Can't set color of statusbar with cordova-plugin-statusbar

Question

I\'m trying to change the color of the native status bar in an ionic app, but I can\'t get it to work. I\'ve installed cordova-plugin-statusbar, and it installs fine. The fo

Answer 1

Gil's solution doesn't work for me (I've a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge).

onDeviceReady: function () {
    app.receivedEvent('deviceready');
    console.log(StatusBar);
    if (window.cordova && StatusBar) {
        StatusBar.backgroundColorByHexString('#BE1912');
    }
},