iOS 13 status bar style

Question

I want to change the status bar style on a per-ViewController level on iOS 13. So far I didn't have any luck.
I define UIUserInterfaceStyle as Light in info.plist (as I do not want to support dark mode) and set UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to true. preferredStatusBarStyle is called on my ViewController but completely ignored. The UIUserInterfaceStyle seems to always override the VC preferences. How do I get per-ViewController status bar style working on iOS 13? Or is it not supported any more?

Answer 1

iOS 13.2, Swift 5.1

For me nothing worked from solutions mentioned before. After 5 hours I ended up on modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance flag .

    destinationNavigationController.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = true
    sourceViewController.present(destinationNavigationController, animated: animated, completion: nil)

After this preferredStatusBarStyle was called in presented VC.

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
    if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
        if traitCollection.userInterfaceStyle == .light {
            return .darkContent
        } else {
            return .lightContent
        }
    } else {
        return .lightContent
    }
}

Answer 2

I had the same issue on iOS13 while it was fine on iOS12 for my app. I have a TabBarController which holds 3 NavigationBarControllers, and I present TabBarController from a previous ViewController. I fixed it by setting .modalPresentationStyle to .fullScreen when presenting:

tabbarController.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen

Maybe it will help you somehow...