NavigationBar bar, tint, and title text color in iOS 8

Question

The background text in the status bar is still black. How do I change the color to white?

// io8, swift, Xcode 6.0.1 
override func viewDidLoad() {
    super         


        

Answer 1

Setting text color of navigation bar title to white in Swift version 4.2:

navigationController?.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = [NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.white]

Answer 2

Swift 4.1

Add a func to viewDidLoad

override func viewDidLoad() {
  super.viewDidLoad()

  setup()
}   

In the setup() function add:

func setup() {

        navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = true
        navigationController?.navigationBar.barStyle = .blackOpaque
        navigationItem.title = "YOUR_TITLE_HERE"
        navigationController?.navigationBar.barTintColor = .black
        let attributes = [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: UIColor.white]
        navigationController?.navigationBar.largeTitleTextAttributes = attributes
    }

Answer 3

Updated with swift 4

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
        self.navigationController?.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColor.blue
        self.navigationController?.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyle.black
}

Answer 4

In Swift5 and Xcode 10

self.navigationItem.title = "your name"
let textAttributes = [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor:UIColor.white]
navigationController?.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = textAttributes

Answer 5

Swift 4

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    navigationController?.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColor.orange
    navigationController?.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColor.white
    navigationController?.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.white]
}

Answer 6

I like Alex's answer. If you want something quick to try out in a ViewController make sure you use

viewWillAppear()
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    var nav = self.navigationController?.navigationBar
    nav?.barStyle = UIBarStyle.Black
    nav?.tintColor = UIColor.white
    nav?.titleTextAttributes = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.orange]
    //nav?.titleTextAttributes = [NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.orange] // swift 4.2
}