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

FOR ANDROID 6.0+

You can use this to change the status bar content color to light on black background, as shown in below image.

View decorView = this.getWindow().getDecorView();
int systemUiVisibilityFlags = decorView.getSystemUiVisibility();
systemUiVisibilityFlags &= ~View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR;
decorView.setSystemUiVisibility(systemUiVisibilityFlags);

By default, it is black so leave it for the light background.