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iOS Notes 13: How to change Status Bar Color on iOS 13 and Below? [UPDATED v2]

You can change the status bar colour just with a single line of code.

Updated at Oct 1, 2019

Just updated the markdown for iOS 13 and below. Also, tested!

iOS 13 and below you can change the status bar color

Github:

WrathChaos/iOS-StatusBar-Example

Gist:

Markdown:

if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
    let app = UIApplication.shared
    let statusBarHeight: CGFloat = app.statusBarFrame.size.height
    
    let statusbarView = UIView()
    statusbarView.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
    view.addSubview(statusbarView)
  
    statusbarView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
    statusbarView.heightAnchor
        .constraint(equalToConstant: statusBarHeight).isActive = true
    statusbarView.widthAnchor
        .constraint(equalTo: view.widthAnchor, multiplier: 1.0).isActive = true
    statusbarView.topAnchor
        .constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor).isActive = true
    statusbarView.centerXAnchor
        .constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
  
} else {
    let statusBar = UIApplication.shared.value(forKeyPath: "statusBarWindow.statusBar") as? UIView
    statusBar?.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
}

That’s it :) Do not forget to use it on viewDidLoad function.

If you are using TabBarController this code segment should be on viewWillAppear function. This is important!

If you do not know how to change status bar style like this, you should check this out :) How to change status bar style?

If you have any question, ask me :)