diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
index 187c1ee179ba..b57bf4ca1774 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <resources>
     <color name="bootsplash_background">#FFFFFF</color>
+    <color name="white">#FAFAFA</color>
     <color name="accent">#0185ff</color>
     <color name="dark">#0b1b34</color>
     <color name="gray4">#7D8B8F</color>
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index 5b0ebadd1217..b175f1888540 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
         <item name="android:textColor">@color/dark</item>
         <item name="android:colorEdgeEffect">@color/gray4</item>
         <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>
+        <item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/white</item>
+        <item name="android:windowLightStatusBar">true</item>
     </style>
 
     <style name="BootTheme" parent="AppTheme">
diff --git a/src/components/CustomStatusBar/index.android.js b/src/components/CustomStatusBar/index.android.js
index 08e1be5e6f22..862194991013 100644
--- a/src/components/CustomStatusBar/index.android.js
+++ b/src/components/CustomStatusBar/index.android.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import {StatusBar} from 'react-native';
 
 export default class CustomStatusBar extends React.Component {
     componentDidMount() {
-        StatusBar.setBarStyle('dark-content', true);
-        StatusBar.setBackgroundColor('transparent', true);
+        StatusBar.setBarStyle('dark-content');
+        StatusBar.setBackgroundColor('transparent');
     }
 
     render() {