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

In my case, UIStatusBarStyleLightContent wasn't a possible option. I set Transparent black style (alpha of 0.5) as value for the key Status bar style in my .plist and the result was a white status bar.