Set the status bar to black colour

Question

I want to set the colour of the status bar (The small strip on top where the clock and battery is displayed) to black background with white text. How can I do

Answer 1

Goto Plist file

a) Set the value "View controller-based status bar appearance" to NO
b) Set the value "Status bar style" to UIStatusBarStyleLightContent 

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
    // Override point for customization after application launch.
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(version)  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:version options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)

    if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0"))
    {
        UIView *view=[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0,[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.width, 20)];
        view.backgroundColor=[UIColor blackColor];
        [self.window.rootViewController.view addSubview:view];
    }
    return YES;
}

It fixed status bar color for me. Hope it helps.