UISearchController changing status bar color on invocation

Question

I have the following code in my app, specifically in viewDidLoad: that sets up my UISearchController.

self.searchController = [[UISear         


        

Answer 1

As of iOS 10 (maybe earlier?), if you have "View controller-based status bar appearance" set to YES in your Info.plist, simply set the preferredStatusBarStyle in the UIViewController that the UISearchController is included in.

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle {
    return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;
}

(you don't need to subclass or create a category/extension of UISearchController to override preferredStatusBarStyle... it uses the preferredStatusBarStyle that you set in your UIViewController)