How to change the status bar color in Android?

Update:

Lollipop:

public abstract void setStatusBarColor (int color)

Added in API level 21

Android Lollipop brought with it the ability to change the color of status bar in your app for a more immersive user experience and in tune with Google’s Material Design Guidelines.

Here is how you can change the color of the status bar using the new window.setStatusBarColor method introduced in API level 21.

Changing the color of status bar also requires setting two additional flags on the Window; you need to add the FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS flag and clear the FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS flag.

Working Code:

import android.view.Window;

…

Window window = activity.getWindow();

// clear FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS flag:
window.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS);

// add FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS flag to the window
window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);

// finally change the color
window.setStatusBarColor(ContextCompat.getColor(activity,R.color.my_statusbar_color));

Offcial developer reference : setStatusBarColor(int)

Example :material-design-everywhere

Chris Banes Blog- appcompat v21: material design for pre-Lollipop devices!

The transitionName for the view background will be android:status:background.