Swift: Can't set StatusBarStyleLightContent

Question

This is really weird, I have page view controller with onboarding flow and I cannot set the white color in status bar.

I added "Status bar style" with "UIStatusBarStyleLightContent" value in info.plist along with appropriate line in AppDelegate

UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent

Despite making these two steps I keep getting black status bar.

Maybe this is something with Xcode 6.3? Did any of you encounter such a weird issue? If yes, how to fix that?

Thanks in advance!

Dániel Nagy · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-05T12:09:28.610

1

Just added these four lines into my Info.plist

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

After that I didn't even needed to set anything from code.

edited May 05 '15 at 12:09

answered May 05 '15 at 11:31

Dániel Nagy

This is quite the same I did in info.plist i guess – theDC May 05 '15 at 11:32
@DCDC Quite, because without setting UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to false it won't work- – Dániel Nagy May 05 '15 at 11:36
@DCDC so set both of them, not just one. – Dániel Nagy May 05 '15 at 11:40

gabuh · Answer 2 · 2015-05-05T11:35:06.503

0

Add in your ViewController :

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

edited May 05 '15 at 11:35

answered May 05 '15 at 11:18

gabuh

should I create new class? Or where should I paste this code? – theDC May 05 '15 at 11:19
New class. it replaces the basic UINavigationController that you are using. – gabuh May 05 '15 at 11:21
Ok, then do sth more, import somewhere this class or just create it and the whole rest will be handled? – theDC May 05 '15 at 11:22
If you are using storyboards, select the navigationController in it, and assign it to your new subclass. Like when you assign a TableViewController to a custom subclass... – gabuh May 05 '15 at 11:23
And if you are instantiating an instance of UINavigationController, just replace it by an instance of your new subclass – gabuh May 05 '15 at 11:26
I'm not using nav controller so far. What if it was a single view app, this must be a way to set the status bar light – theDC May 05 '15 at 11:30
Sorry then, I misread your post.... then just use `preferredStatusBarStyle()` it in your ViewController – gabuh May 05 '15 at 11:34

Hitendra Solanki · Answer 3 · 2015-05-07T10:43:44.627

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You need to follow below steps.

Set the View controller-based status bar appearance to NO in the .plist file.
UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent

edited May 07 '15 at 10:43

answered May 05 '15 at 11:28

Hitendra Solanki

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 05 '15 at 11:33

The perfect and working way to make StatusBar LightContent.

1) Go to info.plist and add property 'View controller-based status bar appearance' = NO

2) In your AppDelgate.swift, put this code:

application.setStatusBarStyle(UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent, animated: true)

This definitely works! Try it and let me know, if you face any issues.

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