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

Better approach

Check your style.xml file where your NoActionBar theme is there. Make sure its has parent as Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar and also customize it by adding your color scheme. Finally set your themes in manifest as required.

Below is sample of my styles.xml file (ActionBar + NoActionBar).