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

Just define this method in any view or file you want:

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle
{
    return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;
}

// swift 
override func preferredStatusBarStyle() -> UIStatusBarStyle {
    return .LightContent
}