iOS 7: modal view controller status bar is wrong color but normal view controllers are correct

Question

I have an issue in iOS7 where a normal UINavigationController pushed view controller has the correct status bar text color for the UINavigationController navbar color (which is

Answer 1

This works. But I'm not happy with it because it a bit hacky. I think it's a bug that preferredStatusBarStyle is not called for modal view. Will ask Apple.

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];

    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];
    [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];
}


- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];

    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleDefault];
    [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];
}