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

Swift extension for this because I always forget how this works

extension UIViewController {
    // utility to set the status bar appearance
    // Note: Make sure "View controller-based status bar appearance" is set to NO in your target settings or this won't work
    func setStatusBarForDarkBackground(dark: Bool) {
        UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarStyle = dark ? .LightContent : .Default
        setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
    }
}