Change Status Bar Background Color in Swift 3

Question

In XCode 7.3.x ill changed the background Color for my StatusBar with:

func setStatusBarBackgroundColor(color: UIColor) {
guard  let statusBar = UIApplicatio         


        

Answer 1

For iOS 11 and Xcode 9 use the following steps.

1. create an extention to UIApplication class:

   extension UIApplication { var statusBarView: UIView? { return value(forKey: "statusBar") as? UIView } }

2. In your class or wherever you want to change the Status bar's background color:

   UIApplication.shared.statusBarView?.backgroundColor = .red

3. For light content or dark content of status bar simply go to Info.plist and add the following value row with value NO.

View controller-based status bar appearance

4. Now just set the light content or whatever you need in the General Tab of your project's settings.