How to change the status bar background color and text color on iOS 7

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My current application runs on iOS 5 and 6    The navigation bar is having an orange color and the status bar is having a black background color with white text color  However  when I run the same application on iOS 7  I observe the status bar looks transparent with the same orange background color as the navigation bar and the status bar text color is black    Due to this I m not able to differentiate between the status bar and the navigation bar    How do I make the status bar to look the same as it was in iOS 5 and 6  that is with black background color and white text color  How can I do this programmatically

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Change background color of status bar  Swift   let proxyViewForStatusBar   UIView   UIView frame  CGRectMake 0  0 self view frame size width  20               proxyViewForStatusBar backgroundColor UIColor whiteColor           self view addSubview proxyViewForStatusBar

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1  set the UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to YES in the plist  2  in viewDidLoad do a  self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate    3  add the following method    - UIStatusBarStyle preferredStatusBarStyle       return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent         UPDATE  also check developers-guide-to-the-ios-7-status-bar

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You can use like below  for iOS 13  and Swift 4  1 - gt  Set View controller-based status bar appearance to NO extension UIApplication   var statusBarView  UIView        if  available iOS 13 0              let statusBar    UIView            statusBar frame   UIApplication shared statusBarFrame          UIApplication shared keyWindow  addSubview statusBar                 return statusBar       else           let statusBar   UIApplication shared value forKeyPath   quot statusBarWindow statusBar quot   as  UIView         return statusBar          use in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions UIApplication shared statusBarView  backgroundColor   UIColor red

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Try this  Use this code in your appdelegate class didFinishLaunchingWithOptions function     UIApplication sharedApplication  setStatusBarStyle UIStatusBarStyleLightContent    application setStatusBarHidden NO   UIView  statusBar      UIApplication sharedApplication  valueForKey   statusBarWindow   valueForKey   statusBar    if   statusBar respondsToSelector  selector setBackgroundColor           statusBar backgroundColor    UIColor blackColor

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Write this in your ViewDidLoad Method   if   self respondsToSelector  selector setEdgesForExtendedLayout           self edgesForExtendedLayout UIRectEdgeNone      self extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars NO      self automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets NO      It fixed status bar color for me and other UI misplacements also to a extent

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Warning  It does not work anymore with iOS 13 and Xcode 11                                                                              I had to try look for other ways  Which does not involve addSubview on window  Because I am moving up the window when keyboard is presented   Objective-C  -  void setStatusBarBackgroundColor  UIColor   color        UIView  statusBar      UIApplication sharedApplication  valueForKey   statusBarWindow   valueForKey   statusBar         if   statusBar respondsToSelector  selector setBackgroundColor               statusBar backgroundColor   color            Swift  func setStatusBarBackgroundColor color  UIColor         guard  let statusBar   UIApplication sharedApplication   valueForKey  statusBarWindow    valueForKey  statusBar   as  UIView else           return            statusBar backgroundColor   color     Swift 3  func setStatusBarBackgroundColor color  UIColor         guard let statusBar   UIApplication shared value forKeyPath   statusBarWindow statusBar   as  UIView else   return        statusBar backgroundColor   color     Calling this form application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions worked for me   N B  We have an app in the app store with this logic  So I guess it is okay with the app store policy      Edit   Use at your own risk  Form the commenter  Sebyddd     I had one app rejected cause of this  while another was accepted just   fine  They do consider it private API usage  so you are subject to   luck during the reviewing process        Sebyddd

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While handling the background color of status bar in iOS 7  there are 2 cases  Case 1  View with Navigation Bar  In this case use the following code in your viewDidLoad method   UIApplication  app    UIApplication sharedApplication    CGFloat statusBarHeight   app statusBarFrame size height    UIView  statusBarView     UIView alloc  initWithFrame CGRectMake 0  -statusBarHeight   UIScreen mainScreen  bounds size width  statusBarHeight     statusBarView backgroundColor    UIColor yellowColor     self navigationController navigationBar addSubview statusBarView     Case 2  View without Navigation Bar  In this case use the following code in your viewDidLoad method   UIApplication  app    UIApplication sharedApplication    CGFloat statusBarHeight   app statusBarFrame size height    UIView  statusBarView      UIView alloc  initWithFrame CGRectMake 0  0   UIScreen mainScreen  bounds size width  statusBarHeight     statusBarView backgroundColor      UIColor yellowColor     self view addSubview statusBarView     Source link http   code-ios blogspot in 2014 08 how-to-change-background-color-of html

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for the background you can easily add a view  like in example   UIView  view     UIView alloc  initWithFrame CGRectMake 0  0 320  20    view backgroundColor    UIColor colorWithRed 0 255 0 green 0 255 0 blue 0 255 0 alpha 0 1    navbar addSubview view     where  navbar  is a UINavigationBar

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The below code snippet should work with Objective C      if   available iOS 13 0              UIView  statusBar     UIView alloc initWithFrame  UIApplication sharedApplication  keyWindow windowScene statusBarManager statusBarFrame          statusBar backgroundColor    UIColor whiteColor           UIApplication sharedApplication  keyWindow addSubview statusBar       else            Fallback on earlier versions         UIView  statusBar      UIApplication sharedApplication  valueForKey   statusBarWindow   valueForKey   statusBar              if   statusBar respondsToSelector  selector setBackgroundColor                     statusBar backgroundColor    UIColor whiteColor    set whatever color you like

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I succeeded to customize StatusBar color pretty simple adding in AppDelegate cs file in the method   public override bool FinishedLaunching UIApplication app  NSDictionary options    next code   UIView statusBar   UIApplication SharedApplication ValueForKey new NSString  statusBar    as UIView   if  statusBar  null  amp  amp  statusBar RespondsToSelector new Selector  setBackgroundColor           statusBar BackgroundColor   Color FromHex RedColorHex  ToUIColor        So you get something like this     Link  https   jorgearamirez wordpress com 2016 07 18 lesson-x-effects-for-the-status-bar

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Swift 4  In Info plist add this property  View controller-based status bar appearance to NO  and after that in AppDelegate inside the didFinishLaunchingWithOptions add these lines of code  UIApplication shared isStatusBarHidden   false UIApplication shared statusBarStyle    lightContent

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You can set background color for status bar during application launch or during viewDidLoad of your view controller   extension UIApplication        var statusBarView  UIView            return value forKey   statusBar   as  UIView              Set upon application launch  if you ve application based status bar class AppDelegate  UIResponder  UIApplicationDelegate        var window  UIWindow       func application   application  UIApplication  didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions   UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey  Any    - gt  Bool           UIApplication shared statusBarView  backgroundColor   UIColor red         return true           or     Set it from your view controller if you ve view controller based statusbar class ViewController  UIViewController        override func viewDidLoad             super viewDidLoad            UIApplication shared statusBarView  backgroundColor   UIColor red             Here is result      Here is Apple Guidelines Instruction about status bar change  Only Dark  amp  light  while  amp  black  are allowed in status bar   Here is - How to change status bar style   If you want to set status bar style  application level then set UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to NO in your   plist  file   if you wan to set status bar style  at view controller level then follow these steps    Set the UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to YES in the  plist file  if you need to set status bar style at UIViewController level only   In the viewDidLoad add function - setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate override preferredStatusBarStyle in your view controller    -  override func viewDidLoad         super viewDidLoad       self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate      override var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle       return  lightContent

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In Swift 5 and Xcode 10 2  DispatchQueue main asyncAfter deadline  DispatchTime now     Double Int64 0 1   Double NSEC PER SEC      Double NSEC PER SEC   execute       Set status bar background colour let statusBar   UIApplication shared value forKeyPath   statusBarWindow statusBar   as  UIView statusBar  backgroundColor   UIColor red   Set navigation bar subView background colour    for view in controller navigationController  navigationBar subviews               view tintColor   UIColor white       view backgroundColor   UIColor red           Here i fixed status bar background colour and navigation bar background colour  If you don t want navigation bar colour comment it

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Swift 4      Change status bar background color  let statusBar   UIApplication shared value forKeyPath   statusBarWindow statusBar   as  UIView  statusBar  backgroundColor   UIColor red

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Just to add to Shahid s answer - you can account for orientation changes or different devices using this  iOS7     -  BOOL  application  UIApplication   application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions  NSDictionary   launchOptions              Create the background   UIView  statusBg     UIView alloc  initWithFrame CGRectMake 0  0  self window frame size width  20      statusBg backgroundColor    UIColor colorWithWhite 1 alpha  7        Add the view behind the status bar    self window rootViewController view addSubview statusBg        set the constraints to auto-resize   statusBg translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints   NO     statusBg superview addConstraint  NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem statusBg attribute NSLayoutAttributeTop relatedBy NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem statusBg superview attribute NSLayoutAttributeTop multiplier 1 0 constant 0 0       statusBg superview addConstraint  NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem statusBg attribute NSLayoutAttributeLeft relatedBy NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem statusBg superview attribute NSLayoutAttributeLeft multiplier 1 0 constant 0 0       statusBg superview addConstraint  NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem statusBg attribute NSLayoutAttributeRight relatedBy NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem statusBg superview attribute NSLayoutAttributeRight multiplier 1 0 constant 0 0       statusBg superview addConstraints  NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat   V  statusBg   20    options 0 metrics nil views NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings statusBg        statusBg superview setNeedsUpdateConstraints

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Swift code               let statusBarView   UIView frame  CGRect x  0  y  0  width  view width  height  20 0               statusBarView backgroundColor   UIColor red             self navigationController  view addSubview statusBarView

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Goto your app info plist  1  Set View controller-based status bar appearance to NO 2  Set Status bar style to UIStatusBarStyleLightContent  Then Goto your app delegate and paste the following code where you set your Windows s RootViewController    define SYSTEM VERSION GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO v       UIDevice currentDevice  systemVersion  compare v options NSNumericSearch     NSOrderedAscending   if  SYSTEM VERSION GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO   7 0          UIView  view   UIView alloc  initWithFrame CGRectMake 0  0  UIScreen mainScreen  bounds size width  20        view backgroundColor  UIColor blackColor        self window rootViewController view addSubview view       Hope it helps

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In the case of swift 2 0 on iOS 9   Place the following in the app delegate  under didFinishLaunchingWithOptions       let view  UIView   UIView init frame  CGRectMake 0  0  UIScreen mainScreen   bounds size width  20        view backgroundColor   UIColor blackColor      The colour you want to set      view alpha   0 1     This and the line above is set like this just if you want                            the status bar a darker shade of                            the colour you already have behind it       self window  rootViewController  view addSubview view

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Here s a total  copy and paste solution  with an absolutely correct explanation of every issue involved  With thanks to Warif Akhand Rishi   for the amazing find regarding keyPath statusBarWindow statusBar  Good one  func application   application  UIApplication  didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions   UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey  Any    - gt  Bool               handle the iOS bar               gt  gt  gt  gt  gt NOTE lt  lt  lt  lt  lt          gt  gt  gt  gt  gt NOTE lt  lt  lt  lt  lt          gt  gt  gt  gt  gt NOTE lt  lt  lt  lt  lt          quot Status Bar Style quot  refers to the  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt color of the TEXT lt  lt  lt  lt  lt  lt  of the Apple status bar         it does NOT refer to the background color of the bar  This causes a lot of confusion          gt  gt  gt  gt  gt NOTE lt  lt  lt  lt  lt          gt  gt  gt  gt  gt NOTE lt  lt  lt  lt  lt          gt  gt  gt  gt  gt NOTE lt  lt  lt  lt  lt              our app is white  so we want the Apple bar to be white  with  obviously  black writing              make the ultimate window of OUR app actually start only BELOW Apple s bar            so  in storyboard  never think about the issue  design to the full height in storyboard      let h   UIApplication shared statusBarFrame size height     let f   self window  frame     self window  frame   CGRect x  0  y  h  width  f  size width  height  f  size height - h              next  in your plist be sure to have this  you almost always want this anyway          lt key gt UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance lt  key gt          lt false  gt              next - very simply in the app Target  select  quot Status Bar Style quot  to Default         Do nothing in the plist regarding  quot Status Bar Style quot  - in modern Xcode  setting        the  quot Status Bar Style quot  toggle simply sets the plist for you              finally  method A         set the bg of the Apple bar to white   Technique courtesy Warif Akhand Rishi         note  self window  clipsToBounds   true-or-false  makes no difference in method A      if let sb   UIApplication shared value forKeyPath   quot statusBarWindow statusBar quot   as  UIView           sb backgroundColor   UIColor white            if you prefer a light gray under there              sb backgroundColor   UIColor hue  0  saturation  0  brightness  0 9  alpha  1                           if you prefer or if necessary  method B         explicitly actually add a background  in our app  to sit behind the apple bar         self window  clipsToBounds   false    MUST be false if you use this approach     let whiteness   UIView       whiteness frame   CGRect x  0  y  -h  width  f  size width  height  h      whiteness backgroundColor   UIColor green     self window  addSubview whiteness                  return true

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In iOS 7 the status bar doesn t have a background  therefore if you put a black 20px-high view behind it you will achieve the same result as iOS 6   Also you may want to read the iOS 7 UI Transition Guide for further information on the subject

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For bar color  You provide a custom background image for the bar   For text color  Use the information in About Text Handling in iOS

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iTroid23 solution worked for me  I missed the Swift solution  So maybe this is helpful   1  In my plist I had to add this    lt key gt UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance lt  key gt   lt true  gt    2  I didn t need to call  setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate    3  In swift I had to add this to my UIViewController   override func preferredStatusBarStyle   - gt  UIStatusBarStyle       return UIStatusBarStyle LightContent

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If you re using a UINavigationController  you can use an extension like this   extension UINavigationController       private struct AssociatedKeys           static var navigationBarBackgroundViewName    NavigationBarBackground             var navigationBarBackgroundView  UIView            get               return objc getAssociatedObject self                                           amp AssociatedKeys navigationBarBackgroundViewName  as  UIView                   set newValue                 objc setAssociatedObject self                                    amp AssociatedKeys navigationBarBackgroundViewName                                   newValue                                    OBJC ASSOCIATION RETAIN                       func setNavigationBar hidden isHidden  Bool  animated  Bool   false           if animated              UIView animate withDuration  0 3                   self navigationBarBackgroundView  isHidden   isHidden                       else              navigationBarBackgroundView  isHidden   isHidden                     func setNavigationBarBackground color  UIColor  includingStatusBar  Bool   true  animated  Bool   false            navigationBarBackgroundView  backgroundColor   UIColor clear         navigationBar backgroundColor   UIColor clear         navigationBar barTintColor   UIColor clear          let setupOperation                 if includingStatusBar                   self navigationBarBackgroundView  isHidden   false                 if self navigationBarBackgroundView    nil                       self setupBackgroundView                                     self navigationBarBackgroundView  backgroundColor   color               else                   self navigationBarBackgroundView  isHidden   true                 self navigationBar backgroundColor   color                                  if animated               UIView animate withDuration  0 3                    setupOperation                           else               setupOperation                        private func setupBackgroundView             var frame   navigationBar frame         frame origin y   0         frame size height   64          navigationBarBackgroundView   UIView frame  frame          navigationBarBackgroundView  translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints   true         navigationBarBackgroundView  autoresizingMask     flexibleWidth   flexibleBottomMargin           navigationBarBackgroundView  isUserInteractionEnabled   false          view insertSubview navigationBarBackgroundView   aboveSubview  navigationBar            It basically makes the navigation bar background transparent and uses another UIView as the background  You can call the setNavigationBarBackground method of your navigation controller to set the navigation bar background color together with the status bar    Keep in mind that you have to then use the setNavigationBar hidden  Bool  animated  Bool  method in the extension when you want to hide the navigation bar otherwise the view that was used as the background will still be visible

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