How to change status bar background color

Question

Is there way to change the background color of status bar right now it show white with black icons of battery i want the color black here is the code i am using in viewDidLoad

     if ([self respondsToSelector:@selector(edgesForExtendedLayout)])
    self.edgesForExtendedLayout = UIRectEdgeNone;

Answer 1

1. Set UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to NO. Call

2. [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent];

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EDIT: try adding this

self.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = YES;