Android Completely transparent Status Bar?

Question

All you need to do is set these properties in your theme:

<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">true</item>

Your activity / container layout you wish to have a transparent status bar needs this property set:

android:fitsSystemWindows="true"

It is generally not possible to perform this for sure on pre-kitkat, looks like you can do it but some strange code makes it so.

EDIT: I would recommend this lib: https://github.com/jgilfelt/SystemBarTint for lots of pre-lollipop status bar color control.

Well after much deliberation I've learned that the answer to totally disabling the translucency or any color placed on the status bar and navigation bar for lollipop is to set this flag on the window:

// In Activity's onCreate() for instance
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
    Window w = getWindow();
    w.setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS);
}

No other theme-ing is necessary, it produces something like this:

Just add this line of code to your main java file:

getWindow().setFlags(
    WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS,
    WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS
);

You Can Use Below Code To Make Status Bar Transparent. See Images With red highlight which helps you to identify use of Below code

Kotlin code snippet for your android app

Step:1 Write down code in On create Method

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19 && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 21) {
    setWindowFlag(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS, true)
}
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19) {
    window.decorView.systemUiVisibility = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE or View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN
}
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
    setWindowFlag(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS, false)
    window.statusBarColor = Color.TRANSPARENT
}

Step2: You Need SetWindowFlag method which describe in Below code.

private fun setWindowFlag(bits: Int, on: Boolean) {
    val win = window
    val winParams = win.attributes
    if (on) {
        winParams.flags = winParams.flags or bits
    } else {
        winParams.flags = winParams.flags and bits.inv()
    }
    win.attributes = winParams
}

Java code snippet for your android app:

Step1: Main Activity Code

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19 && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 21) {
    setWindowFlag(this, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS, true);
}
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19) {
    getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN);
}

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
    setWindowFlag(this, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS, false);
    getWindow().setStatusBarColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
}

Step2: SetWindowFlag Method

public static void setWindowFlag(Activity activity, final int bits, boolean on) {
    Window win = activity.getWindow();
    WindowManager.LayoutParams winParams = win.getAttributes();
    if (on) {
        winParams.flags |= bits;
    } else {
        winParams.flags &= ~bits;
    }
    win.setAttributes(winParams);
}

Works for Android KitKat and above (For those who want to transparent the status bar and don't manipulate the NavigationBar, because all of these answers will transparent the NavigationBar too!)

The easiest way to achieve it:

Put these 3 lines of code in the styles.xml (v19) -> if you don't know how to have this (v19), just write them in your default styles.xml and then use alt+enter to automatically create it:

<item name="android:windowFullscreen">false</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
<item name="android:fitsSystemWindows">false</item>

And now, go to your MainActivity Class and put this Method out of onCreate in the class:

public static void setWindowFlag(Activity activity, final int bits, boolean on) {

    Window win = activity.getWindow();
    WindowManager.LayoutParams winParams = win.getAttributes();
    if (on) {
        winParams.flags |= bits;
    } else {
        winParams.flags &= ~bits;
    }
    win.setAttributes(winParams);
}

Then put this code in the onCreate method of the Activity:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19 && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 21) {
        setWindowFlag(this, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS, true);
    }
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19) {
        getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN);
    }
    //make fully Android Transparent Status bar
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
        setWindowFlag(this, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS, false);
        getWindow().setStatusBarColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
    }

That's it!

You can use the external library StatusBarUtil:

Add to your module level build.gradle:

compile 'com.jaeger.statusbarutil:library:1.4.0'

Then you can use the following util for an Activity to make the status bar transparent:

StatusBarUtil.setTransparent(Activity activity)

Example:

Completely Transparent StatusBar and NavigationBar

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    transparentStatusAndNavigation();
}


private void transparentStatusAndNavigation() {
    //make full transparent statusBar
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19 && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 21) {
        setWindowFlag(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS
                | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_NAVIGATION, true);
    }
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19) {
        getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(
                View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE
                        | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN
                        | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION
        );
    }
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
        setWindowFlag(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS
                | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_NAVIGATION, false);
        getWindow().setStatusBarColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
        getWindow().setNavigationBarColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
    }
}

private void setWindowFlag(final int bits, boolean on) {
    Window win = getWindow();
    WindowManager.LayoutParams winParams = win.getAttributes();
    if (on) {
        winParams.flags |= bits;
    } else {
        winParams.flags &= ~bits;
    }
    win.setAttributes(winParams);
}

To draw your layout under statusbar:

values/styles.xml

<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>

values-v21/styles.xml

<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>

Use CoordinatorLayout/DrawerLayout which already take care of the fitsSystemWindows parameter or create your own layout to like this:

public class FitsSystemWindowConstraintLayout extends ConstraintLayout {

    private Drawable mStatusBarBackground;
    private boolean mDrawStatusBarBackground;

    private WindowInsetsCompat mLastInsets;

    private Map<View, int[]> childsMargins = new HashMap<>();

    public FitsSystemWindowConstraintLayout(Context context) {
        this(context, null);
    }

    public FitsSystemWindowConstraintLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        this(context, attrs, 0);
    }

    public FitsSystemWindowConstraintLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);

        if (ViewCompat.getFitsSystemWindows(this)) {
            ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener(this, new android.support.v4.view.OnApplyWindowInsetsListener() {
                @Override
                public WindowInsetsCompat onApplyWindowInsets(View view, WindowInsetsCompat insets) {
                    FitsSystemWindowConstraintLayout layout = (FitsSystemWindowConstraintLayout) view;
                    layout.setChildInsets(insets, insets.getSystemWindowInsetTop() > 0);
                    return insets.consumeSystemWindowInsets();
                }
            });
            setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE
                    | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN);
            TypedArray typedArray = context.obtainStyledAttributes(new int[]{android.R.attr.colorPrimaryDark});
            try {
                mStatusBarBackground = typedArray.getDrawable(0);
            } finally {
                typedArray.recycle();
            }
        } else {
            mStatusBarBackground = null;
        }
    }

    public void setChildInsets(WindowInsetsCompat insets, boolean draw) {
        mLastInsets = insets;
        mDrawStatusBarBackground = draw;
        setWillNotDraw(!draw && getBackground() == null);

        for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
            View child = getChildAt(i);
            if (child.getVisibility() != GONE) {
                if (ViewCompat.getFitsSystemWindows(this)) {
                    ConstraintLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = (ConstraintLayout.LayoutParams) child.getLayoutParams();

                    if (ViewCompat.getFitsSystemWindows(child)) {
                        ViewCompat.dispatchApplyWindowInsets(child, insets);
                    } else {
                        int[] childMargins = childsMargins.get(child);
                        if (childMargins == null) {
                            childMargins = new int[]{layoutParams.leftMargin, layoutParams.topMargin, layoutParams.rightMargin, layoutParams.bottomMargin};
                            childsMargins.put(child, childMargins);
                        }
                        if (layoutParams.leftToLeft == LayoutParams.PARENT_ID) {
                            layoutParams.leftMargin = childMargins[0] + insets.getSystemWindowInsetLeft();
                        }
                        if (layoutParams.topToTop == LayoutParams.PARENT_ID) {
                            layoutParams.topMargin = childMargins[1] + insets.getSystemWindowInsetTop();
                        }
                        if (layoutParams.rightToRight == LayoutParams.PARENT_ID) {
                            layoutParams.rightMargin = childMargins[2] + insets.getSystemWindowInsetRight();
                        }
                        if (layoutParams.bottomToBottom == LayoutParams.PARENT_ID) {
                            layoutParams.bottomMargin = childMargins[3] + insets.getSystemWindowInsetBottom();
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        requestLayout();
    }

    public void setStatusBarBackground(Drawable bg) {
        mStatusBarBackground = bg;
        invalidate();
    }

    public Drawable getStatusBarBackgroundDrawable() {
        return mStatusBarBackground;
    }

    public void setStatusBarBackground(int resId) {
        mStatusBarBackground = resId != 0 ? ContextCompat.getDrawable(getContext(), resId) : null;
        invalidate();
    }

    public void setStatusBarBackgroundColor(@ColorInt int color) {
        mStatusBarBackground = new ColorDrawable(color);
        invalidate();
    }

    @Override
    public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        super.onDraw(canvas);
        if (mDrawStatusBarBackground && mStatusBarBackground != null) {
            int inset = mLastInsets != null ? mLastInsets.getSystemWindowInsetTop() : 0;
            if (inset > 0) {
                mStatusBarBackground.setBounds(0, 0, getWidth(), inset);
                mStatusBarBackground.draw(canvas);
            }
        }
    }
}

main_activity.xml

<FitsSystemWindowConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        android:scaleType="centerCrop"
        android:src="@drawable/toolbar_background"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@id/toolbar"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="@android:color/transparent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/toolbar">

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="Content"
            android:textSize="48sp" />
    </LinearLayout>
</FitsSystemWindowConstraintLayout>

Result:

Screenshot: