Change status bar text color to light in iOS 9 with Objective-C

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In iOS 9, how do I change the color of the status bar text to white?

you shouldnt customise the status bar. Choose one of the status bar style available. The text color should be white, when the statusbar is on dark background. — Teja Nandamuri, Oct 13 '15 at 13:29
On iOS9 just this in the AppDelegate works... ```[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBarStyle:UIBarStyleBlack];``` — Dimitris, Apr 28 '16 at 17:01
Heads up - `setStatusBarStyle` is deprecated on iOS 9... use `preferredStatusBarStyle` instead. — siege_Perilous, Jun 02 '16 at 23:56
THE STATUS BAR CONTENT IS BASED ON NAVIGATION CONTROLLER BAR STYLE. SO ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS JUST ADD THE LINE IN YOUR ViewDidLoad(): [self.navigationController.navigationBar setBarStyle:UIBarStyleBlack]; Default is Black. ie, [self.navigationController.navigationBar setBarStyle:UIBarStyleDefault]; — Ram Madhavan, Sep 07 '17 at 06:00

Wanbok Choi · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-04T07:30:35.503

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If you want to change Status Bar Style from the launch screen, You should take this way.

Go to Project -> Target,
Set Status Bar Style to Light
Set View controller-based status bar appearance to NO in Info.plist.

edited Sep 04 '19 at 07:30

answered Jan 24 '16 at 06:49

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Status Bar Style's dropdown is missing in xcode 7.2. Where I can find it? – Sonic Master Feb 19 '16 at 07:03
@SonicMaster I don't know why you don't find it. I can see it in xcode 7.2 ?_? – Wanbok Choi Feb 19 '16 at 13:58
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@WanbokChoi, it was my fault. If you set your target to ipad/iphone only instead of universal, that dropdown will disappear. Thank you. – Sonic Master Feb 21 '16 at 04:34
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For iOS 10 you also need to add this code on every ViewController : - (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle { return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent; } – mwaqas01 Dec 30 '16 at 10:29
@mwaqas01 You don't need. Just set `View controller-based status bar appearance` in `plist`. It works for me. – Kamil Harasimowicz Jul 17 '17 at 13:24
The key for the .plist file is UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance – Alessandro Mulloni Oct 12 '17 at 07:34
Works with iOS 11! Thank you! – Marcelo dos Santos Apr 13 '18 at 14:06
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`UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance` to `false` was the missing ingredient for me - thanks! – sherb Jul 31 '19 at 22:15

Jay Bhalani · Answer 2 · 2016-07-16T05:07:14.390

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Using a UINavigationController and setting its navigation bar's barStyle to .Black. past this line in your AppDelegate.m file.

navigationController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlack;

If you are not using UINavigationController then add following code in your ViewController.m file.

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle
{
    return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;
}

And call the method to this line :

[self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];

edited Jul 16 '16 at 05:07

answered Oct 13 '15 at 13:33

Jay Bhalani

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Unfortunately does not work. – reza_khalafi Oct 14 '15 at 10:46
are you using navigation controller ? @reza_darkman797 – Jay Bhalani Oct 14 '15 at 10:47
It does work perfectly with navbar – Aragunz Apr 06 '17 at 12:08
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Thanks, it's work for me – Fadi Abuzant Jun 25 '18 at 19:10
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Thanks a lot, It is working fine. – Mehul Oct 04 '18 at 14:01

score 42 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 18 '17 at 04:03

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First set

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];

Go to your AppDelegate, find itsdidFinishLaunchingWithOptions method and do:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];

}

and then set View controller-based status bar appearance equal to NO in plist.

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Adding the entry to the plist is the most important part of this answer, without this then you won't be able to set the style on individual views – sam_smith Dec 21 '15 at 00:26
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setStatusBarStyle is deprecated in iOS 9... – CodeSmith Jan 05 '16 at 02:20
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Since iOS 9, this method is deprecated. Use the ViewController method instead : - (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle {return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;}` You will also need to add this key in your Info.plist : "UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance" – Hugo Jan 06 '16 at 18:53
Got it Working in Xcode 8 -iOS10 (through the project properties Statusbar: Light and in the plist ViewController-based status bar appearance: NO.Perfect Thanks – Remco Nov 21 '16 at 20:44

score 37 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 19 '16 at 02:19

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Add a key in your info.plist file UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance and set it to YES.
In viewDidLoad method of your ViewController add a method call:
```
[self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];
```

Then paste the following method in viewController file:

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle
{ 
    return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent; 
}

edited Feb 19 '16 at 02:19

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This is what I wanted because I only want to change the style for that one view controller. – Mr Rogers Feb 19 '16 at 02:18
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you can also just set the status bar style in the ViewController's .xib (i.e. instead of adding the prefferedStatusBarStyle method) – Chris Allinson Nov 17 '16 at 17:34
for UIStatusBarStyleLightContent, you can also select Light in the General Tab after you select your project. No code required. – coolcool1994 Feb 16 '18 at 05:48

score 12 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 17 '15 at 12:39

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Add the key View controller-based status bar appearance to Info.plist file and make it boolean type set to NO.

Insert one line code in viewDidLoad (this works on specific class where it is mentioned)

 [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;

edited Nov 17 '15 at 12:39

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`statusBarStyle` is readonly: `@property(readonly, nonatomic) UIStatusBarStyle statusBarStyle` in iOS9. And `setStatusBarStyle` is deprecated – zxcat Feb 25 '16 at 13:48

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 11 '16 at 18:32

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iOS Status bar has only 2 options (black and white). You can try this in AppDelegate:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];
}

edited Apr 11 '16 at 18:32

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'setStatusBarStyle:' is deprecated: first deprecated in iOS 9.0 - Use -[UIViewController preferredStatusBarStyle] – omega1 Feb 14 '18 at 09:53

Change status bar text color to light in iOS 9 with Objective-C

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