Making status bar transparent

<item name=”android:windowTranslucentStatus”>true</item> <item name=”android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds”>true</item> and android:fitsSystemWindows=”true” or programmatically Window window = getWindow(); window.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS); window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS); or better getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility( View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE); //Status bar color, set to whatever opacity/color you want getWindow().setStatusBarColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);

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