Changing the Status Bar Color for specific ViewControllers using Swift in iOS8

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override func preferredStatusBarStyle   - gt  UIStatusBarStyle    return UIStatusBarStyle LightContent      Using the above code in any ViewController to set the statusBar color to White for a specific viewcontroller doesnt work in iOS8 for me  Any suggestions   Using the UIApplication sharedApplication method  the color changes after required changes in the Info plist for the whole app      Change the colour of status bar from black to white UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarStyle    LightContent   How can I just make changes to the status bar color for some required and specific ViewControllers

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There s a billion answers here so I thought why not add another in the form of an extension  with help from  C  ur   Swift 3  Extension   extension UIApplication       class var statusBarBackgroundColor  UIColor            get               return  shared value forKey   statusBar   as  UIView   backgroundColor           set                shared value forKey   statusBar   as  UIView   backgroundColor   newValue                     Implementation   UIApplication statusBarBackgroundColor    blue

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WARNING    Setter for  statusBarStyle  was deprecated in iOS 9 0  Use - UIViewController preferredStatusBarStyle   UIApplication shared statusBarStyle    default     so my solution was as this  making an extension from the navigation controller   extension UINavigationController       open override var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle           if let topViewController   presentedViewController              return topViewController preferredStatusBarStyle                   if let topViewController   viewControllers last               return topViewController preferredStatusBarStyle                    return  default           and if you have a viewController that will have another style than the style of the app   you can make this   var barStyle   UIStatusBarStyle lightContent override var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle      return barStyle     lets say that you app status style is  default and you want this screen to be  lightContent so barStyle will take the  lightContent as its default value  this will change the status bar style to lightContent  and then make sure when viewWillDisappear change the barStyle again to the app status bar style which in our case is  default    this is works for me

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After reading all the suggestions  and trying out a few things  I could get this to work for specific viewcontrollers using the following steps    First Step   Open your info plist and insert a new key named  View controller-based status bar appearance  to NO  Second Step  Just an explanation  no need to implement this    Normally we put the following code in the application   didFinishLaunchingWithOptions   method of the AppDelegate    Swift 2  UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarStyle    LightContent   Swift 3  UIApplication shared statusBarStyle    lightContent   but that affects the statusBarStyle of all the ViewControllers   So  how to get this working for specific ViewControllers - Final Step   Open the viewcontroller file where you want to change the statusBarStyle and put the following code in viewWillAppear      Swift 2  UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarStyle    LightContent   Swift 3  UIApplication shared statusBarStyle    lightContent   Also  implement the viewWillDisappear   method for that specific viewController and put the following lines of code    Swift 2  override func viewWillDisappear animated  Bool        super viewWillDisappear animated      UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarStyle   UIStatusBarStyle Default      Swift 3  override func viewWillDisappear   animated  Bool        super viewWillDisappear animated      UIApplication shared statusBarStyle   UIStatusBarStyle default     This step will first change the statusBarStyle for the specific viewcontroller and then change it back to default when the specific viewcontroller disappears  Not implementing the viewWillDisappear   will change the statusBarStyle permanently to the new defined value of UIStatusBarStyle LightContent

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SWIFT 2  I was able to successfully change the appearance of the status bar background by adding the following in my viewWillAppear   let statusBar  UIView   UIApplication sharedApplication   valueForKey  statusBar   as  UIView      if statusBar respondsToSelector Selector  setBackgroundColor               statusBar backgroundColor    redColor

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I use this way in Swift 5  Swift 4 2   Add next values to Info plist   UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance   YES  or  UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance   NO  to see changes   UIStatusBarHidden   NO  UIStatusBarStyle   UIStatusBarStyleDefault  or set to UIStatusBarStyleLightContent if you want to see light status bar texts on launching     Then place code below to specific view controllers where you want to see light content  to see dark texts set preferredStatusBarStyle to  darkContent    override var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle       return  lightContent    override func viewDidLoad         super viewDidLoad        if let statusBar  UIView   UIApplication shared value forKey   statusBar   as  UIView           statusBar backgroundColor    sunflowerYellow

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override func viewWillAppear animated  Bool        self navigationController  navigationBarHidden    true      UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarHidden   false     UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarStyle    LightContent      let statusBar  UIView   UIApplication sharedApplication   valueForKey  statusBar   as  UIView     if statusBar respondsToSelector  setBackgroundColor              statusBar backgroundColor   UIColor redColor

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Everything is much easier in Swift 3 0 Xcode 8  Using the code below in App Delegate file  after  func application   application  UIApplication  didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions   UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey  Any    - gt  Bool     insert this     UINavigationBar appearance   barStyle    black  UINavigationBar appearance   barTintColor   UIColor red  230  green  32  blue  31  alpha  1 0

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Custom color for the status bar  iOS11   Swift4    If you are looking for a solution how to change the status bar to your custom color  this the working solution   let statusBarView   UIView   view addSubview statusBarView  statusBarView translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints   false NSLayoutConstraint activate       statusBarView topAnchor constraint equalTo  view topAnchor       statusBarView leftAnchor constraint equalTo  view leftAnchor       statusBarView rightAnchor constraint equalTo  view rightAnchor       statusBarView bottomAnchor constraint equalTo  view safeAreaLayoutGuide topAnchor     statusBarView backgroundColor    blue

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Swift 3 0 Update  func application   application  UIApplication  didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions   UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey  Any    - gt  Bool            UIApplication shared statusBarStyle    lightContent          return true

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For Xcode 10 you can create a class and put it before your viewController class  you can call this class in all view controller is needed a light content status bar     class UIViewControllerWithLightStatusBar  UIViewController   override var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle   return UIStatusBarStyle lightContent       Now change your viewController class in   class YourViewController  UIViewControllerWithLightStatusBar           And that s all

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SWIFT 4 2 Hey  I wanted to share a solution  that worked for me that I got from a great article on this ellusive subject by Graig Grummitt    Step 1 As others have mentioned ADD below to your PLIST  View controller-based status bar appearance YES   Step 2 in the RootViewcontroller add below  var statusBarHidden  Bool   false           didSet newValue                UIView animate withDuration  0 1                    self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate                                      override var prefersStatusBarHidden  Bool           return statusBarHidden            var vcStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle    default           didSet newValue                UIView animate withDuration  0 1                    self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate                                      override var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle           return vcStatusbarStyle         When updating either property statusBarHidden or vcStatusBarStyle it will call setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate   and will update the status bar with the new values for either prefersStatusBarHidden or preferredStatusBarStyle  In my situation I had to update these properties for the container viewcontroller  that was the parent of the visable childviewcontroller  I did this using a simple delegate method    protocol MainViewControllerDelegate       func updateStatusBarStyle statBarStayle  UIStatusBarStyle      func toggleStatusBar visable  Bool      Ofcourse when instantiating the childViewController Visible VC  don t forget to set the MainViewcontroller Container VC  as its delegate  I sometimes do      childViewController delegate   self   Then in the childViewController I just called the delegate method when needed to update the status bar    self delegate  updateStatusBarStyle statBarStayle   default    As mentioned above Graig Grummitt goes into more detail about this solution and also working with UINavigationControllers as well  Link here  The Mysterious Case of the Status Bar

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if somebody wants to change the battery and text color of the status bar like the below image     you can use the following code in the appdelegate class   UINavigationBar appearance   barTintColor   UIColor red  234 0 255 0  green  46 0 255 0  blue  73 0 255 0  alpha  1 0  UINavigationBar appearance   tintColor   UIColor white UINavigationBar appearance   titleTextAttributes    NSAttributedString Key foregroundColor   UIColor white

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Swift 3  In your AppDelegate file inside func application method  let statusBar  UIView   application value forKey   statusBar   as  UIView statusBar backgroundColor    red

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In Swift 4 or 4 2  You can add on your vc     preferredStatusBarStyle   and set return value to       lightContent or  default   ex   override var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle           return  lightContent

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As of June 10  2020   Swift 5   Without editing  Plist file   If you are using Storyboard  go to the NavigationController  select the navigationBar  click on the Attributes Inspector  then change the style  if you need light content  white status bar   set it anything except default lets say set style black And if you want dark content   black status bar   set it default    The default  UIBarStyleDefault  results in the dark foreground UIStatusBarStyleDefault status bar  And UIBarStyleBlack will give a UIStatusBarStyleLightContent status bar   Programatically   let nav   UINavigationController rootViewController  rootViewController       nav navigationBar barStyle    default   gives you dark Content status bar      nav navigationBar barStyle    black    gives you light content status bar   Without Navigation Bar  Edit  Plist   add UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance   View controller-based status bar appearance to your info plist  and set value is true   Override the preferredStatusBarStyle property in your Controller  class ViewController  UIViewController       override var preferredStatusBarStyle   UIStatusBarStyle           return  lightContent

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Swift 3  let statusBar  UIView   UIApplication shared value forKey   statusBar   as  UIView if statusBar responds to   selector setter  UIView backgroundColor       statusBar backgroundColor   UIColor black      That s the solution for setting background color of the status bar for specific view controller

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Works for Navigation Based Application      var addStatusBar   UIView       addStatusBar frame   CGRectMake 0  0  UIScreen mainScreen   bounds width  20       addStatusBar backgroundColor   global   UIColorFromRGB 0x65b4d9      self window  rootViewController  view  addSubview addStatusBar

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Works for Navigation Based for particular view controller in swift4     let app   UIApplication shared    let statusBarHeight  CGFloat   app statusBarFrame size height     let statusbarView   UIView frame  CGRect x  0  y  0  width  UIScreen main bounds size width  height  statusBarHeight      statusbarView backgroundColor   UIColor red    view addSubview statusbarView

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As of Oct 2020  Swift 5  Xcode 12 If you want to set it to all view controllers in the app  and if your app has a navigation controller  You can do it in the plist file as follow

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As of August 25  2020  Swift 5  Swift 4 2  Swift 4 override func viewWillAppear   animated  Bool        super viewWillAppear animated      setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate     override var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle        lightContent

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for swift 3   plist  View controller-based status bar appearance   NO   AppDelegate swift    func application   application  UIApplication  didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions   UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey  Any    - gt  Bool              Custom statubar         UIApplication shared isStatusBarHidden   false         UIApplication shared statusBarStyle    lightContent         let statusBar  UIView   UIApplication shared value forKey   statusBar   as  UIView         statusBar backgroundColor   UIColor gray          return true

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In your Info plist you need to define View controller-based status bar appearance to any value   If you define it YES then you should override preferredStatusBarStyle function in each view controller   If you define it NO then you can set style in AppDelegate using   UIApplication sharedApplication   setStatusBarStyle UIStatusBarStyle LightContent  animated  true

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Swift 4 For specific ViewController without navigationViewController embedded just add this to your ViewController file    override var preferredStatusBarStyle   UIStatusBarStyle       return  lightContent

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I had set specific color  in RGB format  using below code in App Delegate file   func application application  UIApplication  didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions   NSObject  AnyObject    - gt  Bool           UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarHidden   false         UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarStyle    LightContent          let statusBar  UIView   UIApplication sharedApplication   valueForKey  statusBar   as  UIView         if statusBar respondsToSelector Selector  setBackgroundColor                   statusBar backgroundColor   UIColor init red  0 1  green  0 27  blue  0 60  alpha  1 0                       You also need to add below key in Info plist file    View controller-based status bar appearance with boolean value set to NO

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What worked with me  in the Storyboard  go to the Navigation Controller  select the navigation bar  click on the Attributes Inspector  then change the style from default to black  That s it

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Implement preferredStatusBarStyle as you mentioned and call  self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate   in ViewDidLoad and  also in Info plist set UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to YES  It s YES by default   It is not clear why it is not  working I need to check code One other suggestion is  go with working code in viewDidLoad UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarStyle    LightContent and change this to default when you view get disappeared viewWillDisappear

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Click on the Supporting Files group left side top - name of your project   Navigate to Info  Click on   somewhere between lists  like below bundle name  And add  View controller-based status bar appearence  and set it to NO  Then open AppDelegate swift and modify like this   func application application  UIApplication   didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions  NSDictionary   - gt  Bool    UIApplication sharedApplication   setStatusBarStyle UIStatusBarStyle LightContent  animated  true   return true     Thats it

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I can suggest you a simpler way    Just call setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate in viewDidLoad as Apple docs  says        Call this method if the view controller s status bar attributes  such as hidden unhidden status or style  change  If you call this method within an animation block  the changes are animated along with the rest of the animation block     Implement preferredStatusBarStyle returning your preferred type    It worked for me in iOS 10 1   Objective C   self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate    - UIStatusBarStyle preferredStatusBarStyle        return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent      Swift  setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate    var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle        return  lightContent     I am surprised nobody pointed this out  Anyway enjoy

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I had some trouble with this one  I didn t really feel good about globally changing the status bar color in view did appear and then changing it back on view did disappear like the accepted answer  Believe it or not you can get this working by overriding preferredStatusBarStyle on your desired view controller  After much time this is what I did to get it working    Change View controller-based status bar appearance in your info plist to YES  Now any full screen view controller can change the status bar style by overriding preferredStatusBarStyle  I specify full screen because this will not work for  non-full screen  modal view controllers  not without setting modal Presentation Captures Status Bar Appearance to Yes that is  Also if you have embedded view controllers  like in a navigation controller for example  it will ask the top most view controller for status bar style  Overriding child View Controller For Status Bar Style and passing the embedded view controller is supposed to work but it didn t for me  So I just returned the embedded view controllers preferred status bar as the preferred status bar style  Something like this   override var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle        if let topViewController   viewControllers last            return topViewController preferredStatusBarStyle              return  default

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Swift 4 2 solution with NavigationController  First Step   Open your info plist and insert a new key named  View controller-based status bar appearance  or UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to YES to let each VC use their own status property   Second Step   In each VC  override the preferredStatusBarStyle property like this    override var preferredStatusBarStyle   UIStatusBarStyle       return  lightContent    default for black style     Last step  Override the preferredStatusBarStyle property in your custom NavigationController class    class NavigationController   UINavigationController    override var preferredStatusBarStyle   UIStatusBarStyle        if let topVC   viewControllers last             return the status property of each VC  look at step 2         return topVC preferredStatusBarStyle              return  default

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Swift 4 0 Please use this code in  didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions   Appdelegate class  UIApplication shared statusBarStyle    lightContent let statusBar  UIView   UIApplication shared value forKey   statusBar   as  UIView if statusBar responds to   selector setter  UIView backgroundColor    statusBar backgroundColor   UIColor black     iOS 13   var statusBarView  UIView   UIView           if  available iOS 13 0                   let tag UInt64   38482458385             if let statusBar   UIApplication shared keyWindow  viewWithTag Int tag                     statusBar backgroundColor   UIColor red                 statusBarView   statusBar               else                   let statusBar   UIView frame  UIApplication shared statusBarFrame                  statusBar tag   Int tag                  UIApplication shared keyWindow  addSubview statusBar                  statusBarView   statusBar                         else               statusBarView    UIApplication shared value forKey   statusBar   as  UIView               if statusBarView responds to   selector setter  UIView backgroundColor                    statusBarView backgroundColor   UIColor red

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In my situation I use storyboard to organize my view controllers I want to change all status bar style   You can see in picture below     Stars View Controller is a CPBaseNavigationController and CPBaseNavigationController is subclass of UINavigationController   I try doing the next setps    In AppDelegate swift func didFinishLaunchingWithOptions add     change status bar color UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarHidden   false UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarStyle    LightContent   but no effect  In StoryBoard find the Base Tab BarController picture on the above  select Attributes Inspector  change the Sattus Bar attribute to Light Content so bad no effect        Last I get it In my custom navigation controller CPBaseNavigationController add func preferredStatusBarStyle  override func preferredStatusBarStyle   - gt  UIStatusBarStyle      return  LightContent     It works well    Besides statusBarStyle deprecated in 9 0 you can use - UIViewController preferredStatusBarStyle

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I followed this tutorial and it worked for me  However  I am not sure if there are any caveats   https   coderwall com p dyqrfa customize-navigation-bar-appearance-with-swift   Open your info plist and set UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to false  In the first function in AppDelegate swift  which contains didFinishLaunchingWithOptions  set the color you want    UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarStyle   UIStatusBarStyle LightContent   Swift 3 Update    UIApplication shared statusBarStyle    lightContent

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Swift 3         LoginController swift     Swift 3        Created by The Crab on 17 01 2017      Copyright    2017 Paxi Labs  All rights reserved      import UIKit  class LoginController  UIViewController        override func viewDidLoad             super viewDidLoad            setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate            view backgroundColor   UIColor red  61 255  green  91 255  blue  151 255  alpha  1              override var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle           return  lightContent

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Another really easy way to make this work is just to create an extension of the UINavigationController class   Since overriding the preferredStatusBarStyle  method wont work UNLESS we do it inside of the UINavigationController class       extension UINavigationController           open override var preferredStatusBarStyle  UIStatusBarStyle               return  lightContent

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In Swift 5 or xcode 11 and later set  View controller-based status bar appearance  key in info plist as NO Then go to project target and select general  Set status bar style to dark or light

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There are two situation   1 show navigation bar  1  add1UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance   View controller-based status bar appearance to your info plist  and set value is true   2  Override the preferredStatusBarStyle property in your custom NavigationController class    from  guillama   class NavigationController   UINavigationController        override var preferredStatusBarStyle   UIStatusBarStyle        if let topVC   viewControllers last             return the status property of each VC  look at step 2         return topVC preferredStatusBarStyle                 return  default         3  override preferredStatusBarStyle in your specific view controller   override var preferredStatusBarStyle   UIStatusBarStyle       return  lightContent     2 hidden navigation bar  1  ditto  2  don t need second step above  you should implement third step directly   override var preferredStatusBarStyle   UIStatusBarStyle       return  lightContent

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