UIStatusBarStyle not working in Swift

Question

I\'m trying to change the Status Bar color in my Swift app to white, but am hitting a brick wall. I have 3 ViewControllers that are each embedded in a NavigationController (

Answer 1

Strange, using Swift 3.1 & XC8.2.1, but all of the above didn't work.

What I did, is just

extension UINavigationController
{
    override open var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
        get {
            return .lightContent
        }
    }
}

No Plist, no other stuff. HTH

Answer 2

In Swift 3.0 you can override a getter in ViewController for View controller-based status bar appearance:

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
    get { return .lightContent }
}

Answer 3

for me all above dind't work until i add:

self.navigationController?.navigationBar.barStyle = .black;

so:

1. Set UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to YES in .plist
2. In viewDidLoad call self.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate();
3. Override preferredStatusBarStyle
   override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle { return .lightContent }
4. In overrided method i set also the navigationBar.barStyle so final
   for light content:
   override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle { self.navigationController?.navigationBar.barStyle = .black;//or default return .lightContent //or default }
   and for black content use default

The source from here and here.

and if this doesn't work you can try add a UINavigationController extension:

extension UINavigationController
{
    override open var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
        if let lastVC = self.viewControllers.last
        {
            return lastVC.preferredStatusBarStyle
        }

        return .default
    }
}

Answer 4

Don't edit your Info.plist. Add this to your ViewController.swift:

override func preferredStatusBarStyle() -> UIStatusBarStyle {
    return UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent
}

Answer 5

Step 1. Add to info.plist View controller-based status bar appearance -> NO

Step 2. Add code in method where you need to change status bar color:

UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = .lightContent //(or .default)
setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()

Key line of code: setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()

Answer 6

On iOS 9 the following (setStatusBarStyle) is deprecated and you will get a warning if you go that way.

UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarStyle(UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent, animated: true)

If you want all statusBars changed in a single shot try adding the following to your Info.plist. This will also make your launch-screen status bar white. While the code above won't.

<key>UIStatusBarStyle</key>
<string>UIStatusBarStyleLightContent</string>
<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>
<false/>