How can I make the status bar white with black icons?

Question

I want to change the colour of the status bar for my app so that it\'s white with black icons (instead of the default black with white icons). Is there any way of doing this

Answer 1

I had the same issue.

I noticed that when I use normal layout like RelativeLayout it doesn't work. But when I switched to that come from support library like CordinatorLayout it has finally started to work. Try this.

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout 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:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        tools:context=".Activities.Activity">


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


    </android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

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styles

<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" parent="AppTheme">
    <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" />

And in the manifest

<activity
            android:name=".Activities.MyActivity"
            android:label="Activity"
            android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
        </activity>