Navigation Controller Transparent Bar Style is not working

Question

I am using a navigation controller, and I have the style set to :

navController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent;

But wh

Answer 1

Change the Extend Edges options in child viewControllers

As for example, in xcode editor, go to your first viewcontroller child and unset the options:

Extend Edges;
    Under Top Bars;
    Under Bottom Bars;
    Under Opaque Bars;

This way your child ViewController will not layout starting below the status bar of the navigation controller, neither the tabbar or the toolbars

hope it may help anyone