How to Change the status bar color using ios with swift on internet reachability?

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i want to change the color of my device status bar if the internet is connected than the status bar color should turn Black and if the internet is not connected the color or status bar should turn Red so that it indicates wether internet is working or not during working with the application using SWIFT...help me out

System wide or just in your app, because as of iOS 7 the status bar is draw over you app, meaning you can easily place a view behind it and give that view ta background color to meet you requirements. — rckoenes, Nov 25 '14 at 10:32
Possible duplicate of [Color text of status bar in XCode 6-b3 (Swift)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24746552/color-text-of-status-bar-in-xcode-6-b3-swift) — Caleb Kleveter, Oct 23 '15 at 21:50
Might help anyone still looking for this. [Easy implementation of a colored view behind the status bar.](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37092646/changing-statusbar-background-color-in-swift) — Ryan Daulton, May 08 '16 at 20:20

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 03 '16 at 04:16

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In your Info.plist you need to set "View controller-based status bar appearance" to a boolean value.

If you set it to YES then you should override preferredStatusBarStyle function in each view controller.

If you set it to NO then you can set the style in AppDelegate using:

UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarStyle(UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent, animated: true)

edited Mar 03 '16 at 04:16

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answered Nov 25 '14 at 10:40

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This only allows you the change the color of the status bar from light to dark. – rckoenes Nov 25 '14 at 10:59
you can change it to black or white only – Nikita Khandelwal Nov 25 '14 at 11:03
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You can't make it orange or pink , unless you dip your iphone in orange or pink color paint respecvly :D – Nikita Khandelwal Nov 25 '14 at 11:04
But you can put view behind it and give that view any color you want. – rckoenes Nov 25 '14 at 12:14
this would rather just change the status from light to dark, i think you didn't get my point – Fatti Khan Nov 25 '14 at 12:36
Yes you can customize it.. putting a view behind it and can put any color u like.. But iOS dont have such native feature – Nikita Khandelwal Nov 25 '14 at 12:40
If you set "View controller-based status bar appearance" to NO, then you can add another entry to the plist: "Status bar style" with a value of UIStatusBarStyleLightContent instead of putting the code in the app delegate. – ghostatron Apr 16 '16 at 02:00

score 30 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 02 '22 at 18:52

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override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)

    self.navigationController?.navigationBarHidden =  true

    //Status bar style and visibility
    UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarHidden = false
    UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarStyle = .LightContent
    
    //Change status bar color
    let statusBar: UIView = UIApplication.sharedApplication().valueForKey("statusBar") as! UIView
    if statusBar.respondsToSelector("setBackgroundColor:") {
        statusBar.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
    }
    
}

edited Dec 02 '22 at 18:52

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answered May 11 '16 at 08:37

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This was exactly what I wanted. I did change it slightly though: `if let statusBar = UIApplication.sharedApplication().valueForKey("statusBar") as? UIView {// my stuff }` – ghostatron Aug 20 '16 at 00:56
This is what I was looking for!! Thanks! – Jayprakash Dubey Aug 23 '16 at 09:18
Not sure where to put this? – Mick Oct 24 '16 at 21:39
@Mick If you want to apply the style to all UIViewControllers you can put it in AppDelegate `application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?)`. If not, this code is supposed to be in the viewWillAppear of your desired UIViewController. – emmics Jan 30 '17 at 22:39

Cody · Answer 3 · 2016-06-25T04:36:59.520

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Tested in Swift & iOS9

If you use Navigation Controllers, put this in your viewcontroller class:

override func viewDidLoad(){
    ...
    self.navigationController?.navigationBar.barStyle = .Black
}

Otherwise, override the preferredStatusBarStyle() in your UIViewController:

override func preferredStatusBarStyle() -> UIStatusBarStyle {
    return .LightContent
}

You could find more information here

edited Jun 25 '16 at 04:36

answered Jun 17 '16 at 06:28

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Kevin Machado · Answer 4 · 2016-09-28T12:42:10.617

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For Swift 2.3

Try with these methods

// Get network status
class func hasConnectivity() -> Bool {
    let reachability: Reachability = Reachability.reachabilityForInternetConnection()
    let networkStatus: Int = reachability.currentReachabilityStatus().value
    return networkStatus != 0
}

// change status bar color
var navigationBarAppearace = UINavigationBar.appearance()
navigationBarAppearace.tintColor = UIColor.blueColor()
navigationBarAppearace.barTintColor = UIColor.blueColor()

tintColor attribute change the background color of the navigation bar

barTintColor attribute affect to the color of the

But if you want to change the status bar color at the runtime, I think the better way is adding a view behind your status bar.

edited Sep 28 '16 at 12:42

answered Nov 25 '14 at 11:12

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where is the uicolorFromHex func? – Phd. Burak Öztürk Sep 17 '16 at 22:04
It's my own method to convert *Hex* to `UIColor`. But doesn't matter, you can replace `uicolorFromHex:` by the `UIColor` you want ;) – Kevin Machado Sep 27 '16 at 09:14
I know it is your method but you should write here, I think Stackoverflow have be clear and correct answers. – Phd. Burak Öztürk Sep 28 '16 at 00:12
May be you're right, I updated the method with UIColor. – Kevin Machado Sep 28 '16 at 12:42

Taichi Kato · Answer 5 · 2016-11-20T14:00:08.313

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For Swift 3

This should work for Xcode 8 and Swift 3

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
    return .lightContent
}

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answered Nov 20 '16 at 13:55

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 25 '14 at 11:05

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As @rckoenes commented as of iOS 7 the status bar is draw over your app. So you can put a view behind the status bar area (20px from top - height of status bar) and can control it's background colour as per internet connection status changes, there is no other option you to change status bar colour.

answered Nov 25 '14 at 11:05

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i have seen an application working with status bar on internet connectivity , without the view behind status bar, it work with the color or status bar in obj c but for swift i have to search that out – Fatti Khan Nov 25 '14 at 12:34
@FattiKhan If you have any app for reference you can mention it and if you can do it with obj c then definitely you can do with swift. If you have any reference code then share that also. – Yuvrajsinh Nov 25 '14 at 12:43
in some cases you will also have to set the opacity to 0.9 to get the color to match with the nav bar – mjmayank Jul 31 '15 at 18:45

score 2 · Answer 7 · edited Feb 24 '17 at 13:29

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// Within your AppDelegate.swift in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: UINavigationBar.appearance().barTintColor = UIColor.greenColor()

//Optionally, if you need a specific color, how you do it with RGB:
UINavigationBar.appearance().barTintColor = UIColor(red: 1.0, green: 1.0, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0)

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In your Info.plist you need to set "View controller-based status bar appearance" to a boolean value.

 UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarStyle = .LightContent

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answered May 13 '15 at 09:24

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Are there any additional settings that needs to be made? This doesn't work for me. – Andrej Jan 04 '16 at 20:20
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@Andrej Open your info.plist and insert a new key named "View controller-based status bar appearance" to NO then add this code in UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarStyle = .LightContent // AppDelegate.swift in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: – Shanmugasundharam Jan 05 '16 at 05:52
Setting the custom color (eg. `UIColor.greenColor()` ) doesn't work. However I can confirm that setting to predefined style `.LightContent` works ok. – Andrej Jan 05 '16 at 13:37
Aha, sorry. Only now I've noticed that the custom color can be set only to `UINavigationBar`, but not to the status bar. The question title is about the status bar only. – Andrej Jan 05 '16 at 13:40

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 08 '18 at 15:51

To have white text in black status bar: Switch View controller-based status bar appearance to NO in Info.plist In AppDelegate.swift add let statusBar: UIView = UIApplication.shared.value(forKey: "statusBar") as! UIView statusBar.backgroundColor = UIColor.black in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions

score -1 · Answer 9 · edited Sep 27 '18 at 13:35

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UIApplication.shared.setStatusBarStyle(UIStatusBarStyle.lightContent, animated: true)

edited Sep 27 '18 at 13:35

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