Status bar turns white and does not show content behind it

Question

I am trying out AppCompat on Marshmallow. And I want to have a transparent status bar however it turns white. I\'ve tried a couple solutions but they didn\'t work for me (Tr

Answer 1

Add this in your style.xml

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

Note : Status bar coloring is not supported below API level 21.

Answer 2

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

add the 'windowTranslucentStatus' item in styles