Navigation bar always ends up overlapping apps. Any way to prevent this?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/4204876

Sometimes just a simple phone restart can do a lot. You could also try changing the navigation mode to gestures and then back to buttons which should force update the navigation bar position.
At this point I just switched to gestures permanently. Took me a few hours to get accustomed to it.
Yeah, but that is not an op’s desired solution. I think he/she is aware of the navigation gestures option.
You’re talking to the OP
I was but I discarded this option when I bought the pixel, and I didn’t think about it since. I have switched to gestures and am trying to acclimate to it. So far, it’s acceptable.