How to change Status Bar color to black programmatically

Question

There are many posts on this topic, yet I can't find one that works.

I have a View Controller that is not embedded in a Navigation Controller. I would like to change the status bar color to black.

This is my latest attempt How to set Status Bar Style in Swift 3

1. Change in info.plist the row View controller-based status bar appearance and set it to NO
2. Change in appDelegate.swift in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = .lightContent

Answer 1

1. Add "View controller-based status bar appearance" - YES in your info.plist.

2. Add "Status bar style" - UIStatusBarStyleLightContent in your info.plist if you want the default view controller status bar to be light.

3. override preferredStatusBarStyle to default/light like so:

   class UIExampleViewController: UIViewController {
   
     override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
     return .lightContent
     }
   
   }