How to change statusBarStyle programmatically?

Question

I am building an app for iOS13. I want to change the text color of status bar according to the color scheme which user can select. It seems the text color of status bar cannot be changed directly, so I try to change the statusBarStyle instead.

First I try:

var myStatusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyle.default { didSet { setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate() } }
override var preferredStatusBarStyle : UIStatusBarStyle { return myStatusBarStyle; }

But it did not work.

Then I try:

UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = myStatusBarStyle;

It does do the job! But Xcode gives a warnning: " 'statusBarStyle' was deprecated in iOS 13.0: Use the statusBarManager property of the window scene insted."

so, in sceneWillEnterForeground(_ scene: UIScene) I try:

guard let ws = (scene as? UIWindowScene) else { return }
if let t = ws.statusBarManager { print(t.statusBarStyle) }

Unfortunately, t.statusBarStyle is readonly.

Now, how can I do? ps: I have no Navigation Bar or Tab Bar in the Main.storyboard.

Answer 1

• in iOS 13, we are not allowed to do that but there are always escape roots.. I used

    self.navigationController?.navigationBar.barStyle = .black

To make status bar black and it works

You can use various options instead of black as you like (.default , .blackTranslucent , .blackOpaque) in place of .black