Since accompanist deprecated the `SystemUiControll...

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[S.]

Since accompanist deprecated the SystemUiController and promotes enableEdgeToEdge() , how do I set the color for the Statusbar icons? enableEdgeToEdge only seems to change the background color

[Frank Bouwens]

window.statusBarColor = android.graphics.Color.BLACK
WindowCompat.getInsetsController(window, window.decorView).isAppearanceLightStatusBars = true

[Louis Pullen-Freilich [G]]

Did you set statusBarStyle inside enableEdgeToEdge?

https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/activity/ComponentActivity#(androidx.activity.ComponentActivity).enableEdgeToEdge(androidx.activity.SystemBarStyle,androidx.activity.SystemBarStyle)

[S.]

I have this

enableEdgeToEdge(
    SystemBarStyle.auto(scrimLight.toArgb(), scrimDark.toArgb()),
    SystemBarStyle.auto(scrimLight.toArgb(), scrimDark.toArgb())
)

[S.]

but adding the WindowCompat stuff works, thank you

[Louis Pullen-Freilich [G]]

If you have auto that will use the system setting for dark theme to determine light / dark icons. If for example you are always using a dark theme, you should use SystemBarStyle.dark(Color.TRANSPARENT) or similar instead

[Louis Pullen-Freilich [G]]

That will internally do the WindowCompat stuff linked above for you, based on this input

[S.]

darkmode was fine but for lightmode it still displayed white icons, with the auto settings I showed above

[Louis Pullen-Freilich [G]]

Is your light / dark mode controlled by the system? Or do you have a user specified flag for example?

[S.]

ah I do have a user controlled setting in my app

[Louis Pullen-Freilich [G]]

Then you should set the parameter inside auto,

detectDarkMode: (Resources) -> Boolean = { resources ->
                (resources.configuration.uiMode and Configuration.UI_MODE_NIGHT_MASK) ==
                    Configuration.UI_MODE_NIGHT_YES
            }

And pass a lambda here that queries your user controlled setting too

[Louis Pullen-Freilich [G]]

Basically this lambda is responsible for determining light / dark for the icons as well

[S.]

oh I see

[Louis Pullen-Freilich [G]]

It might be good to file a bug and ask for improved documentation if you feel that it is confusing here