SwiftUI: Status bar color

Question

Is there a way to change the status bar to white for a SwiftUI view?

I'm probably missing something simple, but I can't seem to find a way to change the status bar to white in SwiftUI. So far I just see .statusBar(hidden: Bool).

Answer 1

The status bar text/tint/foreground color can be set to white by setting the View's .dark or .light mode color scheme using .preferredColorScheme(_ colorScheme: ColorScheme?).

The first view in your hierarchy that uses this method will take precedence.

For example:

var body: some View {   ZStack { ... }   .preferredColorScheme(.dark) // white tint on status bar } 

var body: some View {   ZStack { ... }   .preferredColorScheme(.light) // black tint on status bar } 

Answer 2

As in the comments linked to I edited this question here

But to answer this question and help people find the answer directly:

Swift 5 and SwiftUI

For SwiftUI create a new swift file called HostingController.swift

import SwiftUI  class HostingController<ContentView>: UIHostingController<ContentView> where ContentView : View {     override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {         return .lightContent     } } 

Then change the following lines of code in the SceneDelegate.swift

window.rootViewController = UIHostingController(rootView: ContentView()) 

to

window.rootViewController = HostingController(rootView: ContentView())