How to change the background color of Status Bar in WP8 silverlight?

Question

Is there any way to change the Background Color of status bar in Windows Phone 8 silverlight application?

Answer 1

It is quite easy to do that, but I'm not sure if it is reflected in the emulator (better try it on a real device).

Open the XAML of the page where you want to change the status bar and then change these properties the way you want them to be:

shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True"
shell:SystemTray.BackgroundColor="#2440b2"
shell:SystemTray.ForegroundColor="White"

The *.IsVisible property ensures the status bar is visible, the *.BackgroundColor is setting the correct background of the status bar and finally the *.ForegroundColor changes the color of text and icons.