diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 3b66ff80b..516e09aa5 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 26
+    compileSdkVersion 28
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = 'com.classicube.android.client'
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ android {
             path 'CMakeLists.txt'
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/classicube/MainActivity.java b/android/app/src/main/java/com/classicube/MainActivity.java
index 4d39c684f..3ee94b4c6 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/classicube/MainActivity.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/classicube/MainActivity.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.StrictMode;
 import android.provider.Settings.Secure;
 import android.text.Editable;
@@ -180,6 +181,11 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 		window.setFormat(PixelFormat.RGBX_8888);
 		window.setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_UNSPECIFIED | WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE);
 		requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
+		if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
+			window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS);
+			window.getAttributes().layoutInDisplayCutoutMode =
+			WindowManager.LayoutParams.LAYOUT_IN_DISPLAY_CUTOUT_MODE_SHORT_EDGES;
+		}
 		// TODO: semaphore for destroyed and surfaceDestroyed
 
 		// avoid FileUriExposed exception when taking screenshots on recent Android versions
diff --git a/android/gradlew b/android/gradlew
old mode 100644
new mode 100755