How to change status bar color to match app in Lollipop Android

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In the new lollipop update I noticed that with the native Google apps the color of the status bar changes to match the action bar on the app you re running  I see it s on the Twitter app also so I m guessing it s not exclusively Google who can do it    Does anyone know how to do this if it is possible

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To set the status bar color  create a style xml file under res values-v21 folder with this content    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt resources gt        lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent  AppTheme  gt           lt item name  android windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds  gt true lt  item gt           lt item name  android statusBarColor  gt  color blue lt  item gt       lt  style gt    lt  resources gt

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In android pre Lollipop devices you can do it from SystemBarTintManager If you are using android studio just add Systembartint lib in your gradle file   dependencies       compile  com readystatesoftware systembartint systembartint 1 0 3              Then in your activity     create manager instance after the content view is set SystemBarTintManager mTintManager   new SystemBarTintManager this      enable status bar tint mTintManager setStatusBarTintEnabled true   mTintManager setTintColor getResources   getColor R color blue

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Another way to set the status bar color is through the style xml   To do that  create a style xml file under res values-v21 folder with this content    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt resources gt       lt style name  AppTheme  parent  android Theme Material  gt           lt  --   darker variant for the status bar and contextual app bars -- gt           lt item name  android colorPrimaryDark  gt  color blue dark lt  item gt       lt  style gt   lt  resources gt    Edit  as pointed out in comments  when using AppCompat the code is different  In file res values style xml use instead    lt style name  Theme MyTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light  gt          lt  -- Set AppCompat   s color theming attrs -- gt       lt item name  colorPrimary  gt  color my awesome red lt  item gt       lt item name  colorPrimaryDark  gt  color my awesome darker red lt  item gt       lt  -- Other attributes -- gt   lt  style gt

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Just add this in you styles xml  The colorPrimary is for the action bar and the colorPrimaryDark is for the status bar    lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light DarkActionBar  gt       lt item name  android colorPrimary  gt  color primary lt  item gt       lt item name  android colorPrimaryDark  gt  color primary dark lt  item gt   lt  style gt    This picture from developer android explains more about color pallete  You can read more on this link

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Also if you want different status-bar color for different activity  fragments  you can do it with following steps  work on API 21 and above    First create values21 style xml and put following code     lt style name  AIO  parent  AIOBase  gt               lt item name  android windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds  gt true lt  item gt               lt item name  android windowContentTransitions  gt true lt  item gt       lt  style gt    Then define White Dark themes in your values style xml like following     lt style name  AIOBase  parent  Theme AppCompat Light NoActionBar  gt           lt item name  colorPrimary  gt  color color primary lt  item gt           lt item name  colorPrimaryDark  gt  color color primary dark lt  item gt           lt item name  colorAccent  gt  color color accent lt  item gt           lt item name  android textColorPrimary  gt  android color black lt  item gt           lt item name  android statusBarColor  tools targetApi  lollipop  gt  color color primary dark          lt  item gt           lt item name  android textColor  gt  color gray darkest lt  item gt           lt item name  android windowBackground  gt  color default bg lt  item gt           lt item name  android colorBackground  gt  color default bg lt  item gt       lt  style gt         lt style name  AIO  parent  AIOBase    gt        lt style name  AIO Dark  parent  AIOBase  gt           lt item name  android statusBarColor  tools targetApi  lollipop  gt  171717          lt  item gt       lt  style gt        lt style name  AIO White  parent  AIOBase  gt           lt item name  android statusBarColor  tools targetApi  lollipop  gt  bdbdbd          lt  item gt       lt  style gt    Also don t forget to apply themes in your manifest xml

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To change status bar color use setStatusBarColor int color   According the javadoc  we also need set some flags on the window    Working snippet of code   Window window   activity getWindow    window addFlags WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG DRAWS SYSTEM BAR BACKGROUNDS   window clearFlags WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG TRANSLUCENT STATUS   window setStatusBarColor ContextCompat getColor activity  R color example color       Keep in mind according Material Design guidelines status bar color and action bar color should be different    ActionBar should use primary 500 color StatusBar should use primary 700 color   Look at the screenshot below

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Add this line in style of v21 if you use two style           lt item name  android statusBarColor  gt  43434f lt  item gt

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