diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/thefeed/android/MainActivity.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/thefeed/android/MainActivity.kt
index 061071b..6ed82ff 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/thefeed/android/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/thefeed/android/MainActivity.kt
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@ import android.webkit.WebView
 import android.webkit.WebViewClient
 import android.view.View
 import android.widget.TextView
+import android.webkit.JsResult
+import android.webkit.WebChromeClient
+import android.app.AlertDialog
 import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
 import androidx.activity.result.contract.ActivityResultContracts
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
+import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat
+import androidx.core.view.WindowCompat
+import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection
 import java.net.URL
 
@@ -32,8 +38,20 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
 
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+        // Let the app draw behind the system status bar
+        WindowCompat.setDecorFitsSystemWindows(window, false)
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
 
+        // Apply top inset as padding so content isn't hidden behind the status bar
+        val rootView = findViewById<View>(android.R.id.content)
+        ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener(rootView) { v, insets ->
+            val systemBars = insets.getInsets(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.systemBars())
+            v.setPadding(0, systemBars.top, 0, systemBars.bottom)
+            insets
+        }
+        // Trigger inset dispatch explicitly — required on some older Android versions
+        ViewCompat.requestApplyInsets(rootView)
+
         webView = findViewById(R.id.webView)
         txtStatus = findViewById(R.id.txtStatus)
 
@@ -88,6 +106,21 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
             }
         }
 
+        // Required for confirm() / alert() / prompt() to work in WebView
+        webView.webChromeClient = object : WebChromeClient() {
+            override fun onJsConfirm(
+                view: WebView?, url: String?, message: String?, result: JsResult?
+            ): Boolean {
+                AlertDialog.Builder(this@MainActivity)
+                    .setMessage(message)
+                    .setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok) { _, _ -> result?.confirm() }
+                    .setNegativeButton(android.R.string.cancel) { _, _ -> result?.cancel() }
+                    .setOnCancelListener { result?.cancel() }
+                    .show()
+                return true
+            }
+        }
+
         with(webView.settings) {
             javaScriptEnabled = true
             domStorageEnabled = true
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/themes.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/themes.xml
index 24028e9..4f3576b 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/themes.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/themes.xml
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
         <item name="colorPrimaryVariant">@color/bgPanel</item>
         <item name="colorOnPrimary">@color/text</item>
         <item name="android:statusBarColor" tools:targetApi="l">@color/bg</item>
+        <item name="android:navigationBarColor">@color/bg</item>
+        <item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
     </style>
 </resources>
diff --git a/internal/web/static/index.html b/internal/web/static/index.html
index 6a58a85..bb33057 100644
--- a/internal/web/static/index.html
+++ b/internal/web/static/index.html
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ var I18N = {
   fa: {
     search:'جستجو...',settings:'تنظیمات',profiles:'پروفایل‌ها',
     no_channels:'کانالی وجود ندارد',loading:'در حال بارگذاری...',no_messages:'هنوز پیامی در این کانال وجود ندارد',
+    no_channels_hint:'برنامه در حال دریافت اطلاعات از سرور است...',
+    no_messages_hint:'برنامه در حال دریافت پیام‌ها است. لطفاً چند لحظه صبر کنید...',
     write_message:'پیام بنویسید...',configure_server:'برای شروع یک سرور راه‌اندازی کنید',
     set_up:'راه‌اندازی',switching:'در حال تغییر پروفایل...',
     font_size:'اندازه قلم',debug_mode:'حالت دیباگ',language:'زبان',
@@ -378,6 +380,8 @@ var I18N = {
   en: {
     search:'Search...',settings:'Settings',profiles:'Profiles',
     no_channels:'No channels',loading:'Loading...',no_messages:'No messages in this channel',
+    no_channels_hint:'The app is fetching channel list from the server...',
+    no_messages_hint:'The app is trying to fetch messages. Please wait a moment...',
     write_message:'Write a message...',configure_server:'Configure a server to start reading',
     set_up:'Set Up',switching:'Switching profile...',
     font_size:'Font Size',debug_mode:'Debug mode',language:'Language',
@@ -756,7 +760,7 @@ async function loadChannels(){
 
 function renderChannels(){
   var el=document.getElementById('channelList');
-  if(!channels||!channels.length){el.innerHTML='<div style="padding:20px;text-align:center;color:var(--text-dim);font-size:13px">'+t('no_channels')+'</div>';return}
+  if(!channels||!channels.length){el.innerHTML='<div style="padding:20px;text-align:center;color:var(--text-dim);font-size:13px">'+t('no_channels')+'<br><span style="font-size:11px;opacity:.7">'+t('no_channels_hint')+'</span></div>';return}
   var pubs=[],privs=[];
   for(var i=0;i<channels.length;i++){var c=channels[i];(c.ChatType===1||c.chatType===1?privs:pubs).push({ch:c,idx:i})}
   function section(title,items){
@@ -810,7 +814,7 @@ async function loadMessages(chNum){
 
 function renderMessages(msgs){
   var el=document.getElementById('messages');
-  if(!msgs||!msgs.length){el.innerHTML='<div class="empty-state"><p>'+t('no_messages')+'</p></div>';return}
+  if(!msgs||!msgs.length){el.innerHTML='<div class="empty-state"><p>'+t('no_messages')+'</p><p style="font-size:12px;opacity:.6;margin-top:6px">'+t('no_messages_hint')+'</p></div>';return}
   msgs.sort(function(a,b){return(a.Timestamp||a.timestamp||0)-(b.Timestamp||b.timestamp||0)});
   var html='',lastDate='';
   var dateLocale=lang==='fa'?'fa-IR':'en-US';