Change status bar color in android

You can customize the look of the material theme according to your brand identity with a color palette you control. You can tint the action bar and the status bar using theme attributes

The system widgets have a new design and touch feedback animations. You can customize the color palette, the touch feedback animations, and the activity transitions for your app.
The material theme is defined as:

• @android:style/Theme.Material (dark version)
• @android:style/Theme.Material.Light (light version)
• @android:style/Theme.Material.Light.DarkActionBar

This works in API <= 22 ..

Customize the Status Bar

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The material theme lets you easily customize the status bar, so you can specify a color that fits your brand and provides enough contrast to show the white status icons. To set a custom color for the status bar, use the android:statusBarColor attribute when you extend the material theme. By default, android:statusBarColor inherits the value of android:colorPrimaryDark.
You can also draw behind the status bar yourself. For example, if you want to show the status bar transparently over a photo, with a subtle dark gradient to ensure the white status icons are visible. To do so, set the android:statusBarColor attribute to @android:color/transparent and adjust the window flags as required. You can also use the Window.setStatusBarColor() method for animations or fading.

Method to Customize the Status Bar Programatically :

@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
public void ChangeStatusColor(Activity activity, int Color)
{

   if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
 {
    
Window window = activity.getWindow();

    window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS); window.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS); window.setStatusBarColor(activity.getResources().getColor(Color));   

  }
}