How to change status bar background color

Question

Is there way to change the background color of status bar right now it show white with black icons of battery i want the color black here is the code i am using in viewDidLoad

     if ([self respondsToSelector:@selector(edgesForExtendedLayout)])
    self.edgesForExtendedLayout = UIRectEdgeNone;

Answer 1

1. Set UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to NO. Call

2. [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];

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EDIT: try adding this

self.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = YES;

Answer 2

in iOS 7 the status Bar is transparent. Make sure the background view is Dark if you are setting UIStatusBarStyleLightContent

For more info You can check the Apple UITransition Guide

Answer 3

1) set the UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to YES in the plist

2) in viewDidLoad do a [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];

3) add the following method:

-(UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle
{ 
     return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent; 
} 

also check developers-guide-to-the-ios-7-status-bar