How to hide status bar + using white light content in another view controller(swift)?

Question

I want to hide status bar in a first controller, but I also want it to appear in a second controller in a lightContent.

I used:

UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = .lightContent

for light content and

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return true
}

to hide status bar.

My problem is that set View controller-based status bar appearance to Yes/No in .plist file will disable one or another.

Navigation controller, but I solved it already by: navigationController?.navigationBar.barStyle = .blackTranslucent I should have use my brain in first place — Daniel Kubicek

Sunny Sunny · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-19T10:28:58

If you want to hide status bar in a ViewController you can easily do it using this code

In viewWillAppear

UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = true

In viewWillDisappear

UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = false

In info.plist

<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key><false/>

In didFinishLaunchingWithOptions

UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = .lightContent