Dynamically change status bar text color

Question

I know I can change the iPhone's status bar text color, using methods described here.

However, my app has different themes, and I need to update the status bar accordingly.

Calling

[self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];

and

-(UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle{ 
    return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent; 
}

will obviously not work. However, it needs to be local, as in only for a specific TabBar view.

Answer 1

Just for the ones who come here for the title. You can set a flag and toggle between the status bar text colors like in the code segment given:

-(UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle {

if (barStyleLight){

    return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;
}
else {

    return UIStatusBarStyleDefault;
}

}

Also note that, this preferredStatusBarStyle method is called whenever we call: [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

First, select your Project and in the Genernal tab you will see something like this.

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Then set Status Bar Style to Light just like the image.

Second, set View controller-based status bar appearance equal to NO in Info.plist. If you can't find it, just add a new row and set it like the above step.

And then, run your app you will see the Status bar text colour is white. :)