colorPrimaryDark is not applying for particular activity in Status Bar

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For information, I am using Android Studio 2.0 Preview 7, API 23.

Activity that is having the issue

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:context="in.ezyride.blovia.OfferRide"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
    <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay"
        android:id="@+id/view">

        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />

    </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
    <ScrollView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/view">
        <include
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/basicLayoutAddl"
            layout="@layout/content_offer_ride"
            />
    </ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>

But other activities are regular. This happened when I was trying to fix the keyboard covering EditText issue. However I almost solved that, new one raised.

For fixing it, I added scroll view in the above relative layout.

The manifest part of the activity is as follows

<activity
android:name=".OfferRide"
android:label="@string/title_activity_offer_ride"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan|stateAlwaysVisible"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar" />

Other activity where things are normal.

File: styles.xml

<resources>

    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>

        <item name="md_positive_color">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="md_neutral_color">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="md_title_color">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="md_negative_color">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="md_widget_color">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    </style>

    <style name="FullscreenTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
        <item name="android:windowBackground">@null</item>
        <item name="metaButtonBarStyle">?android:attr/buttonBarStyle</item>
        <item name="metaButtonBarButtonStyle">?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle</item>
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />

    <style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

</resources>

What are the contents of `content_offer_ride` ? what is the root tag? it should fixed with my answer anyways. — ʍѳђઽ૯ท, Jan 24 '16 at 09:13
@LinX64 root tag of `content_offer_ride` is `RelativeLayout` — Sibidharan, Jan 24 '16 at 09:14
So, it should be fixed with adding the parent since you have Toolbar in your styles.see the updated answer. — ʍѳђઽ૯ท, Jan 24 '16 at 09:17

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 14 '21 at 09:25

In my case, the problem was because I had two files styles.xml in my project, in both of them had the same name of theme for the activities. Let me describe it.

This is my activity in the AndroidManifest.xml:

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This is my first styles.xml (default):

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This is my second styles.xml (V21):

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The app in running mode used the second style, it had the problem, because we couldn't see the colorPrimaryDark of the app.

The solution was, comment the last item in the second style.xml:

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ʍѳђઽ૯ท · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-24T09:16:34.823

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http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/design/widget/AppBarLayout.html

AppBarLayout is a vertical LinearLayout which implements many of the features of material designs app bar concept, namely scrolling gestures.

Children should provide their desired scrolling behavior through setScrollFlags(int) and the associated layout xml attribute: app:layout_scrollFlags.

This view depends heavily on being used as a direct child within a CoordinatorLayout

Use CoordinatorLayout instead of RelativeLayout and instead of ScrollView, Use NestedScrollView.

And change this:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

to:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">

Since you already have Toolbar, let's imagine you've already added this in your OnCreate:

Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

edited Jan 24 '16 at 09:16

answered Jan 24 '16 at 09:08

ʍѳђઽ૯ท

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Now the issue is, I am having a `EditText` on the `content_offer_ride` which is being covered on by the soft keyboard. Please help for that! – Sibidharan Jan 24 '16 at 09:22
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15174606/disable-soft-keyboard-from-edittext-but-still-allow-copy-paste – ʍѳђઽ૯ท Jan 24 '16 at 09:23
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When `EditText` gets focus, the Keyboard covers it. So I cannot see what is being typed while typing! – Sibidharan Jan 24 '16 at 09:26
You need to use Ask question for opening new topic about it with your layout contents, i can't help you without seeing that layout :) – ʍѳђઽ૯ท Jan 24 '16 at 09:27
That's it, i'll check it.Thank you for following the rules. – ʍѳђઽ૯ท Jan 24 '16 at 09:34
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Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/101507/discussion-between-sibidharan-and-linx64). – Sibidharan Jan 24 '16 at 09:35

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 11 '20 at 01:53

For me, the issue was windowTranslucentStatus:

Before:

<style name="MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
        <item name="android:colorPrimary">@color/bright_purple</item>
        <item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">@android:color/background_dark</item>
        <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
</style>

After:

<style name="MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
            <item name="android:colorPrimary">@color/bright_purple</item>
            <item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">@android:color/background_dark</item>
    </style>

score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 14 '21 at 06:38

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Use this in your styles.xml:

<item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/colorPrimaryDarkBlue</item>

edited Dec 14 '21 at 06:38

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answered May 16 '18 at 11:42

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colorPrimaryDark is not applying for particular activity in Status Bar

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