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

I'm not sure if it's late but i hope it helps someone. * Make a fake view with transparent background that fits the layout, and make a coordinatorlayout as your root layout element.

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