NavigationBar bar, tint, and title text color in iOS 8

Question

The background text in the status bar is still black. How do I change the color to white?

// io8, swift, Xcode 6.0.1 
override func viewDidLoad() {
    super         


        

Answer 1

Swift 4.1

Add a func to viewDidLoad

override func viewDidLoad() {
  super.viewDidLoad()

  setup()
}   

In the setup() function add:

func setup() {

        navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = true
        navigationController?.navigationBar.barStyle = .blackOpaque
        navigationItem.title = "YOUR_TITLE_HERE"
        navigationController?.navigationBar.barTintColor = .black
        let attributes = [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: UIColor.white]
        navigationController?.navigationBar.largeTitleTextAttributes = attributes
    }