Status Bar Content colour not changing to white in navigation controller using Swift

Question

I have used UINavigationController to create navigation flow, first screen is List view controller and second one is detail view controller of list item.

I am hiding navigation bar in both view controllers because I have created my own top bar.

Now I am trying to change status bar content to light content but

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle{
   .lightContent
}

This is not getting called. I read multiple answers about changing status bar content style when UINavigationController is used but none of them help because I am hiding navigation bar.

Navigation controller is embedded in TabBarController.

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Does this answer your question? [preferredStatusBarStyle var not working in iOS12?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52452979/preferredstatusbarstyle-var-not-working-in-ios12) — Dmytro Rostopira, Mar 17 '21 at 11:08
No I am hiding the navigation bar so can't use this approach. Thanks for the reply though — Aniket Kote, Mar 17 '21 at 13:38
Have you tried the second answer? It has nothing to do with navigation bar — Dmytro Rostopira, Mar 17 '21 at 14:52

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '21 at 06:51

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First hide navigation bar in viewDidLoad() by hit the below code

self.navigationController?.navigationBarHidden = true

Add the status bar code in ViewController like you did

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle{
   return .lightContent
}

answered Mar 18 '21 at 06:51

Siddharth Patel

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Thanks for the answer but I am already hiding the navigation bar and then overriding the status bar style. This is not working control doesn't reach there at all. – Aniket Kote Mar 18 '21 at 07:03

Status Bar Content colour not changing to white in navigation controller using Swift

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