How to change UIStatusBarStyle in iOS 7 in modal views with navigation bar?

Question

The iOS 7 Transition Guide give a good hint how to change the UIStatusBarStyle dynamically in a UIViewController using

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Answer 1

This works for me:

1. Set View controller-based status bar appearance to NO
2. Set Status bar style to UIStatusBarStyleLightContent (just copy that value)
3. In appDelegate use [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];

Hope it helps (ref: ios7 status bar changing back to black on modal views?)