UIStatusBarStyle not working in Swift

Question

I\'m trying to change the Status Bar color in my Swift app to white, but am hitting a brick wall. I have 3 ViewControllers that are each embedded in a NavigationController (

Answer 1

Strange, using Swift 3.1 & XC8.2.1, but all of the above didn't work.

What I did, is just

extension UINavigationController
{
    override open var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
        get {
            return .lightContent
        }
    }
}

No Plist, no other stuff. HTH