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

If you are using RelativeLayout / CoordinatorLayout this is the solution that worked for me:

You have to use

• CoordinatorLayout
• AppBarLayout

Rember to use CoordinatorLayout instead of RelativeLayout (the performance is better and perfectly works with AppBarLayout)

This is how your fragment should starts

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Good coding!