How do I make the status bar on iPhone X solid white? - ios

Question

I'm quite new to Swift, I just want to show a mobile version of a site using Apple's WKWebView but on iPhone X or later where there's a notch, the status bar is not solid which doesn't look good if the website has a sticky navigation bar.
I've tried everything I could find online but nothing worked, so I thought I might post my issue here.
I would like to make the status bar solid white so it matches the sticky navigation bar.
This is my code:
import UIKit
import WebKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, WKUIDelegate {
var webView: WKWebView!
override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
return true
}
override func loadView() {
let webConfiguration = WKWebViewConfiguration()
webView = WKWebView(frame: .zero, configuration: webConfiguration)
webView.uiDelegate = self
view = webView
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let myURL = URL(string:"https://www.webthat.nl")
let myRequest = URLRequest(url: myURL!)
webView.load(myRequest)
}
}
This is what I get on iPhones with a notch:

Answer 1

Try adding this code
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true
let statusBar: UIView = UIApplication.shared.value(forKey: "statusBar") as! UIView
if statusBar.responds(to:#selector(setter: UIView.backgroundColor)) {
statusBar.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
}
}
Also add this to info.plist file
<key>UIStatusBarStyle</key>
<string>UIStatusBarStyleLightContent</string>
<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>
<false/>