[Android][.NET 10] Label inside ContentView or ContentPage with VerticalOptions="End" renders behind navigation bar

[AneesFathimaS]

Description

When a Label is placed inside a ContentView or directly inside a ContentPage and set to VerticalOptions="End", it appears behind the Android navigation bar when displayed at the bottom. This issue occurs only in .NET MAUI 10.

Case 1: Label inside the ContentView

<ContentPage>
   <ContentView>
<Label Text="Footer" TextColor="White" FontSize="Large" VerticalTextAlignment="Start" VerticalOptions="End" HeightRequest="40" BackgroundColor="Blue"/>
</ContentView>
</ContentPage>

Case 2: Label inside the ContentPage

<ContentPage>  
<Label Text="Footer" TextColor="White" FontSize="Large" VerticalTextAlignment="Start" VerticalOptions="End" HeightRequest="40" BackgroundColor="Blue"/>
</ContentPage>

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run the attached sample in Android platform.
2. The label will be behind the navigation bar.

Expected Behavior
The label should appear above the navigation bar, respecting safe area insets.

Actual Behavior
The label is rendered behind the navigation bar on Android.

Issue screenShot:

Link to public reproduction project repository

FrameworkIssue.zip

Version with bug

10.0.11

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Yes, this used to work in .NET MAUI

Last version that worked well

9.0.120 SR12

Affected platforms

Android

Affected platform versions

Checked in Android API 33

Did you find any workaround?

FrameworkIssue.zip

Relevant log output

[LogishaSelvarajSF4525]

This issue has been validated in Visual Studio Code 1.106.3 with MAUI versions 9.0.120, 10.0.0-rC.1, 10.0.0-rC.2, 10.0.0 10.0.10 & 10.0.11. It can be reproducible from 10.0.10 version on Android platform.

[kubaflo]

Hi! @AneesFathimaS this isn’t a bug — it’s related to the recent safe-area enhancements. You can read more about it here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/user-interface/safe-area?view=net-maui-10.0

So just add SafeAreaEdges="Container" to your ContentPage :)