Tested on real android 14 and turns out we did not need this

app/src/main/java/com/simon/harmonichackernews/CommentsActivity.java

@@ -85,31 +85,6 @@ public void onSwitchView(boolean isAtWebView) {
         }
     }
 
-    //we only need to do the translucent setting on Android 14 and above as its purpose is to
-    //make the predictive back animation nice (when we peek back from a deeper activity,
-    // CommentsActivity cannot be transparent). The theme already sets the activity to translucent
-    //so when we animate in we are transparent which is important!
-    @Override
-    protected void onResume() {
-        super.onResume();
-        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.UPSIDE_DOWN_CAKE) {
-            new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).postDelayed(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    setTranslucent(true);
-                }
-            }, 400);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void onPause() {
-        super.onPause();
-        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.UPSIDE_DOWN_CAKE) {
-            setTranslucent(false);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected void onDestroy() {
         super.onDestroy();