除了serenn的回答，如果你用modalPresentationStyle(例如.overCurrentContext)呈现一个视图控制器，你也应该在新呈现的视图控制器上调用这个:

presentedViewController.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = true

不要忘记在呈现的视图控制器中重写preferredStatusBarStyle。

我的应用程序使用了所有三个:UINavigationController, UISplitViewController, UITabBarController，因此这些似乎都接管了对状态栏的控制，并将导致preferedStatusBarStyle不为他们的孩子被调用。要覆盖此行为，您可以创建一个扩展，就像前面提到的其他答案一样。这是一个扩展，这三个，在Swift 4。希望苹果对这类事情能更清楚些。

extension UINavigationController {
    open override var childViewControllerForStatusBarStyle: UIViewController? {
        return self.topViewController
    }

    open override var childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden: UIViewController? {
        return self.topViewController
    }
}

extension UITabBarController {
    open override var childViewControllerForStatusBarStyle: UIViewController? {
        return self.childViewControllers.first
    }

    open override var childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden: UIViewController? {
        return self.childViewControllers.first
    }
}

extension UISplitViewController {
    open override var childViewControllerForStatusBarStyle: UIViewController? {
        return self.childViewControllers.first
    }

    open override var childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden: UIViewController? {
        return self.childViewControllers.first
    }
}

编辑:针对Swift 4.2 API更改的更新

extension UINavigationController {
    open override var childForStatusBarStyle: UIViewController? {
        return self.topViewController
    }

    open override var childForStatusBarHidden: UIViewController? {
        return self.topViewController
    }
}

extension UITabBarController {
    open override var childForStatusBarStyle: UIViewController? {
        return self.children.first
    }

    open override var childForStatusBarHidden: UIViewController? {
        return self.children.first
    }
}

extension UISplitViewController {
    open override var childForStatusBarStyle: UIViewController? {
        return self.children.first
    }

    open override var childForStatusBarHidden: UIViewController? {
        return self.children.first
    }
}

所以我实际上添加了一个category到UINavigationController，但是使用了这些方法:

-(UIViewController *)childViewControllerForStatusBarStyle;
-(UIViewController *)childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden;

让它们返回当前可见的UIViewController。这让当前可见视图控制器设置它自己的首选样式/可见性。

下面是它的完整代码片段:

迅速:

extension UINavigationController {

    public override func childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden() -> UIViewController? {
        return self.topViewController
    }

    public override func childViewControllerForStatusBarStyle() -> UIViewController? {
        return self.topViewController
    }
}

在objective - c中:

@interface UINavigationController (StatusBarStyle)

@end

@implementation UINavigationController (StatusBarStyle)

-(UIViewController *)childViewControllerForStatusBarStyle {
    return self.topViewController;
}

-(UIViewController *)childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden {
    return self.topViewController;
}

@end

为了更好地衡量，这是它如何在UIViewController中实现的:

在斯威夫特

override public func preferredStatusBarStyle() -> UIStatusBarStyle {
    return .LightContent
}

override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
    return false
}

在objective - c中

-(UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle {
    return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent; // your own style
}

- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden {
    return NO; // your own visibility code
}

最后，确保你的app plist没有将“基于视图控制器的状态栏外观”设置为NO。要么删除这一行，要么将其设置为YES(我相信这是iOS 7的默认设置?)

对于任何仍然与此斗争的人来说，这个简单的扩展在swift中应该为您解决这个问题。

extension UINavigationController {
    override open var childForStatusBarStyle: UIViewController? {
        return self.topViewController
    }
}

如果有人正在使用一个导航控制器，并希望他们所有的导航控制器都有黑色风格，你可以在Swift 3中写一个扩展到UINavigationController，它将应用于所有的导航控制器(而不是一次分配给一个控制器)。

extension UINavigationController {

    override open func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        self.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyle.black
    }

}

对于iOS 13.4, UINavigationController类别中的preferredStatusBarStyle方法将不会被调用，swizzling似乎是唯一的选择，不需要使用子类。

例子:

分类标题:

@interface UINavigationController (StatusBarStyle)
+ (void)setUseLightStatusBarStyle;
@end

实现:

#import "UINavigationController+StatusBarStyle.h"
#import <objc/runtime.h>

@implementation UINavigationController (StatusBarStyle)

void (^swizzle)(Class, SEL, SEL) = ^(Class c, SEL orig, SEL new){
    Method origMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(c, orig);
    Method newMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(c, new);
    if(class_addMethod(c, orig, method_getImplementation(newMethod), method_getTypeEncoding(newMethod)))
        class_replaceMethod(c, new, method_getImplementation(origMethod), method_getTypeEncoding(origMethod));
    else
        method_exchangeImplementations(origMethod, newMethod);
};

+ (void)setUseLightStatusBarStyle {
    swizzle(self.class, @selector(preferredStatusBarStyle), @selector(_light_preferredStatusBarStyle));
}

- (UIStatusBarStyle)_light_preferredStatusBarStyle {
    return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;
}    
@end

在AppDelegate.h中的用法:

#import "UINavigationController+StatusBarStyle.h"

[UINavigationController setUseLightStatusBarStyle];