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# UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance

A Boolean value that indicates whether the system bases the appearance of the status bar on the style preferred by the current view controller.

## Discussion

If this key is `YES`, the system uses the current view controller’s preferred status bar style. If this key is `NO`, it uses the status bar style of the <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication> object. The default value is `YES`.

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