UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarStyle() deprecated in iOS 9

Question

I have been using

UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarStyle()

In my appDelegate and it has worked fine, but since iOS 9, this method

Answer 1

In swift 3.

In your view controller:

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
    return UIStatusBarStyle.lightContent
}

If you wish when the app run your launch screen also has the status bar in lightContent then: