Xamarin.Android Status bar color not set

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The problem: You’re using Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat in order to have Material Design’s Toolbar available also devices running o pre-Lollipop (v.21) releases.

You added a reference to the library:

Added the style:

<style name="ParentMaterialTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="colorControlHighlight">#1ef1ab</item>
        <item name="colorButtonNormal">#f955f3</item>
        <item name="colorControlActivated">#0cf427</item>
</style>

Added the entry into AndroidManifest.xml:

<application android:label="_02_StandaloneToolbar" 
                    android:theme="@style/MaterialTheme" />

Created the toolbar:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                                   xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
                                   android:layout_width="match_parent"
                                   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                                   android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
                                   android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
                                   android:theme="@style/ToolbarTheme"
                                   app:popupTheme="@style/PopupTheme"
                                   android:id="@+id/toolbar">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

Included into Main.axaml:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:orientation="vertical"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <include 
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             layout="@layout/toolbar"/>
</RelativeLayout>

But when you run it, the status bar doesn’t follow colorPrimaryDark but it remains black

Solution: add this line into Activity’s OnCreate method (yes, you have to use code)

this.Window.AddFlags(WindowManagerFlags.DrawsSystemBarBackgrounds);

And you’re done!