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iOS

Posted by Zachary Dalzell
Zachary Dalzell
3,236 Points

Force Status Icons (on the bar) to be White?

Hey guys,

So right now I have a black background image that covers the top third of my Storyboard to display white text on. The issue is that this black background is covering up all of my status bar and it will not display.

I want the status bar to stay black but turn the icons on it white. Is there a way to do that through the Storyboard or in my code?

1 Answer

Zachary Dalzell
Zachary Dalzell
3,236 Points

I'm not sure how to close a discussion but I figured it out.

I needed to put the code below into my ViewController.m:

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle
{
    return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;
}

I also had to go to my InfoPlist.strings and put:

UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance = YES;