ColorStatusBar

Support class for pre-Lollipop versions of Android that changes the color of the status bar

Usage:

1. Place the code from Background.xml into the top of your View.
2. Call this line of code from your main Activity ColorStatusBar.setStatusBarColor(this, findViewById(R.id.statusBarBackground), getResources().getColor(android.R.color.white));

Credits: User "itzhar" from StackOverflow.com for the majority of the code from his answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/26215844/2337925