UINavigationController with UIStatusBar and without UIStatusBar on iOS 7

Question

Is it possible programatically switch UIStatusBar background form transparent to UINavigationController's UINavigationBar tintColor and back on iOS 7?

Answer 1

As Apple answered, you can't do this.

Answer 2

I have demonstrated how this new method, preferredStatusBarStyle, can be overridden to adjust the color of the content in the status bar iOS7.

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle
{
     return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;
}

Returning UIStatusBarStyleLightContent changes the color of the content in the status bar to white; alternately, UIStatusBarStyleDefault sets the color of the status bar content to black . Black and white are currently the only available status bar content colors.