How to hide status bar of a single view controller in iOS 9?

Question

In a ViewController, which I presented modally, I did this:

override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
    return true
}

This used

Answer 1

For Swift 3,

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool{
        return true
    }

and add viewDidLoad()

self.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = true

Answer 2

I'm using Xcode Version 9.2 / Swift 3.2 / iOS 11

I got this answer form BADCloud although I'm not sure why it didn't work for him.

Anyway it worked for me for a specific view controller.

The difference between this answer and the other answers on here is that in my info.plist when I initially had View controller-based status bar appearance - NO with the 2 statusBar methods below it didn't work but when I changed it to Yes is worked with both of them.

In the info.plist change: View controller-based status bar appearance - YES

In the view controller you want it changed in add:

override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        // add this in ViewDidLoad
        setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
}

// add this underneath ViewDidLoad
override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
  return true
}

Answer 3

For Swift 3 and Swift 4.2 when view going to Appear

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)

    UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = true
}

when view goint to Dissapear

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

    UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = false
}

It's possible you need set in your info.plist, next line:

View controller-based status bar appearance = NO