Android Lollipop Set Status Bar Text Color

Question

I'm trying to set the status bar text color in Android v21, but I'm not seeing an API method for it. Here's what I have so far for the background

MyActivity.java > onCreate:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {         Window window = getWindow();         window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);          window.setStatusBarColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.white));      } 

Obviously white text on white background won't work. I'm looking for something like

window.setStatusBarTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.orange)); 

Answer 1

You can not set the status bar text color by specifying any color explicitly

But you can try below alternative which is Added in API 23,

You can use "android:windowLightStatusBar" attribute in two ways

• "android:windowLightStatusBar" = true, status bar text color will be compatible (grey) when status bar color is light
• "android:windowLightStatusBar" = false, status bar text color will be compatible (white) when status bar color is dark

<style name="statusBarStyle" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.Light">         <item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/status_bar_color</item>         <item name="android:windowLightStatusBar">false</item> </style> 

You can check above api in below link - https://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#windowLightStatusBar

Answer 2

Here's a Java implementation of Gandalf458's answer.

/** Changes the System Bar Theme. */ @RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.M) public static final void setSystemBarTheme(final Activity pActivity, final boolean pIsDark) {     // Fetch the current flags.     final int lFlags = pActivity.getWindow().getDecorView().getSystemUiVisibility();     // Update the SystemUiVisibility dependening on whether we want a Light or Dark theme.     pActivity.getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(pIsDark ? (lFlags & ~View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR) : (lFlags | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR)); }