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.

In what way will it not work? You can make those calls when the theme changes... — Wain, Aug 06 '14 at 22:36
@Wain Of course I can. Sorry, too late here already. Didn't think straight... — user3607973, Aug 06 '14 at 22:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '16 at 10:33

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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. :)

answered May 21 '16 at 10:33

ikarishinjigao

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sorry for the image link, because my reputation is not enough to post image directly. – ikarishinjigao May 21 '16 at 10:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '17 at 05:53

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.

Dynamically change status bar text color

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