[objective-c] Change status bar text color to light in iOS 9 with Objective-C

In iOS 9, how do I change the color of the status bar text to white?

First set

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];

Go to your AppDelegate, find itsdidFinishLaunchingWithOptions method and do:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];

}

and then set View controller-based status bar appearance equal to NO in plist.

iOS Status bar has only 2 options (black and white). You can try this in AppDelegate:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];
}

Add the key View controller-based status bar appearance to Info.plist file and make it boolean type set to NO.

Insert one line code in viewDidLoad (this works on specific class where it is mentioned)

 [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;

1. Add a key in your info.plist file UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance and set it to YES.

2. In viewDidLoad method of your ViewController add a method call:

   [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];
   

3. Then paste the following method in viewController file:

   - (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle
   { 
       return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent; 
   }
   

Using a UINavigationController and setting its navigation bar's barStyle to .Black. past this line in your AppDelegate.m file.

navigationController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlack;

If you are not using UINavigationController then add following code in your ViewController.m file.

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle
{
    return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;
}

And call the method to this line :

[self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];