iOS - Making the status bar text white in iOS 7

iOS - Making the status bar text white in iOS 7

1. In the project's info.plist.  Add the key 'View controller-based status bar appearanced' with the value 'NO'.
2. In the Application Delegate's 'didFinishLaunching' add 

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];


Code snippet ...

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
    
    
    //navigation bar appearance across app
    [[UINavigationBar appearance] setBarTintColor: [UIColor colorWithRed:129/255.0 green:200/255.0 blue:244/255.0 alpha:1.0]];
    
    [[UINavigationBar appearance] setTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
    
    
    //set status bar text style
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];
    
    
    ViewController *viewController = [[ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ViewController" bundle:nil];
    
    viewController.title = @"Observations";
    
    UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:viewController];
    
    [navigationController.navigationBar setTranslucent:YES];
    
    //set navigation bar text color as white
    navigationController.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = @{NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor whiteColor]};
    
    [self.window setRootViewController:navigationController];
    
    self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    
    return YES;
}


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In plist

1. Status bar is initiallhidden | Boolean | NO
2. Status bar style | String | UIStatusBarStyleLightContent
3. View controller-based status bar appearance | Boolean | NO

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