Change navigation bar icon color on Android

Question

I need to change the navigation bar on android. Just like the \'light\' variant on the right in the image below as given in https://www.google.co.in/design/spec/layout/stru

Answer 1

Starting from Android O it gets really straightforward, as you could just:

View.setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_NAVIGATION_BAR);

For this to take effect, the window must request FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS but not FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_NAVIGATION.

Documentation: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_NAVIGATION_BAR