Status Bar Content colour not changing to white in navigation controller using Swift

Question

I have used UINavigationController to create navigation flow, first screen is List view controller and second one is detail view controller of list item.

I am hiding navigation bar in both view controllers because I have created my own top bar.

Now I am trying to change status bar content to light content but

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle{
   .lightContent
}

This is not getting called. I read multiple answers about changing status bar content style when UINavigationController is used but none of them help because I am hiding navigation bar.

Navigation controller is embedded in TabBarController.

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Answer 1

First hide navigation bar in viewDidLoad() by hit the below code

self.navigationController?.navigationBarHidden = true

Add the status bar code in ViewController like you did

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle{
   return .lightContent
}