UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarStyle() deprecated in iOS 9

Question

I have been using

UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarStyle()

In my appDelegate and it has worked fine, but since iOS 9, this method

Answer 1

I think I have found a solution. I ended up setting the

View controller-based status bar appearance boolean to NO

In my info.plist file.

Then I went to my target's General settings -> Deployment info and changed the dropdown option Status Bar Style to Light instead of Default

This changed the statusbar style to Light for my whole application, just what I wanted.

I Hope this helps!

Answer 2

In Swift 3 is like that:

 UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = .lightContent

Answer 3

This is the new way in AppDelegate:

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