preferredStatusBarStyle never called

Question

My view controller hierarchy is SWRevealViewController -> UINavigationViewController -> MyController1. MyController1 presents MyController2 using self.present. MyController2 is not within UINavigationViewController and presentation is modal (device is iPhone). In viewWillAppear of MyController2 I call self.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate(), but preferredStatusBarStyle is never called by the system and status bar appearance remains same (as it was for MyViewController1). Am I missing something here?

EDIT

info.plist has View controller-based status bar appearance set to YES

Possible duplicate of [preferredStatusBarStyle isn't called](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19022210/preferredstatusbarstyle-isnt-called) — Nicolas Miari, Apr 28 '17 at 05:13
yes, I looked through the whole thread. nothing helped. my controller is not inside `UINavigationController` as i mentioned — peetonn, Apr 28 '17 at 15:55

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 12 '18 at 17:11

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This is what worked for me in my VC...

self.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = true

answered Apr 12 '18 at 17:11

Jesse S.

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It only affects when you use non-full screen modal presenting styles. – Kyokook Hwang Jun 24 '20 at 03:58

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 28 '17 at 05:59

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in your info.plist

View controller-based status bar appearance make it YES

answered Apr 28 '17 at 05:59

elk_cloner

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 19 '17 at 17:14

Our issue was a container VC.

So had to tell it to allow the contained (visible) VC to call the shots:

final class ContainerVC: UIViewController {
  final var centerVC: UIViewController? // set to an OtherVC elsewhere

  override var childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden: UIViewController? {
    return centerVC
  }
  override var childViewControllerForStatusBarStyle: UIViewController? {
    return centerVC
  }
}

final class OtherVC: UIViewController {
  override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return true
  }
  override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
    return .lightContent
  }
  override var preferredStatusBarUpdateAnimation: UIStatusBarAnimation {
    return .slide
  }
}

preferredStatusBarStyle never called

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