A StatusBarHelper on a Windows Universal application for Mobile, using Windows Mobile Extensions for the UWP reference

StatusBarHelper.cs

  public static class StatusBarHelper
    {
        private static StatusBar statusBar
        {
            get
            {
                if (ApiInformation.IsTypePresent("Windows.UI.ViewManagement.StatusBar"))
                {
                    return StatusBar.GetForCurrentView();
                }
                return null;
            }
        }


        public static async Task Hide()
        {
            if (statusBar!=null)
            {
                await statusBar.HideAsync();
            }
        }

        public static async Task Show()
        {
            if (statusBar != null)
            {
                await statusBar.ShowAsync();
            }
        }


        public static async Task SetAppStatusBar()
        {
            if (statusBar != null)
            {
                //statusBar.BackgroundColor = Color.FromArgb(0, 0, 171, 169);
                statusBar.BackgroundColor = Color.FromArgb(0, 0, 109, 11);
                statusBar.BackgroundOpacity = 1;
                statusBar.ForegroundColor = Colors.White;
            }
        }

        public static async Task SetAppStatusBarError()
        {
            if (statusBar != null)
            {
                //statusBar.BackgroundColor = Color.FromArgb(0, 0, 171, 169);
                statusBar.BackgroundColor = Colors.Red;
                statusBar.BackgroundOpacity = 1;
                statusBar.ForegroundColor = Colors.White;
            }
        }

        public static async Task ShowLoading(string text)
        {
            if (statusBar != null)
            {
                await SetAppStatusBar();
                Show();
                statusBar.ProgressIndicator.Text = text;
                await statusBar.ProgressIndicator.ShowAsync();
            }
        }

        public static async Task ShowErrorLoading(string text)
        {
            if (statusBar != null)
            {
                await SetAppStatusBarError();
                Show();
                statusBar.ProgressIndicator.Text = text;
                await statusBar.ProgressIndicator.ShowAsync();
            }
        }

        public static async Task HideLoading()
        {
            if (statusBar != null)
            {
                await statusBar.ProgressIndicator.HideAsync();
                statusBar.ProgressIndicator.Text = string.Empty;
            }
        }

        public static async Task HideLoadingDelay(int mdelay)
        {
            if (statusBar != null)
            {
                await Task.Delay(mdelay);
                await HideLoading();
                Hide();
            }
        }

        public static async Task HideLoadingWithFinalText(string s, int mdelay)
        {
            if (statusBar != null)
            {
                await ShowLoading(s);
                await Task.Delay(mdelay);
                await HideLoading();
            }
        }
    }