How to change status bar style during launch on iOS 7

Question

When I launch my app, it shows the launch image and a black status bar. How can I change it so the status bar is light during launch? I have set the status bar appearance to

Answer 1

To your Info.plist file add this key-value pair:

UIStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyleLightContent

The default (black) value is UIStatusBarStyleDefault.

You can also append ~iphone or ~ipad to the key.