How to get the Status Bar background color to show colorPrimaryDark

Question

I have a layout that used to update the background color of the status bar based on colorPrimaryDark.

This worked great when the layout's root layout was a CoordinatorLayout, but when I switched it to a LinearLayout the status bar background is no longer updated.

The source for the layout and a screenshot are pasted below. An example of a layout that works properly is also listed.

Thank you!

layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".churches.ChurchesActivity">

    <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">

        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />

    </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
    <android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
        android:id="@+id/coordinatorLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        >

        <FrameLayout
            android:id="@+id/contentFrame"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
    </android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

</LinearLayout>

styles.xml

<resources>

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"/>

<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

styles-v21.xml

<resources>

<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
    <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
</style>

Status Bar is not colorPrimaryDark

Status Bar is colorPrimaryDark

Answer 1

When posting styles-v21.xml I found that android:statusBarColor was set to transparent:

<item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>

Changing android:statusBarColor to colorPrimaryDark fixed it. Thank you!

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

Not sure why statusBarColor came into play after switching to a LinearLayout from a CoordinatorLayout. Thank you!

Answer 2

Try this in Activity before set content view

if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
        getWindow().setStatusBarColor(getFactorColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.action_bar_color), 0.4f));
}

where getFactorColor method is

public static int getFactorColor(int color, float factor) {
    float[] hsv = new float[3];
    Color.colorToHSV(color, hsv);
    hsv[2] *= factor;
    color = Color.HSVToColor(hsv);
    return color;
}