iOS Custom Status Bar Background Color not displaying

Question

I am trying to fill the status bar background color to orange using the following

UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor.orangeColor()
UINavigation         


        

Answer 1

This is how I did it without adding a view in a VC with in a NavBarController

I wanted the color of the status bar to be the same as the VC view color so I just wrote:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.grayColor()
    self.navigationController?.navigationBar.clipsToBounds = true
}

Try it.