Android Lollipop Set Status Bar Text Color

Question

I\'m trying to set the status bar text color in Android v21, but I\'m not seeing an API method for it. Here\'s what I have so far for the background

MyActivity.java

Answer 1

You can also do this at runtime. Here is an example for Mono.Android using the flag SystemUiVisibility. You have to do some bitwise operations to change the flag. Your application must be set to target API 23 or higher to compile with this flag.

//Android 6.0 introduced the ability to set a light colored text on the status bar
//MyActivity needs to be changed to your activity

if(Android.OS.Build.VERSION.SdkInt >= Android.OS.BuildVersionCodes.M)
{
    int newUiVisibility = (int)MyActivity.Window.DecorView.SystemUiVisibility;

    if(state == StatusBarState.Light)
    {
        //Dark Text to show up on your light status bar
        newUiVisibility |= (int)Android.Views.SystemUiFlags.LightStatusBar;
    }
    else if(state == StatusBarState.Dark)
    {
        //Light Text to show up on your dark status bar
        newUiVisibility &= ~(int)Android.Views.SystemUiFlags.LightStatusBar;
    }

    MyActivity.Window.DecorView.SystemUiVisibility = (Android.Views.StatusBarVisibility)newUiVisibility;
}

public enum StatusBarState
{
    Light,
    Dark
}