Custom color for iOS status bar text

gistfile1.m

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <objc/runtime.h>

@interface UIStatusBar : NSObject @end

@implementation UIStatusBar (CustomColor)

+ (void)load
{
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        Class class = [self class];
        
        SEL originalSelector = @selector(foregroundColor);
        SEL swizzledSelector = @selector(s_foregroundColor);
        
        Method originalMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(class, originalSelector);
        Method swizzledMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(class, swizzledSelector);
        
        BOOL didAddMethod = class_addMethod(class, originalSelector, method_getImplementation(swizzledMethod), method_getTypeEncoding(swizzledMethod));
        
        if (didAddMethod)
            class_replaceMethod(class, swizzledSelector, method_getImplementation(originalMethod), method_getTypeEncoding(originalMethod));
        else
            method_exchangeImplementations(originalMethod, swizzledMethod);
    });
}

- (UIColor*)s_foregroundColor
{
    return [UIColor redColor];
}

@end