How to make UIImagePickerController StatusBar lightContent style?

Question

When I present the ImagePickerController the statusBar text color is still bla

Answer 1

Swift solution by writing an extension for UIImagePickerController:

extension UIImagePickerController {
    convenience init(navigationBarStyle: UIBarStyle) {
        self.init()
        self.navigationBar.barStyle = navigationBarStyle
    }
}

Then you can set the color when initializing it:

let picker = UIImagePickerController(navigationBarStyle: .black)    // black bar -> white text

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Alternative (inspired by folse's answer): When you initialize the UIImagePickerController normally, make this class the delegate (picker.delegate = self) and implement this function:

func navigationController(_ navigationController: UINavigationController, didShow viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
    if navigationController is UIImagePickerController {        // check just to be safe
        navigationController.navigationBar.barStyle = .black    // black bar -> white text
    }
}