set windowlightstatusbar property programmatically

Question

As you know we can set the windowLightStatusBar from xml by following codes.

<item name="android:windowLightStatusBar">true</item>

i need to change this attribute true to false or false to true by programmatically. Is there a way to achive it?

score 42 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 21 '21 at 04:03

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set this if you want to change icons colors

.setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_‌BAR);

and to reset to default set this

.setSystemUiVisibility(0);

but if you want to change background color of statusBar use this

getWindow.setStatusBarColor(ContextCompat.getColor(activity,R.color.my_statusbar_color));

[Update for API 26]

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
    window.insetsController?.setSystemBarsAppearance(WindowInsetsController.APPEARANCE_LIGHT_STATUS_BARS,
             WindowInsetsController.APPEARANCE_LIGHT_STATUS_BARS)
} else {
    @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
    window.decorView.systemUiVisibility = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR or View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_NAVIGATION_BAR
    } else {
        View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR
    }
    
}

and to clear it

window.insetsController?.setSystemBarsAppearance(0, APPEARANCE_LIGHT_STATUS_BARS)

edited Jan 21 '21 at 04:03

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answered Mar 14 '17 at 15:16

Elias Fazel

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What if i need to set it false? – aligur Mar 14 '17 at 15:19
what you mean to false? you want invert it then don't set it – Elias Fazel Mar 14 '17 at 15:21
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when i set "windowLightStatusBar" = true then the icon color of status bar becomes gray. but if i set it false then it becomes white. as far as i am concerned from your code you set it to true by using ".setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_‌BAR);". So how can i set it false by programmatically? – aligur Mar 14 '17 at 15:38
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.setSystemUiVisibility(0); test this – Elias Fazel Mar 14 '17 at 15:45
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what if i want to do it for below `M` versions – Sagar May 20 '19 at 06:54
thank you very much for this answer! I spent hours to find what I looked for... Thank you! – Gabriella Angelova May 18 '20 at 09:20

score 22 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '19 at 14:05

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I believe this is the correct way to turn on and turn off.

if (on) {
    View view = getWindow().getDecorView();
    view.setSystemUiVisibility(view.getSystemUiVisibility() | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR);
} else {
    View view = getWindow().getDecorView();
    view.setSystemUiVisibility(view.getSystemUiVisibility() & ~View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR);
}

answered Jan 27 '19 at 14:05

Cheok Yan Cheng

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The only way that always works in both directions. But only for API<30. Unfortunately, couldn't find the way to do the same with `WindowInsetsController` on API 30+. – qwertyfinger Mar 01 '21 at 13:55

score 13 · Answer 3 · answered May 18 '21 at 03:08

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Hidro's answer is almost correct, but WindowInsetsControllerCompat needs to be called as a function to work, otherwise it claims there is an unresolved reference in my case.

For Kotlin:

WindowInsetsControllerCompat(window, yourView).isAppearanceLightStatusBars = true

For Java:

WindowInsetsControllerCompat(getWindow(), yourView).setAppearanceLightStatusBars(true)

answered May 18 '21 at 03:08

Tong Jing Yen

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`yourView` can just be `WindowInsetsControllerCompat(window, window.decorView)` – David Miguel Jun 15 '21 at 09:41
@AliZarei can you explain how it didn't work? It seems to work fine for me even with very old versions of the androidx.core library. – Tong Jing Yen Jun 24 '21 at 04:08
@TongJingYen status bar's icons is still black after set isAppearanceLightStatusBars to false – Ali Zarei Jun 24 '21 at 05:07
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If you set `android:windowLightStatusBar` in the styles, this won't work. You need to call the deprecated function to disable the system UI flag. – Hsingchien Cheng Aug 26 '21 at 08:26
for java: new WindowInsetsControllerCompat(window, window.getDecorView()).setAppearanceLightStatusBars(true); – Zack Jan 12 '23 at 14:04
Got this working like this: `WindowInsetsControllerCompat(requireActivity().window, view).isAppearanceLightStatusBars = false`, was calling this from onViewCreated() in fragment. Works great on api 26...33 – SonOfaSleep Mar 31 '23 at 12:50

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 15 '19 at 05:51

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To clear this attribute, use this code:

window.clearFlags( View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR)

answered Jan 15 '19 at 05:51

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score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 23 '21 at 13:59

implementation "androidx.core:core-ktx:1.6.0"

Activity

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

        WindowInsetsControllerCompat(window, window.decorView).isAppearanceLightStatusBars = true
    }
}

Tested on Android 8 and Android 12. Work well

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 12 '20 at 03:19

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getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR);
getWindow().setStatusBarColor(Color.WHITE);

answered Oct 12 '20 at 03:19

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered May 10 '21 at 04:53

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Since View.setSystemUiVisibility() is deprecated from API 30 in favor of the new WindowInsetsController API, the 2021 answer to this one is now WindowInsetsControllerCompat#setAppearanceLightStatusBars(boolean), which is backward compatible to API 23. Required androidx.core:core:1.5.0-alpha05 or later.

WindowInsetsControllerCompat.setAppearanceLightStatusBars(true)

answered May 10 '21 at 04:53

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can't resolve setAppearanceLightStatusBars – Ali Zarei Jun 23 '21 at 17:47
It's an instance method, so you will need to create an instance of WindowInsetsControllerCompat first. – martian111 Aug 20 '21 at 04:39
im using androidx.core:core-ktx:1.6.0 but can not fil this method – famfamfam Nov 08 '21 at 13:36

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 06 '21 at 06:49

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Only do this
it make icon color white

getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_VISIBLE);

answered Mar 06 '21 at 06:49

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Yasin Zeighami · Answer 9 · 2023-01-21T12:57:48.713

In Activity

If you want change the windowLightStatusBar inside the activity

For Kotlin

val windowInsetController = WindowCompat.getInsetsController(window,window.decorView)
    windowInsetController.isAppearanceLightStatusBars = true

For Java

WindowInsetsControllerCompat windowInsetController = WindowCompat.getInsetsController(getWindow(), getWindow().getDecorView());
        windowInsetController.setAppearanceLightStatusBars(true);

In Fragment

And if you want change the windowLightStatusBar inside the fragment

For Kotlin

  val windowInsetController = WindowCompat.getInsetsController(requireActivity().window,requireActivit().window.decorView)
        windowInsetController.isAppearanceLightStatusBars = true

For Java

WindowInsetsControllerCompat windowInsetController = WindowCompat.getInsetsController(requireActivity().getWindow(), requireActivity().getWindow().getDecorView());
        windowInsetController.setAppearanceLightStatusBars(true);

set windowlightstatusbar property programmatically

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