Status Color won't change

Question

I'm trying to change my the color of the status bar on my application. As default, the color right now is white (I never set it up) and my color of the background is also white, so I can't really see the status bar. I tried changing it in my ViewController by adding this property:

private var style: UIStatusBarStyle = .default

this is my preferredStatusBarStyle:

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
    return self.style
}

and on viewDidAppear I tried this:

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    style = .default
    setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
}

This is an answer I saw here on Stackoverflow, but it just won't work for me. I tried changing the navigationBar barStyle also, also didn't work.

I'm using a TabBarController embedded in NavigationController, tried to change both navBarColor / preferredStatusBarStyle, also didn't work.

Info.plist Picture:

Is this solving your issue: stackoverflow.com/a/61394686/2781088 — Mohit Kumar
@MohitKumar Thanks, I already tried changing the options there, but it didn't solve the issue. — John Doah
Please check the answer below, if this solves your issue. Sorry for late reply. — Mohit Kumar

Nakwenda Nakwenda · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-28T13:30:35

Do

    private(set) var isDark: Bool = false {
        didSet {
            setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
        }
    }

    override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
        if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
            return isDark ? .darkContent : .lightContent
        } else {
            return isDark ? .default : .lightContent
        }
    }

    final func changeStatusBarStyle(isDark: Bool) {
        self.isDark = isDark
        navigationController?.navigationBar.barStyle = isDark ? .default : .black
    }

Status Color won't change

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