Android 5.0 Lollipop statusbar color

MyActivityWithStatusBarColor.java

  // Inside your Activity class onCreate method add and invoke this method.
  // Note that you can plug this into any Android project, you don't need to build with SDK 21 to be able to compile
  
  private void setStatusBarColor() {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
      final Window window = getWindow();
      // Method and constants not available on all SDKs but we want to be able to compile this code with any SDK
      window.clearFlags(0x04000000); // SDK 19: WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS);
      window.addFlags(0x80000000); // SDK 21: WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);
      try {
        // Using reflection makes sure any 5.0+ device will work without having to compile with SDK level 21
        window.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("setStatusBarColor", int.class).invoke(window, Color.parseColor("#444444"));
      } catch (Exception ignore) {
        // this should not happen, only in case Android removes this method in a version > 21
        Log.w("Bankieren", "Method window.setStatusBarColor not found for SDK level " + Build.VERSION.SDK_INT);
      }
    }
  }

I've submitted an evolved version of this to the Cordova Statusbar Plugin as a PR which has been accepted and merged!