react-native-android-bar-styler

A React Native library for styling Android system bars (status bar and navigation bar) with the new architecture (Turbo Modules). This library provides a simple way to customize the appearance of both system bars on Android devices.

Note: This library only works with the new React Native architecture and is Android-only.

Requirements

• React Native 0.71.0 or higher
• New Architecture enabled
• Android only (no effect on iOS)

Installation

npm install react-native-android-bar-styler

Usage

The library provides several methods to customize the system bars:

import {
  setStatusBarColor,
  setNavigationBarColor,
  setStatusBarStyle,
  setNavigationBarStyle,
  setSystemBarsStyle,
} from 'react-native-android-bar-styler';

// Simple color change
setStatusBarColor('#FF0000'); // Sets status bar to red
setNavigationBarColor('#00FF00'); // Sets navigation bar to green

// With animation
setStatusBarColor('#FF0000', true, 300); // Animated color change with 300ms duration

// Using style options object
setStatusBarStyle({
  color: '#FF0000',
  isAnimated: true,
  duration: 300,
});

// Change both bars at once
setSystemBarsStyle({
  color: '#FF0000',
  isAnimated: true,
  duration: 300,
});

API Reference

Simple Methods

• setStatusBarColor(color: string, isAnimated?: boolean, duration?: number)
• setNavigationBarColor(color: string, isAnimated?: boolean, duration?: number)

Style Options Methods

• setStatusBarStyle(options: BarStyleOptions)
• setNavigationBarStyle(options: BarStyleOptions)
• setSystemBarsStyle(options: BarStyleOptions)

Content Style Methods

• setStatusBarContentStyle(isLight?: boolean) - Sets the status bar content (icons/text) to light or dark theme
• setNavigationBarContentStyle(isLight?: boolean) - Sets the navigation bar content (buttons) to light or dark theme
• setSystemBarsContentStyle(isLight?: boolean) - Sets both status and navigation bar content to light or dark theme

Types

type BarStyleOptions = {
  color: string;        // Color in hex format (e.g., '#FF0000'). Defaults to black.
  isAnimated?: boolean; // Whether to animate the color change. Defaults to true.
  duration?: number;    // Animation duration in milliseconds. Defaults to 300ms.
};

Example with Content Style

import {
  setStatusBarContentStyle,
  setNavigationBarContentStyle,
  setSystemBarsContentStyle,
} from 'react-native-android-bar-styler';

// Set light content (white icons) for dark backgrounds
setStatusBarContentStyle(true);

// Set dark content (black icons) for light backgrounds
setNavigationBarContentStyle(false);

// Set both bars to light content
setSystemBarsContentStyle(true);

Contributing

See the contributing guide to learn how to contribute to the repository and the development workflow.

License

MIT

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