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# setStatusBarStyle(_:animated:)

Sets the style of the status bar, optionally animating the transition to the new style.

```
func setStatusBarStyle(_ statusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle, animated: Bool)
```

## Parameters

`statusBarStyle`

A constant that specifies a style for the status bar. See the descriptions of the constants in [`UIStatusBarStyle`](/documentation/UIKit/UIStatusBarStyle) for details.

`animated`

<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> if the transition to the new style should be animated; otherwise <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false> .

## Discussion

The animation slides the status bar out toward the top of the interface.

In iOS 7 and later, status bar behavior is determined by view controllers, and so calling this method has no effect by default. When view controller-based status bar appearance is disabled, this method behaves normally. To opt out of the view controller-based status bar appearance behavior, you must add the `UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance` key with a value of <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false> to your app’s `Info.plist` file, but doing so is not recommended.

## See Also

[`statusBarStyle`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/statusBarStyle)

The current style of the status bar.


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