How to change PreferredStatusBarStyle programmatically

Question

I'd like to change the color of status bar from white to black by press button, programmatically only in a single-ViewController

This is the code:

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle {
    NSLog(@"PreferredStatusBarStyle");
    if(nav_bar.alpha==1)
    {
        NSLog(@"->UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque");
        return UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque;
    }
    else
    {
        NSLog(@"->UIStatusBarStyleLightContent");
        return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;
    }}

then When I press a button action is:

[self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];

But this doesn't work!

When I press the button log write the correct status according to navbar.alpha, but statusbar text color remain UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque like when view appear.

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 25 '15 at 11:43

setStatusBarStyle:animated: has been deprecated. In iOS9 you can achieve the same thing using preferredStatusBarStyle and setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate.

In your View Controller:

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

    return .Default
}

And then when your condition changes:

self.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered May 07 '18 at 19:59

7

On Swift 4:

override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
    return .lightContent
}

Hope it helps anybody else to find this post.

answered May 07 '18 at 19:59

helmutrs

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Don't forget to call setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate() – atereshkov Jul 14 '19 at 08:25
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yes but how would you change it live – Abv Jul 10 '22 at 15:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

0

what you need to do, is to call the -setStatusBarStyle:animated: method thru the shared application, like this

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent animated:YES];

you can use it without the animated parameter as well. keep in mind that UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque is deprecated in iOS 7, documentation says you wanna use UIStatusBarStyleLightContent instead

edit: sorry, if u wanna use preferredStatusBarStyle, take a look at this preferredStatusBarStyle isn't called

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

Community

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answered Dec 12 '13 at 16:53

haag

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[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent animated:YES]; – ikanimo Dec 13 '13 at 10:41
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This has been deprecated in iOS 9. Other solutions? – IIllIIll Oct 13 '15 at 20:08
@Arcrammer I've answered above – rdougan Oct 29 '15 at 00:08
have to call [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate]; then - (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle { NSLog(@"PreferredStatusBarStyle"); if(nav_bar.alpha==1) { } – ikanimo Dec 21 '15 at 15:20

How to change PreferredStatusBarStyle programmatically

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