Swift 3 - how to hide Status Bar when using Over Full Screen

Question

I'm developing a swift app and I can't find how to hide Status Bar when I use Over Full Screen presentation on my modal.

However, I put this line of code in my Modal View Controller :

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return true
}

And it is working if I create a segue which is not a modal, or if I create a segue which is a modal but not with Over Full Screen presentation.

I searched on internet how to fix it, and I found people who had the same problem but there had no solution.

Also, I can't change the color of my Status Bar when I'm using Over Full Screen option. I don't understand why? I think it's related.

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

To hide the status bar when doing an over full screen modal, you need to set this in viewDidLoad:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()    
    modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = true
}

Then do the standard method to hide the status bar:

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return true
}