iOS 7 and later: set status bar style per view controller

Question

I tried many ways to set the status bar style (default or lightcontent) but can\'t get it to work on a per view controller basis. I can set the status bar style for the

Answer 1

On viewDidLoad method, put this:

Objective C

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];
[self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];

Swift

UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = .lightContent
self.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()