContext(ChromeBaseAppCompatActivity.java:152)
at android.app.Activity.attach(Activity.java:8486)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3733)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3922)
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:103)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:139)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:96)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2443)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:205)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:294)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8177)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:552)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:971)

[dirolov]

Force tablet mode is worked on POCO M4 5G, 12 Android

[KrazyDeinos]

reverted to 129.0.6668.101
Curious how your phone allows downgrading? Mine refuses unless clean install, but I'll lose all my settings and bookmarks since Cromite doesn't ship with sync feature.

Swift backup of data, since I use Magisk, Swift Backup can backup and restore data.
Still need to sign in to places like github again etc.

[lowendgamer]

This bug is just nasty. Cromite became unusable. Now I'm using official Chrome lol. Hopefully, there will be a fix within a week or two.

[markg85]

This bug is just nasty. Cromite became unusable. Now I'm using official Chrome lol. Hopefully, there will be a fix within a week or two.

Force tablet mode and you'll (probably) be fine.
If that's not working good enough then place the addressbar on the bottom (both settings are under "Accessibility and UI").

[fossfreak]

reverted to 129.0.6668.101

Curious how your phone allows downgrading? Mine refuses unless clean install, but I'll lose all my settings and bookmarks since Cromite doesn't ship with sync feature.

You could downgrade via ADB install (no data loss). command: adb install -d arm64_ChromePublic.apk

[HarriBuh]

None of these workarounds worked for me, the doubled taskbar will always stay.

[Issam28]

@fossfreak I tried that, it doesn't work

[Monessem]

Details

I have the same bug android 10 after update to v. 130

[BabyOilJohnson]

Here on Samsung A30
Android 11
Cromite 130.0.6723.59

Details

[ArakiSatoshi]

It's better to roll back the entire release to prevent more people from being affected by the issue. I just upgraded a few hours ago when the issue was already known to the maintainers.

[kmcbest]

reverted to 129.0.6668.101

Curious how your phone allows downgrading? Mine refuses unless clean install, but I'll lose all my settings and bookmarks since Cromite doesn't ship with sync feature.

You could downgrade via ADB install (no data loss). command: adb install -d arm64_ChromePublic.apk

It didn't work. Neither -d nor -r -d nor -r -t -d together worked. Always throws this error:

Performing Streamed Install
adb: failed to install arm64_ChromePublic.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE: Downgrade detected: Update version code 666810104 is older than current 672305904]

They're people saying you can use adb shell cmd package uninstall -k to uninstall with data intact. But I'm too scary to lose all the data so I'll just wait for the update.

[uazo]

there will be a fix within a week or two.

I have already found the bug and solved it.
I will start the new build soon

I also found another anomaly related to storage partitioning, and again, in debug it works while in production it sometimes does and sometimes does not. #1565 (comment)

but there is this that worries me, because I do not understand the reason. updates in #1554

[Noxis73]

I have already found the bug and solved it. I will start the new build soon

you are the best @uazo ! thank you very much for inspecting and solving that issue that quick. 🤝

[bat999]

Hi
In Settings --> "Toolbar shortcut" there are options.
"New Tab" option doesn't work for me since update to v130.0.6723.59.

Is it part of this "Weird white bar..." bug?

"Share this page" option does work though.
But that's not the one I use. 😠

My device is Xiaomi Redmi Go

[minyaen]

Work around:

Turn system wide dark to light. Open cromite. Switch back to system wide dark mode (or light mode if you switched from light to dark). It'll work until you restart cromite.

[prirai]

Looks like Cromite is trying to load the tab bar.

Details

Yes, same observation

[GitAlasGo]

Looks like uazo did a commit to fix it, but i can only build cromite from source, where's the 3512484 cromite apk?

[Guiltynine]

It's fixed after the new update 130.0.6723.67.
Thanks @uazo

[GreenMystic]

unfortunately issues isn't fixed for default ui bar position

i am on latest release

[joshcangit]

I don't know if that flag has to work.

But, the Accessibility and UI settings has a Move toolbar to bottom option which supposedly works.

[GreenMystic]

I don't know if that flag has to work.

But, the Accessibility and UI settings has a Move toolbar to bottom option which supposedly works.

yea on that ss i changed to bottom but didn't restart
after restart and ui moved to bottom everything works fine

bug seems happen only on default now