How to change the status bar notification icons' color/tint in android (marshmallow and above 23+)?

Question

As the title says, how do I change the status bar icons\' color to have a dark tint instead of the default white.

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Answer 1

For the status bar icons' to have a dark tint instead of the default white, add the following tag in your styles.xml (or more precisely in values-v23/styles.xml) file:

true

You can also change the flag at runtime by setting it to any View:

View yourView = findViewById(R.id.your_view);

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
    if (yourView != null) {
        yourView.setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR);
    }
}

If you want to reset the changes, clear the flag like this:

yourView.setSystemUiVisibility(0);