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

After unsuccessfully trying all of the above I found that explicitly setting the theme fixed the issue.

setTheme(R.style.AppTheme);

That has to go before the super.OnCreate() in your activity.