(Feature request) Status bar color

[CharlieBrown12]

Hi all - Status bar color looks very outdated compared to Action bar.

Can this be offered as an option in menus that Status bar color is the same color as Action bar? Visually it looks alot more appealing.

Alternatively - would be great if someone could point to code line that renders this, I looked through it but without luck.

[Stypox]

The status bar is currently a little bit darker than the action bar... isn't that OK and conforming to Material Design?

[CharlieBrown12]

Thanks. I work in design for years and that darker shade in NewPipe is just not right.

Indeed - Material design guidelines recommend this but:

1. Many apps in PlayStore offer the setting to color the status bar in the exact tone of action bar.

2. Some Google apps like Gmail (versions from 2019 with red action bar) also have aligned statusbar and action bar (see screenshot from my phone).

3. NewPipe is not on Google's recommended apps list.

I dont mean to cause any delay - you may try for yourself and see how NewPipe design looks Status bar in same tone as Action bar.
Meanwhile if you point me to the code line which does this - I would be grateful to try it.

[CharlieBrown12]

[moneytoo]

I'm with Charlie on that. I cannot find it now but I believe that later revisions of MD allowed it. Yes, Gmail and some other 1st party apps switched to single color (also some samples) before going white. Chrome also dropped generating darker status bar color from themeColor and uses single color now.

[moneytoo]

Just trying to get rid of darker colorPrimaryDark results in looks like this:

I see that @Stypox already tracks that (make text white on red) in #3042 :)