Android Lollipop Set Status Bar Text Color

Answer :

You can not set the status bar text color by specifying any color explicitly

But you can try below alternative which is Added in API 23,

You can use "android:windowLightStatusBar" attribute in two ways

• "android:windowLightStatusBar" = true, status bar text color will be compatible (grey) when status bar color is light
• "android:windowLightStatusBar" = false, status bar text color will be compatible (white) when status bar color is dark

<style name="statusBarStyle" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.Light">         <item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/status_bar_color</item>         <item name="android:windowLightStatusBar">false</item> </style> 

You can check above api in below link - https://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#windowLightStatusBar

Here's a Java implementation of Gandalf458's answer.

/** Changes the System Bar Theme. */ @RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.M) public static final void setSystemBarTheme(final Activity pActivity, final boolean pIsDark) {     // Fetch the current flags.     final int lFlags = pActivity.getWindow().getDecorView().getSystemUiVisibility();     // Update the SystemUiVisibility dependening on whether we want a Light or Dark theme.     pActivity.getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(pIsDark ? (lFlags & ~View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR) : (lFlags | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR)); } 

You can also do this at runtime. Here is an example for Mono.Android using the flag SystemUiVisibility. You have to do some bitwise operations to change the flag. Your application must be set to target API 23 or higher to compile with this flag.

//Android 6.0 introduced the ability to set a light colored text on the status bar //MyActivity needs to be changed to your activity  if(Android.OS.Build.VERSION.SdkInt >= Android.OS.BuildVersionCodes.M) {     int newUiVisibility = (int)MyActivity.Window.DecorView.SystemUiVisibility;      if(state == StatusBarState.Light)     {         //Dark Text to show up on your light status bar         newUiVisibility |= (int)Android.Views.SystemUiFlags.LightStatusBar;     }     else if(state == StatusBarState.Dark)     {         //Light Text to show up on your dark status bar         newUiVisibility &= ~(int)Android.Views.SystemUiFlags.LightStatusBar;     }      MyActivity.Window.DecorView.SystemUiVisibility = (Android.Views.StatusBarVisibility)newUiVisibility; }  public enum StatusBarState {     Light,     Dark }