Can not see wifi / time info top of my app

Question

Initial viewController looks like below. Main view background color is set to clear, no container is above the wifi / time symbols. Why am I not able to see those infos, but only a black background?

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tried status bar setting to change, but without any luck:

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a _dark_ text on a _dark_ background is usually not visible. based on that simple fact, I can tell you, your question is quite silly, I'm not wondering about the downvotes; you need to change your statusbar to light colour and your problem would be solved. much quicker than making a post about it. — holex, Jul 16 '15 at 09:11
oh, do you think that makes a huge difference...? as I just told you, you need to set your statusbar to light colour, and your problem is solved. it can be done in... let me think... about 3 secs, I guess I have not overestimated the time. — holex, Jul 16 '15 at 09:14
I changed background color to `white`, that helped, but `Status Bar` color has no effect — János, Jul 16 '15 at 09:16
The default background is `black` so when you set a `view`'s background to `clear` it's going to show you the app's background (which is `black`). — Islam, Jul 16 '15 at 09:16
@János, you need to override the `–preferredStatusBarStyle` method in your view controller... changing this value in IB is effectless. — holex, Jul 16 '15 at 09:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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Because default status bar icon tint color is black.

Set status bar style to UIStatusBarStyleLightContent.

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Just add this 2 key to your info.plist

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Jul 16 '15 at 09:05

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You can do this in the Project Settings screen in Xcode. – Fogmeister Jul 16 '15 at 09:05
Shouldn't you set the "View controller-based status bar..." to `YES` to make it dynamic based on the background? – Islam Jul 16 '15 at 09:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '15 at 09:12

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Try to set into the AppDelegate in "application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:"

[application setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];

If still you don't see it set it not hidden like this:

[application setStatusBarHidden:NO];

answered Jul 16 '15 at 09:12

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Can not see wifi / time info top of my app

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