diff --git a/controller/app/src/main/res/values-night/bools.xml b/controller/app/src/main/res/values-night/bools.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d055bc5df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controller/app/src/main/res/values-night/bools.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+    <!-- K2GO-439 follow-up: dark theme. false = dark bars, so the OS draws light (white) icons. -->
+    <bool name="k2go_light_system_bars">false</bool>
+</resources>
diff --git a/controller/app/src/main/res/values/bools.xml b/controller/app/src/main/res/values/bools.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b38e01587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controller/app/src/main/res/values/bools.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+    <!-- K2GO-439 follow-up: light theme. true = the system bars are light, so the OS draws dark
+         icons, readable on the light background. Dark twin in values-night/bools.xml. -->
+    <bool name="k2go_light_system_bars">true</bool>
+</resources>
diff --git a/controller/app/src/main/res/values/themes_k2go.xml b/controller/app/src/main/res/values/themes_k2go.xml
index 3c862f291..ec081b38c 100644
--- a/controller/app/src/main/res/values/themes_k2go.xml
+++ b/controller/app/src/main/res/values/themes_k2go.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
              variants. All share ShapeAppearance.K2Go.Button (official M3 full/pill), so the corner lives in
              one place and primary/secondary never disagree. -->
         <item name="materialButtonStyle">@style/Widget.K2Go.Button</item>
+        <!-- K2GO-439 follow-up: targetSdk 35 forces edge-to-edge and drops the auto status-bar scrim,
+             so the app must set the status-bar icon contrast itself (Material3 does not default it).
+             true means a light bar with dark icons. Day/night qualified in values[-night]/bools.xml,
+             the same pattern as the color tokens. windowLightNavigationBar is not set: the nav bar
+             renders correctly already, and that attr is API 27 (above the minSdk 24). -->
+        <item name="android:windowLightStatusBar">@bool/k2go_light_system_bars</item>
     </style>
 
     <!-- ADFA-5346: shared button shape — official Material 3 fully-rounded (stadium/pill). Change here to