Already checked answers from StackOverflow to change status bar color for the whole app is to set View controller-based status bar appearance in info.plist to NO and Status bar style to UIStatusBarStyleLightContent.
Well it did change from iPhone XS and lower, but iPhone XR and iPhone XS Max were not, Still solid black. I tried to find in code if there is a code that called UIStatusBarStyleDefault but I dont see it anywhere. My current fix now is to put this [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent]; on didFinishLaunchingWithOptions. Any thoughts? Thanks
In iOS 12, setting NO at View controller-based status bar appearance in Info.plist won't work anymore; you must set it to YES. Your workaround is the recommended way to do so.
Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/52443917/188331