PreferredStatusBarStyle not called

Question

Okay I'm losing my mind here. Here is how my code is:

.plist

<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>
<true/>

Overrides

extension UINavigationController {
    open override var childForStatusBarStyle: UIViewController? {
        return topViewController
    }

    open override var childForStatusBarHidden: UIViewController? {
        return topViewController
    }

    open override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
        return topViewController?.preferredStatusBarStyle ?? .default
    }
}

extension UITabBarController {
    open override var childForStatusBarStyle: UIViewController? {
        return children.first
    }

    open override var childForStatusBarHidden: UIViewController? {
        return children.first
    }
}

ViewController

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
    return .lightContent
}

I have went as far as crying for an update:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
}

I know this has been asked and answered before and I have went through most if not all the answers on the platform and none could help. I don't know what to do anymore. Please help :(

Oh I tried this too

navigationController?.navigationBar.barStyle = .black

None of the override methods get invoked. THANK YOU

Can you check which view controller is being returned by `children.first` in the `UITabBarController` extension? — Rengers, Jan 08 '19 at 14:14
That's my problem I can't hit that, that's what I meant when I said "None of the override methods get invoked" — Castro Zwelithini, Jan 08 '19 at 17:32
This is happening to me on iOS 9 only, higher versions call it just fine. — Rivera, Apr 09 '19 at 14:19
Yes @Rivera I've noticed that too, guess it is a bug on iOS 9 — Castro Zwelithini, Apr 10 '19 at 10:37
I added my answer here, Please have a look. https://stackoverflow.com/a/56801660/299610 — abhimanyu jindal, Jun 28 '19 at 06:11

score -2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 08 '19 at 11:16

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Please try this it will help you. in AppDelegate class didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method write this.

UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyle.lightContent

it may helps you thank you.

answered Jan 08 '19 at 11:16

Sanjukta

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This has been deprecated, that is why I use preferredStatusBarStyle. and this is a global set and I want to be able to set for individual ViewControllers – Castro Zwelithini Jan 08 '19 at 11:29

PreferredStatusBarStyle not called

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