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Fix the Android findings from the Video SDK design testing round - #1856

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Goal

Closes AND-1578

Fix the Android issues #13, #14, #16, #17 and #18 from the Video SDK Design Testing round.

Implementation

  • CallAppBar: the leading and trailing slots get equal weight, so the center content is centered to the bar (#14). Each side slot now gets at most half of the width left after the center content.
  • ParticipantActions: the menu opens 8dp below its button. It opened right at the button's bottom edge (#16).
  • UserAvatarBackground: the avatar is capped at half of the container's shorter side. In PiP it goes from 100dp to 64dp, and in the 128dp floating self-view too (#18).
  • In Picture-in-Picture:
    • ParticipantVideo drops its own corner clip, so only the system window clip remains. The system radius differs per device, and API 30 and older do not round PiP windows at all (#18).
    • ParticipantActions hides the "..." button, because a PiP window does not pass touches to the app.
    • Avatar skips the crossfade, which left the avatar image empty in PiP.
  • Demo ReactionsMenu: the emoji buttons use StreamButton, since the StreamTextButton label padding cut the emoji to "..." (#17).
  • Demo CallScreen: the gap between call control buttons goes from 16dp to 8dp, the visible gap in Figma (#13). The SDK ControlActions default is unchanged, because it also draws the lobby controls.
  • Demo DynamicMenu: the menu rows are left-aligned again, as in 1.x, and only the icon turns blue for highlighted items. The refresh had made them centered text buttons.

🎨 UI Changes

develop-v2 on the left, this branch on the right, light on top, dark below. Pixel 8 (API 35), except the last row.

Change Before / After
Call screen: duration centering, control bar gap call
Tile menu gap tile_menu
More menu: reaction emojis, left-aligned rows more_menu
Debug submenu: left-aligned rows debug_menu
PiP: avatar size and image, no "..." pip_api35
PiP corners on Pixel 4 (API 30) pip_api30

Testing

Use two devices in the same call, one with the camera off.

  1. On the call screen, the duration sits at the center of the top bar, and the control buttons have 8dp between them.
  2. Tap "..." on a participant tile. The menu opens 8dp below the button.
  3. Open the more menu (the settings button in the control bar). All five reaction buttons show their emoji, and the menu rows are left-aligned, also in the debug submenu.
  4. Press Home to enter PiP while the other participant's camera is off. The avatar is smaller and shows the picture, and the "..." button is gone. On API 31+ the window corners are rounded by the system. On API 30 and older the content fills the square window.

Validation: ./gradlew spotlessCheck apiCheck testDebugUnitTest passes. There is no detekt task in this repo. One new golden, call app bar with uneven slots. No existing golden and no .api file changed. The popup offset cannot be covered by a snapshot, because Paparazzi does not render popup windows.

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  • UI Improvements

    • Reduced spacing between call controls for a more compact layout.
    • Updated reaction buttons: the main reaction includes a label, while other reactions display as emoji-only buttons.
    • Kept call app bar content centered even when the leading and trailing areas differ.
    • Avatars now shrink to fit smaller containers.
  • Picture-in-Picture

    • Participant video uses square corners, and participant actions are hidden.
    • Avatar transitions are disabled while in Picture-in-Picture mode.

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SDK Size Comparison 📏

SDK Before After Difference Status
stream-video-android-core 12.38 MB 12.68 MB 0.30 MB 🟡
stream-video-android-ui-xml 5.66 MB 5.72 MB 0.06 MB 🟢
stream-video-android-ui-compose 6.19 MB 3.18 MB -3.01 MB 🚀

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Call UI changes adjust call bar alignment, participant rendering, control spacing, and reaction buttons. A new preview and dark-mode snapshot test cover an uneven-slot call bar.

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Call UI

Layer / File(s) Summary
Call app bar layout and preview
stream-video-android-ui-compose/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/compose/ui/components/call/CallAppBar.kt, stream-video-android-ui-compose/src/debug/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/compose/ui/components/call/CallAppBarPreview.kt, stream-video-android-ui-compose/src/testDebug/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/compose/CallComponentsPortraitTest.kt
CallAppBar centers its content between equally weighted leading and trailing slots. A preview and dark-mode snapshot test cover an uneven-slot layout.
Avatar and participant rendering
stream-video-android-ui-compose/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/compose/ui/components/avatar/Avatar.kt, stream-video-android-ui-compose/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/compose/ui/components/avatar/UserAvatarBackground.kt, stream-video-android-ui-compose/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/compose/ui/components/call/renderer/ParticipantVideo.kt, stream-video-android-ui-compose/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/compose/ui/components/call/pinning/ParticipantActions.kt
In Picture-in-Picture mode, avatars omit the crossfade plugin, participant video uses a rectangular shape, and participant action buttons are hidden. The participant-actions popup gains a spacing gap. UserAvatarBackground limits the avatar size to fit its container.
Demo call controls and reactions
demo-app/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/ui/call/CallScreen.kt, demo-app/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/ui/call/ReactionsMenu.kt
Call control gaps change from spacingMd to spacingXs. Unlabeled reactions use a 48dp StreamButton containing the mapped emoji.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: pratimmallick

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f098d

Avatar crossfades may remain enabled after entering Picture-in-Picture. This is a bounded visual issue, but the component should be recreated when PiP state changes.

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Small gaps line up in tidy rows.
A camera flips; the bar stays true,
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Looks good!

SDK:
- Center the CallAppBar center content to the bar by giving the leading
  and trailing slots equal weight.
- Open the participant actions menu 8dp below its button.
- Cap the UserAvatarBackground avatar at half of the container's shorter
  side, so it fits the PiP window and the floating self-view.
- In Picture-in-Picture, hide the participant actions button (the window
  takes no touches), drop the tile's own corner clip (the system clips the
  window with its own radius), and skip the avatar crossfade, which left
  the avatar image empty.

Demo app:
- Render the reaction emojis with StreamButton, since the StreamTextButton
  label padding truncated them to an ellipsis.
- Reduce the call controls spacing from 16dp to 8dp.
Measure the leading and trailing slots first and center the content in the space left between them, so a long center text no longer squeezes the back and leave buttons to zero width, and a weighted custom center fills the space between the buttons again.
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