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A library that provides the same interface as the React Native StatusBar API, but with slightly different defaults to work great in Expo environments.


expo-status-bar gives you a component and imperative interface to control the app status bar to change its text color, background color, hide it, make it translucent or opaque, and apply animations to any of these changes. Exactly what you are able to do with the StatusBar component depends on the platform you're using.

Platform Compatibility

Android DeviceAndroid EmulatoriOS DeviceiOS SimulatorWeb

Web support

There is no API available on the web for controlling the operating system status bar, so expo-status-bar will noop, so it will do nothing, it will also not error.

Installation

Terminal
npx expo install expo-status-bar

If you're installing this in a bare React Native app, you should also follow these additional installation instructions.

Usage

Example
import React from 'react';
import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
import { StatusBar } from 'expo-status-bar';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Text style={{ color: '#fff' }}>Notice that the status bar has light text!</Text>
      <StatusBar style="light" />
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    backgroundColor: '#000',
    alignItems: 'center',
    justifyContent: 'center',
  },
});

API

import { StatusBar } from 'expo-status-bar';

Component

StatusBar

Type: React.Element<StatusBarProps>

A component that allows you to configure your status bar without directly calling imperative methods like setBarStyle.

You will likely have multiple StatusBar components mounted in the same app at the same time. For example, if you have multiple screens in your app, you may end up using one per screen. The props of each StatusBar component will be merged in the order that they were mounted. This component is built on top of the StatusBar component exported from React Native, and it provides defaults that work better for Expo users.

Props

animated

Optional • Type: boolean

If the transition between status bar property changes should be animated. Supported for backgroundColor, barStyle and hidden.

Only for:
Android

backgroundColor

Optional • Type: string

The background color of the status bar.

hidden

Optional • Type: boolean

If the status bar is hidden.

Only for:
iOS

hideTransitionAnimation

Optional • Type: StatusBarAnimation • Default: 'fade'

The transition effect when showing and hiding the status bar using the hidden prop.

Only for:
iOS

networkActivityIndicatorVisible

Optional • Type: boolean

If the network activity indicator should be visible.

style

Optional • Type: StatusBarStyle • Default: 'auto'

Sets the color of the status bar text. Default value is "auto" which picks the appropriate value according to the active color scheme, eg: if your app is dark mode, the style will be "light".

Only for:
Android

translucent

Optional • Type: boolean

If the status bar is translucent. When translucent is set to true, the app will draw under the status bar. This is the default behaviour in projects created with Expo tools because it is consistent with iOS.

Methods

Only for:
Android

StatusBar.setStatusBarBackgroundColor(backgroundColor, animated)

NameTypeDescription
backgroundColorstring

The background color of the status bar.

animatedboolean

true to animate the background color change, false to change immediately.


Set the background color of the status bar.

Returns

  • void

StatusBar.setStatusBarHidden(hidden, animation)

NameTypeDescription
hiddenboolean

If the status bar should be hidden.

animation
(optional)
StatusBarAnimation

Animation to use when toggling hidden, defaults to 'none'.


Toggle visibility of the status bar.

Returns

  • void

Only for:
iOS

StatusBar.setStatusBarNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible(visible)

NameTypeDescription
visibleboolean

If the network activity indicator should be visible.


Toggle visibility of the network activity indicator.

Returns

  • void

StatusBar.setStatusBarStyle(style, animated)

NameTypeDescription
styleStatusBarStyle

The color of the status bar text.

animated
(optional)
boolean

If the transition should be animated.


Set the bar style of the status bar.

Returns

  • void

Only for:
Android

StatusBar.setStatusBarTranslucent(translucent)

NameTypeDescription
translucentboolean

Whether the app can draw under the status bar. When true, content will be rendered under the status bar. This is always true on iOS and cannot be changed.


Set the translucency of the status bar.

Returns

  • void

Types

StatusBarAnimation

Literal Type: string

Acceptable values are: 'none' | 'fade' | 'slide'

StatusBarStyle

Literal Type: string

Acceptable values are: 'auto' | 'inverted' | 'light' | 'dark'