diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values-v29/styles.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values-v29/styles.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..24a6c3efcc6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values-v29/styles.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+    <style name="Theme.FullScreenDialog">
+        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
+        <item name="android:windowIsFloating">false</item>
+        <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/transparent</item>
+        <item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
+        <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
+        <item name="android:enforceNavigationBarContrast">false</item>
+    </style>
+</resources>
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diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index 42da35d7a493b..220bbe6e655e5 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
         <item name="android:colorEdgeEffect">@color/gray4</item>
         <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
         <item name="android:navigationBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
-        <item name="android:enforceNavigationBarContrast">false</item>
         <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>
         <item name="android:editTextBackground">@drawable/rn_edit_text_material</item>
         <item name="popupTheme">@style/AppTheme.Popup</item>
diff --git a/patches/react-native/details.md b/patches/react-native/details.md
index 85f3c5f4a3677..401ac5c2a46d3 100644
--- a/patches/react-native/details.md
+++ b/patches/react-native/details.md
@@ -189,4 +189,13 @@
 - Reason: This patch fixes a crash that occurred when the clipboard text data can be null.
 - Upstream PR/issue: 🛑
 - E/App issue: [#66925](https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues/66925)
-- PR introducing patch: [#66749](https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/66749)
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+- PR introducing patch: [#66749](https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/66749)
+
+- PR introducing patch: [#66749](https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/66749)
+-
+### [react-native+0.79.2+028+fix-modal-transparent-navigation-bar.patch](react-native+0.79.2+028+fix-modal-transparent-navigation-bar.patch)
+
+- Reason: This patch fixes an issue where it is not possible to enable a transparent navigation bar on Android
+- Upstream PR/issue: 🛑
+- E/App issue: [#69005](https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues/69005)
+- PR introducing patch: [#69004](https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/69004)
diff --git a/patches/react-native/react-native+0.79.2+028+fix-modal-transparent-navigation-bar.patch b/patches/react-native/react-native+0.79.2+028+fix-modal-transparent-navigation-bar.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..834e15fcafd37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/react-native/react-native+0.79.2+028+fix-modal-transparent-navigation-bar.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.kt b/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.kt
+index 139a1c1..f6d1faa 100644
+--- a/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.kt
++++ b/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.kt
+@@ -361,6 +361,21 @@ public class ReactModalHostView(context: ThemedReactContext) :
+       // Navigation bar cannot be translucent without status bar being translucent too
+       dialogWindow.setSystemBarsTranslucency(navigationBarTranslucent)
+ 
++      // If enforceNavigationBarContrast is explicitly set in the app theme (AppTheme),
++      // we need to override the default behaviour for edge-to-edge mode in WindowUtils.setSystemBarsTranslucency.
++      if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
++        val attrs = intArrayOf(android.R.attr.enforceNavigationBarContrast)
++        val ta = context.obtainStyledAttributes(R.style.Theme_FullScreenDialog, attrs)
++
++        if (ta.length() == 1) {
++          val enforceNavigationBarContrastStyleValue = ta.getBoolean(0, false)
++          dialogWindow.isNavigationBarContrastEnforced = enforceNavigationBarContrastStyleValue
++        }
++
++        ta.recycle()
++      }
++
++
+       if (!navigationBarTranslucent) {
+         dialogWindow.setStatusBarTranslucency(statusBarTranslucent)
+       }
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