you can use API 23 specific stuff, you can add the following to your AppTheme styles.xml:
<!-- Base application theme. --> <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"> <!-- Customize your theme here. --> <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item> <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item> <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item> <!-- Status bar stuff. --> <item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item> <item name="android:windowLightStatusBar">true</item> </style>
References
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38382283/change-status-bar-text-color-when-primarydark-is-white