Understanding Flutter Status Bar Height: Why MediaQuery.padding.top Returns 0
In Flutter, MediaQuery.of(context).padding.top reports the system UI inset rather than the actual status‑bar height, and when a Scaffold (especially with an AppBar) consumes this padding the value becomes zero, so developers must read the raw view padding via WidgetsBinding or MediaQueryData.fromView to reliably obtain the status‑bar height.