Change status / notification bar color on api below 21 android?

Question

I have seen in some apps the status bar color could be changed and matched to as what is being done in api level 21.

I searched and found this solution Source

<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">   
<!-- Set AppCompat’s color theming attrs -->
<item name="colorPrimary">@color/my_awesome_red</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/my_awesome_darker_red</item>
<!-- Other attributes -->
</style>

But it is not working

This is my style code

<style name="ToolbarTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/ColorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/ColorPrimaryDark</item>
</style>

What about this?? https://developer.android.com/training/material/compatibility.html#SupportLib — WISHY, Mar 25 '15 at 09:35
Please see this [StackO-Post](http://stackoverflow.com/a/26623245/982852) — reVerse, Mar 25 '15 at 09:39
I do understand the point. But I have seen apps with the colored status bar. For example sony walkman app. — WISHY, Mar 25 '15 at 11:50
Which is a system app on Sony devices, isn't it? Most probably Sony made changes to the system itself. Unfortunately you as a developer can't use these. — reVerse, Mar 25 '15 at 12:06

score -1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 19 '16 at 17:42

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If you mean the color of AcionBar, you can change programmatically the color with this code:

getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new Color.Drawable(Color.rgb(120,0,47)));

Change numbers to select your own color.

edited Apr 19 '16 at 17:42

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answered Mar 25 '15 at 06:38

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No I am not talking about actionbar but of status / notification bar color – WISHY Mar 25 '15 at 06:52
Ok, try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22192291/how-to-change-the-status-bar-color-in-android – David Mar 25 '15 at 07:04
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I want the pre lollipop support. I know how to do in lollipop. – WISHY Mar 25 '15 at 07:15

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 22 '16 at 10:15

StatusBar is only for devices with API level more than 21. If your min API level is less than that then you have to do some change in your java source file. Go to the source file to which you want to add the status bar color. Then wrap the OnCreate() method with annotation @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP).

Then inside the method you have to check whether the device is capable or not as shown below.

if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
 window.setStatusBarColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.Statusbar));
    }

Hope it works..!!

This really doesn't answer the original question, they already seem to know that you can change the status bar in this way on Lollipop and above. The only solution I've been able to find that sort of works is this library: https://github.com/jgilfelt/SystemBarTint — CodyEngel, Nov 01 '16 at 17:11

Change status / notification bar color on api below 21 android?

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