Deciding which background colour to use for status bar

Question

As I have specified a hex value for the background colour of my action bar, I'm finding it a bit difficult deciding which hex value to use for the background colour of the status bar. Are there any tools out there that can help find a suitable background colour for the status bar when one specifies a background colour of the action bar?

ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#E32017")));

Hiren Patel · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-28T12:25:03.140

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Set color on StatusBar as nearest of your ActionBar color:

private String actionBarColor = "#AC6363";

Set Background color on ActionBar:

ActionBar bar = getActionBar();
bar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor(actionBarColor)));

To set StatusBar color: on onCreate of Activity:

if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
    getWindow().setStatusBarColor(getFactorColor(Color.parseColor(actionBarColor), 0.8f));
}

Get factor color:

private int getFactorColor(int color, float factor) {
    float[] hsv = new float[3];
    Color.colorToHSV(color, hsv);
    hsv[2] *= factor;
    color = Color.HSVToColor(hsv);
    return color;
}

Done

edited Jun 28 '15 at 12:25

answered Jun 28 '15 at 12:19

Hiren Patel

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Cool. Thanks. Is it possible to change the status bar icons tint to a dark colour? – wbk727 Jun 28 '15 at 12:24
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@MacaronLover, No dude, it's not possible as per guidelines. Check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30075827/android-statusbar-icons-color for more info. Thanks. – Hiren Patel Jun 28 '15 at 12:28
@MacaronLover, glad to help you. :) – Hiren Patel Jun 28 '15 at 12:31
@MacaronLover, you did set color on ActionBar but not on StatusBar. – Hiren Patel Jun 28 '15 at 12:58
@MacaronLover, No, Sorry. I will try my best and Let you know for the same – Hiren Patel Jun 28 '15 at 13:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 28 '15 at 12:11

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You can do this only from Lollipop (API level 21) onwards.

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
    getWindow().setStatusBarColor(Color.parseColor("#E32017"));
}

answered Jun 28 '15 at 12:11

Ahmed Hegazy

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Deciding which background colour to use for status bar

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