---
title: statusBarStyle
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uistatusbarmanager/statusbarstyle
---

# statusBarStyle

The current appearance of the status bar.

## Declaration

```swift
var statusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion To customize the status bar’s style for each of your view controllers, override their preferredStatusBarStyle property.

## See Also

### Getting the status bar configuration

- [isStatusBarHidden](uikit/uistatusbarmanager/isstatusbarhidden.md)