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?

Answer 1

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)