How to manage Statusbar below lollypop

Hello friends,

today we learn about manage statusbar below 5.0 devices this type of problem face many developer so lets start and improve your app design and look.

First you create new android project and follow below instructions...

actvity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.samset.user.statusbarcolorappcompactsample.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World!" />
</RelativeLayout>

MainActvity.java


package com.samset.user.statusbarcolorappcompactsample;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Build;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
       statusBarColor(this,R.color.colorPrimaryDark);
    }

    @SuppressLint("NewApi")
    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    public static View statusBarColor(final Activity act, final int colorResID ) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
            try {

                if (act.getWindow() != null) {

                    final ViewGroup vg = (ViewGroup) act.getWindow().getDecorView();
                    if (vg.getParent() == null && applyColoredStatusBar(act, colorResID)) {
                        final View statusBar = new View(act);

                        vg.post(new Runnable() {
                            @Override
                            public void run() {

                                int statusBarHeight = (int) Math.ceil(25 * vg.getContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density);
                                statusBar.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, statusBarHeight));
                                statusBar.setBackgroundColor(act.getResources().getColor(colorResID));
                                vg.addView(statusBar, 0);
                            }
                        });
                        return statusBar;
                    }
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        else if (act.getWindow() != null) {
            act.getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);
            act.getWindow().setStatusBarColor(act.getResources().getColor(colorResID));
        }
        return null;
    }

    private static boolean applyColoredStatusBar( Activity act, int colorResID ) {
        final Window window = act.getWindow();
        final int flag;
        if (window != null) {
            View decor = window.getDecorView();
            if (decor != null) {
                flag = resolveTransparentStatusBar(act);

                if (flag != 0) {
                    decor.setSystemUiVisibility(flag);
                    return true;
                }
                else if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT == Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
                    act.findViewById(android.R.id.content).setFitsSystemWindows(false);
                    setTranslucentStatus(window, true);

                }
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    public static int resolveTransparentStatusBar(Context context ) {
        String[] libs = context.getPackageManager().getSystemSharedLibraryNames();
        String reflect = null;

        if (libs == null)
            return 0;

        final String SAMSUNG = "touchwiz";
        final String SONY = "com.sonyericsson.navigationbar";

        for (String lib : libs) {

            if (lib.equals(SAMSUNG)) {
                reflect = "SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_TRANSPARENT_BACKGROUND";
            }
            else if (lib.startsWith(SONY)) {
                reflect = "SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_TRANSPARENT";
            }
        }

        if (reflect == null)
            return 0;

        try {
            Field field = View.class.getField(reflect);
            if (field.getType() == Integer.TYPE) {
                return field.getInt(null);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }

        return 0;
    }

    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT)
    public static void setTranslucentStatus( Window win, boolean on ) {
        WindowManager.LayoutParams winParams = win.getAttributes();
        final int bits = WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS;
        if (on) {
            winParams.flags |= bits;
        }
        else {
            winParams.flags &= ~bits;
        }
        win.setAttributes(winParams);
    }
}

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