cordova-plugin-statusbar/doc/index.md

org.apache.cordova.statusbar

StatusBar

The StatusBar object provides some functions to customize the iOS and Android StatusBar.

Installation

cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.statusbar

Preferences

config.xml

• StatusBarOverlaysWebView (boolean, defaults to true). On iOS 7, make the statusbar overlay or not overlay the WebView at startup.

   <preference name="StatusBarOverlaysWebView" value="true" />
  

• StatusBarBackgroundColor (color hex string, defaults to #000000). On iOS 7, set the background color of the statusbar by a hex string (#RRGGBB) at startup.

    <preference name="StatusBarBackgroundColor" value="#000000" />
  

• AndroidStatusBarBackgroundColor (color hex string, defaults to the Android theme default). On Android 5 and up, the background color can be set by a hex string (#RRGGBB) at startup. We don't use the same property as for iOS because on iOS you typically want the statusbar to have the same color as the app background, but the Android 5+ guidelines specify using a different color than you apps main color, so the value of this property is typically different than the one specified by StatusBarBackgroundColor.

    <preference name="AndroidStatusBarBackgroundColor" value="#000000" />
  

• StatusBarStyle (status bar style, defaults to lightcontent). On iOS 7, set the status bar style. Available options default, lightcontent, blacktranslucent, blackopaque.

    <preference name="StatusBarStyle" value="lightcontent" />
  

Hiding at startup

During runtime you can use the StatusBar.hide function below, but if you want the StatusBar to be hidden at app startup, you must modify your app's Info.plist file.

Add/edit these two attributes if not present. Set "Status bar is initially hidden" to "YES" and set "View controller-based status bar appearance" to "NO". If you edit it manually without Xcode, the keys and values are:

<key>UIStatusBarHidden</key>
<true/>
<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>
<false/>

Methods

This plugin defines global StatusBar object.

Although in the global scope, it is not available until after the deviceready event.

document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
function onDeviceReady() {
    console.log(StatusBar);
}

• StatusBar.overlaysWebView
• StatusBar.styleDefault
• StatusBar.styleLightContent
• StatusBar.styleBlackTranslucent
• StatusBar.styleBlackOpaque
• StatusBar.backgroundColorByName
• StatusBar.backgroundColorByHexString
• StatusBar.hide
• StatusBar.show

Properties

• StatusBar.isVisible

Permissions

config.xml

        <feature name="StatusBar">
            <param name="ios-package" value="CDVStatusBar" onload="true" />
        </feature>

StatusBar.overlaysWebView

On iOS 7, make the statusbar overlay or not overlay the WebView.

StatusBar.overlaysWebView(true);

Description

On iOS 7, set to false to make the statusbar appear like iOS 6. Set the style and background color to suit using the other functions.

Supported Platforms

• iOS

Quick Example

StatusBar.overlaysWebView(true);
StatusBar.overlaysWebView(false);

StatusBar.styleDefault

Use the default statusbar (dark text, for light backgrounds).

StatusBar.styleDefault();

Supported Platforms

• iOS
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 8
• Windows Phone 8.1

StatusBar.styleLightContent

Use the lightContent statusbar (light text, for dark backgrounds).

StatusBar.styleLightContent();

Supported Platforms

• iOS
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 8
• Windows Phone 8.1

StatusBar.styleBlackTranslucent

Use the blackTranslucent statusbar (light text, for dark backgrounds).

StatusBar.styleBlackTranslucent();

Supported Platforms

• iOS
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 8
• Windows Phone 8.1

StatusBar.styleBlackOpaque

Use the blackOpaque statusbar (light text, for dark backgrounds).

StatusBar.styleBlackOpaque();

Supported Platforms

• iOS
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 8
• Windows Phone 8.1

StatusBar.backgroundColorByName

On iOS 7, when you set StatusBar.statusBarOverlaysWebView to false, you can set the background color of the statusbar by color name.

StatusBar.backgroundColorByName("red");

Supported color names are:

black, darkGray, lightGray, white, gray, red, green, blue, cyan, yellow, magenta, orange, purple, brown

Supported Platforms

• iOS
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 8
• Windows Phone 8.1

StatusBar.backgroundColorByHexString

Sets the background color of the statusbar by a hex string.

StatusBar.backgroundColorByHexString("#C0C0C0");

CSS shorthand properties are also supported.

StatusBar.backgroundColorByHexString("#333"); // => #333333
StatusBar.backgroundColorByHexString("#FAB"); // => #FFAABB

On iOS 7, when you set StatusBar.statusBarOverlaysWebView to false, you can set the background color of the statusbar by a hex string (#RRGGBB).

On WP7 and WP8 you can also specify values as #AARRGGBB, where AA is an alpha value

Supported Platforms

• iOS
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 8
• Windows Phone 8.1

StatusBar.hide

Hide the statusbar.

StatusBar.hide();

Supported Platforms

• iOS
• Android
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 8
• Windows Phone 8.1

StatusBar.show

Shows the statusbar.

StatusBar.show();

Supported Platforms

• iOS
• Android
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 8
• Windows Phone 8.1

StatusBar.isVisible

Read this property to see if the statusbar is visible or not.

if (StatusBar.isVisible) {
	// do something
}

Supported Platforms

• iOS
• Android
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 8
• Windows Phone 8.1