[dart] How to change status bar color in Flutter?

I am trying to change the status bar color to white. I found this pub on flutter. I tried to use the example code on my dart files.

Most of the answers are using SystemChrome which only works for Android. My solution is to combine both AnnotatedRegion and SafeArea into new Widget so it also works in iOS. And I can use it with or without AppBar.

class ColoredStatusBar extends StatelessWidget {
  const ColoredStatusBar({
    Key key,
    this.color,
    this.child,
    this.brightness = Brightness.dark,
  }) : super(key: key);

  final Color color;
  final Widget child;
  final Brightness brightness;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final defaultColor = Colors.blue;
    final androidIconBrightness =
        brightness == Brightness.dark ? Brightness.light : Brightness.dark;
    return AnnotatedRegion<SystemUiOverlayStyle>(
      value: SystemUiOverlayStyle(
        statusBarColor: color ?? defaultColor,
        statusBarIconBrightness: androidIconBrightness,
        statusBarBrightness: brightness,
      ),
      child: Container(
        color: color ?? defaultColor,
        child: SafeArea(
          bottom: false,
          child: Container(
            child: child,
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

Usage: Place it to top of page's widget.

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return ColoredStatusBar(
    child: /* your child here */,
  );
}

 return Scaffold(
      backgroundColor: STATUS_BAR_COLOR_HERE,
      body: SafeArea(
        child: scaffoldBody(),
      ),
);

on the main.dart file import service like follow

  import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

and inside build method just add this line before return

SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle(
    statusBarColor: Colors.orange
)); 

Like this:

@override
 Widget build(BuildContext context) {
   SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle(
       statusBarColor: CustomColors.appbarcolor
    ));
    return MaterialApp(
    home: MySplash(),
    theme: ThemeData(
      brightness: Brightness.light,
      primaryColor: CustomColors.appbarcolor,
    ),
  );
 }

What you want is Themes. They're important for a lot more than the AppBar color.

https://flutter.io/cookbook/design/themes/

Works for both iOS and Android

import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle.dark);

  return Scaffold();
}
    

First of all you are import this line:

import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

Then You can use bellow this some line of code in main.dart file

SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle(
systemNavigationBarColor: Colors.amber, // navigation bar color
statusBarColor: Colors.white, // status bar color
statusBarIconBrightness: Brightness.dark, // status bar icon color
systemNavigationBarIconBrightness: Brightness.dark, // color of navigation controls
));

Note: If you follow above this steep. as a result you control all of screen. But if you control individual screen status bar color then you can try this ...

import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

Widget build(BuildContext context) {
 SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle(
  statusBarColor: Colors.transparent,
  systemNavigationBarColor: Colors.transparent,
));
}

I can't comment directly in the thread since I don't have the requisite reputation yet, but the author asked the following:

the only issue is that the background is white but the clock, wireless and other text and icons are also in white .. I am not sure why!!

For anyone else who comes to this thread, here's what worked for me. The text color of the status bar is decided by the Brightness constant in flutter/material.dart. To change this, adjust the SystemChrome solution like so to configure the text:

    SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle(
      statusBarColor: Colors.red,
      statusBarBrightness: Brightness.dark,
    ));

Your possible values for Brightness are Brightness.dark and Brightness.light.

Documentation: https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/dart-ui/Brightness-class.html https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/services/SystemUiOverlayStyle-class.html

None of the existing solutions helped me, because I don't use AppBar and I don't want to make statements whenever the user switches the app theme. I needed a reactive way to switch between the light and dark modes and found that AppBar uses a widget called Semantics for setting the status bar color.

Basically, this is how I do it:

return Semantics(
  container: false,  // don't make it a new node in the hierarchy
  child: AnnotatedRegion<SystemUiOverlayStyle>(
    value: SystemUiOverlayStyle.light,  // or .dark
    child: MyApp(),  // your widget goes here
  ),
);

• Semantics is imported from package:flutter/material.dart.
• SystemUiOverlayStyle is imported from package:flutter/services.dart.

For those who uses AppBar

If you use AppBar then updating status bar color is as simple as this:

Scaffold(
  appBar: AppBar(
    // Use [Brightness.light] for black status bar 
    // or [Brightness.dark] for white status bar
    // https://stackoverflow.com/a/58132007/1321917
    brightness: Brightness.light 
  ),
  body: ...
)

To apply for all app bars:

return MaterialApp(
  theme: Theme.of(context).copyWith(
    appBarTheme: Theme.of(context)
        .appBarTheme
        .copyWith(brightness: Brightness.light),
  ...
  ),

For those who don't use AppBar

Wrap your content with AnnotatedRegion and set value to SystemUiOverlayStyle.light or SystemUiOverlayStyle.dark:

return AnnotatedRegion<SystemUiOverlayStyle>(
  // Use [SystemUiOverlayStyle.light] for white status bar 
  // or [SystemUiOverlayStyle.dark] for black status bar
  // https://stackoverflow.com/a/58132007/1321917
  value: SystemUiOverlayStyle.light,
  child: Scaffold(...),
);

I solved it by change the whole background color like following:

In the main screen:

return Scaffold(

  backgroundColor: Colors.black,

  body: SafeArea(
  
 ),

);

This is by far is the best way, it requires no extra plugins.

Widget emptyAppBar(){
  return PreferredSize(
      preferredSize: Size.fromHeight(0.0), 
      child: AppBar(
        backgroundColor: Color(0xFFf7f7f7),
        brightness: Brightness.light,
      )
  );
}

and call it in your scaffold like this

return Scaffold(
      appBar: emptyAppBar(),
     .
     .
     .

I had issues with all mentioned answers, except with solution i did myself: Container(width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width, height: MediaQuery.of(context).padding.top, color: Colors.green) For views, where is no appBar added i just use container with background which exact height matches status bar height. In this scenario each view can have different status color and i don't need to worry and think about some logic, that somehow wrong views has somehow wrong colors.

to Make it Like your App Bar Color

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

 Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle(
      statusBarColor: Colors.transparent,
      systemNavigationBarColor: Colors.transparent,
  ));
 }

Update (Recommended):

On latest Flutter version, you should use:

AppBar(
  backwardsCompatibility: false,
  systemOverlayStyle: SystemUiOverlayStyle(statusBarColor: Colors.orange),
)

Only Android (more flexibility):

import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

void main() {
  SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle(
    systemNavigationBarColor: Colors.blue, // navigation bar color
    statusBarColor: Colors.pink, // status bar color
  ));
}

Both iOS and Android:

appBar: AppBar(
  backgroundColor: Colors.red, // status bar color
  brightness: Brightness.light, // status bar brightness
)

It can be achieved in 2 steps:

1. Set the status bar color to match to your page background using FlutterStatusbarcolor package
2. Set the status bar buttons' (battery, wifi etc.) colors using the AppBar.brightness property

If you have an AppBar:

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    FlutterStatusbarcolor.setStatusBarColor(Colors.white);
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        brightness: Brightness.light,
        // Other AppBar properties
      ),
      body: Container()
    );
  }

If you don't want to show the app bar in the page:

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    FlutterStatusbarcolor.setStatusBarColor(Colors.white);
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        brightness: Brightness.light,
        elevation: 0.0,
        toolbarHeight: 0.0, // Hide the AppBar
      ),
      body: Container()
  }

Instead of the often suggested SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle() which is a system wide service and does not reset on a different route, you can use an AnnotatedRegion<SystemUiOverlayStyle> which is a widget and only has effect for the widget that you wrap.

AnnotatedRegion<SystemUiOverlayStyle>(
   value: SystemUiOverlayStyle(
      statusBarColor: Colors.white,
  ),
  child: Scaffold(
      ...
  ),
)

I spent way to much time on this. When switching my theme from light to dark mode, I struggled. This package works, just add it to your build context. Works great for me on Android and iOs.

https://pub.dev/packages/statusbar

    sharedPrefs.darkTheme
    ? StatusBar.color(Colors.black)
    : StatusBar.color(Colors.white);

This one will also work

SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle.dark);
SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle.light);

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return Theme(
    data: ThemeData(brightness: Brightness.dark),
    child: Scaffold()
    ....
  )
}

This worked for me:

Import Service

import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

Then add:

@override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {

    SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle(
      statusBarColor: Colors.white,
      statusBarBrightness: Brightness.dark,
    ));
    return MaterialApp(home: Scaffold(

This is everything you need to know:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

void main() {
  SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle(
    systemNavigationBarColor: Colors.amber, // navigation bar color
    statusBarColor: Colors.white, // status bar color
    statusBarIconBrightness: Brightness.dark, // status bar icon color
    systemNavigationBarIconBrightness: Brightness.dark, // color of navigation controls
  ));
  runApp(MyApp());
}

Change status bar color when you are not using AppBar

First Import this

import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

Now use below code to change status bar color in your application when you are not using the AppBar

SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle.dark.copyWith(

    statusBarColor: AppColors.statusBarColor,/* set Status bar color in Android devices. */
    
    statusBarIconBrightness: Brightness.dark,/* set Status bar icons color in Android devices.*/
    
    statusBarBrightness: Brightness.dark)/* set Status bar icon color in iOS. */
); 

To change the status bar color in iOS when you are using SafeArea

Scaffold(
  body: Container(
    color: Colors.red, /* Set your status bar color here */
    child: SafeArea(child: Container(
      /* Add your Widget here */
    )),
  ),
); 

I think this will help you:

SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle(
        systemNavigationBarColor: Colors.white, // navigation bar color
        statusBarColor: Colors.white, // status bar color
        statusBarIconBrightness: Brightness.dark, // status bar icons' color
        systemNavigationBarIconBrightness: Brightness.dark, //navigation bar icons' color
    ));