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

set YourModalViewControler.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance to YES and keep "View controller-based status bar appearance" to YES.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    self.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = YES;
    ....
}

then overwrite preferredStatusBarStyle

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle {
    return TheStyleYouWant;
}

Answer 2

My solution:

newViewController.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen

By default, UINavigationController decides the status bar style and overrides all sub view controllers styles. However, when a modal view controller is fullscreen, its method preferredStatusBarStyle is called.

Answer 3

Set UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to NO in your info.plist