Dark statusbar in TabBar controller?

Question

I'm having this odd issue, where my status bar gets all black, only when I'm using a tab bar controller. Is there a way to fix this? I obviously want it the same color as the navigation bar.

Here's a screenshot of the navigation and tab bar controller in my storyboard.

Answer 1

1. You can change the info.plist the row View controller-based status bar appearance and set it to NO

2. Then put this line of code in your appDelegate.swift in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions

   UIApplication.shared.statusBarStyle = .lightContent

Answer 2

This problem seems to be the navigation bar not covering the background of the status bar. You should embed your view controller in navigation controller instead of adding navigation bar directly.