How to change status bar color to match app in Lollipop? [Android]

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:

Just add this in you styles.xml.The colorPrimary is for the action bar and the colorPrimaryDark is for the status bar.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">    <item name="android:colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>    <item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item></style>

This picture from developer android explains more about color pallete. You can read more on this link.

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:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><resources>    <style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Material">        <!--   darker variant for the status bar and contextual app bars -->        <item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">@color/blue_dark</item>    </style></resources>

Edit: as pointed out in comments, when using AppCompat the code is different. In file res/values/style.xml use instead:

<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">       <!-- Set AppCompat’s color theming attrs -->    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/my_awesome_red</item>    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/my_awesome_darker_red</item>    <!-- Other attributes --></style>