Custom background color for status bar in iOS app created with Xcode and Swift

Question

I already googled a little bit but without success. I want to have a custom background color for the status bar in all my ViewControllers (only in portrait mode). The ViewContro

Answer 1

Try this, it will help.

let demoView = UIView()
demoView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 22)
demoView.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
self.view.addSubview(demoView)

Answer 2

I already solved the problem myself by putting a UIView below the Status bar and set the background color. But I had to clear all constraints and add them again to make the UIView hiding in landscape mode.