How to make the statusbar black (default) in android?

Question

One of my activities has suddenly changed its color in the statusbar. By default it's black, but now it's transparent, why?

I've marked around the bar with a circle. By default this is black

My XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

<ImageView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:scaleType="centerInside"
    android:id="@+id/do2get"
    android:src="@drawable/loading"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
    android:layout_marginLeft="30dp" />

<ProgressBar
    style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:indeterminateTint="#00796b"
    android:id="@+id/progressBar"
    android:layout_below="@+id/do2get"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:indeterminateTintMode="src_in"/>
</RelativeLayout>

I've put it as `android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar" >` but I want the start at the top of the screen (with the clock and WIFI signal) — Hudhud, Dec 02 '15 at 19:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

I think its all about your actitiy`s theme. First of all check this links:

How to change the status bar color in android

How to change the background color of android status bar

Maybe your base theme has attribute "android:windowTranslucentStatus" = true or "colorPrimaryDark = @android:color/transparent" etc. So you need to create new one style like:

<style name="YourActivityTheme" parent="BaseAppTheme">
    <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">false</item>
    <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/black</item>
</style>

and then set this style to current activity theme in AndroidManifest:

<aplication
        ....... >
            .......    

         <activity
                android:name=".chapters.home.YourNiceActivity"
                android:theme="@style/YourActivityTheme">
                <intent-filter>
                   ...
                </intent-filter>
        </activity>

    .....
</application>

Thanks :) I just changed the android:statusBarColor from transparent to black — Hudhud, Dec 02 '15 at 20:28

How to make the statusbar black (default) in android?

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