UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarStyle() deprecated in iOS 9

Question

I have been using

UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarStyle()

In my appDelegate and it has worked fine, but since iOS 9, this method is deprecated and I can't find an alternative.

I want to change the statusbar style to .LightContent for my whole application, but the only suggestion xCode gives me is to handle this in every VC separately with;

override func preferredStatusBarStyle() -> UIStatusBarStyle {
    return .LightContent
}

Has anyone an idea how to do this for the whole application?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I think I have found a solution. I ended up setting the

View controller-based status bar appearance boolean to NO

In my info.plist file.

Then I went to my target's General settings -> Deployment info and changed the dropdown option Status Bar Style to Light instead of Default

This changed the statusbar style to Light for my whole application, just what I wanted.

I Hope this helps!

Answer 2

In swift 3.

In your view controller:

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
    return UIStatusBarStyle.lightContent
}

If you wish when the app run your launch screen also has the status bar in lightContent then: