Change iOS7 Status Bar Colour programmatically, mid-run?

Question

I’m trying to change the Status Bar colour mid-run, i.e. not when a controller is loaded. I change the view’s background colour, so I need to change it from the black to whi

Answer 1

As of Swift 3:

1. Go to your application Plist and add this as new row & set it as NO.

View controller-based status bar appearance NO

2.

White: UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = .lightContent

Black: UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = .default