fix(ios): statusBarStyle default handling and explicit control

NathanWalker · NathanWalker · commit f60546cadb24 · 2026-02-19T10:01:31.000-08:00
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.ios.ts
@@ -978,28 +978,8 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
 	}
 
 	updateStatusBarStyle(value: 'dark' | 'light') {
-		// Keep UINavigationBar style aligned (affects legacy + some container defaults).
-		const parent = this.parent;
-		const ctrl = parent?.ios?.controller;
-		if (ctrl && ctrl instanceof UINavigationController) {
-			const navigationBar = ctrl.navigationBar;
-			if (navigationBar) {
-				navigationBar.barStyle = value === 'light' ? UIBarStyle.Black : UIBarStyle.Default;
-			}
-		}
-
 		// iOS requires a controller invalidation to re-evaluate `preferredStatusBarStyle`.
 		const ownerController = this.viewController || IOSHelper.getParentWithViewController(this as any)?.viewController;
-
-		// Force overrideUserInterfaceStyle if available (iOS 13+) to ensure status bar contrast.
-		if (SDK_VERSION >= 13 && ownerController) {
-			const style = value === 'light' ? UIUserInterfaceStyle.Dark : UIUserInterfaceStyle.Light;
-			ownerController.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = style;
-			if (ctrl && ctrl instanceof UINavigationController) {
-				ctrl.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = style;
-			}
-		}
-
 		IOSHelper.invalidateStatusBarAppearance(ownerController, `View.updateStatusBarStyle:${value}`);
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/core/view/view-helper/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/core/view/view-helper/index.ios.ts
@@ -151,15 +151,14 @@ class UILayoutViewController extends UIViewController {
 	// @ts-ignore
 	public get preferredStatusBarStyle(): UIStatusBarStyle {
 		const owner = this.owner?.deref();
-		if (owner) {
+		if (owner?.statusBarStyle) {
 			if (SDK_VERSION >= 13) {
-				return owner.statusBarStyle === 'dark' ? UIStatusBarStyle.DarkContent : UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent;
+				return owner.statusBarStyle === 'light' ? UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent : UIStatusBarStyle.DarkContent;
 			} else {
-				return owner.statusBarStyle === 'dark' ? UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent : UIStatusBarStyle.Default;
+				return owner.statusBarStyle === 'light' ? UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent : UIStatusBarStyle.Default;
 			}
-		} else {
-			return UIStatusBarStyle.Default;
 		}
+		return UIStatusBarStyle.Default;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/page/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/page/index.ios.ts
@@ -359,15 +359,14 @@ class UIViewControllerImpl extends UIViewController {
 	// @ts-ignore
 	public get preferredStatusBarStyle(): UIStatusBarStyle {
 		const owner = this._owner?.deref();
-		if (owner) {
+		if (owner?.statusBarStyle) {
 			if (SDK_VERSION >= 13) {
 				return owner.statusBarStyle === 'light' ? UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent : UIStatusBarStyle.DarkContent;
 			} else {
-				return owner.statusBarStyle === 'dark' ? UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent : UIStatusBarStyle.Default;
+				return owner.statusBarStyle === 'light' ? UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent : UIStatusBarStyle.Default;
 			}
-		} else {
-			return UIStatusBarStyle.Default;
 		}
+		return UIStatusBarStyle.Default;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -457,17 +456,6 @@ export class Page extends PageBase {
 		const frame = this.frame;
 		if (frame?.ios && value) {
 			const navigationController: UINavigationController = frame.ios.controller;
-			const navigationBar = navigationController.navigationBar;
-
-			navigationBar.barStyle = value === 'light' ? UIBarStyle.Black : UIBarStyle.Default;
-
-			// Force overrideUserInterfaceStyle on the navigation controller as well
-			if (SDK_VERSION >= 13) {
-				const style = value === 'light' ? UIUserInterfaceStyle.Dark : UIUserInterfaceStyle.Light;
-				navigationController.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = style;
-				navigationBar.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = style;
-			}
-
 			IOSHelper.invalidateStatusBarAppearance(navigationController, `Page._updateStatusBarStyle:${value}`);
 		}
 	}

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -151,15 +151,14 @@ class UILayoutViewController extends UIViewController {`
`151`	`151`	`// @ts-ignore`
`152`	`152`	`public get preferredStatusBarStyle(): UIStatusBarStyle {`
`153`	`153`	`const owner = this.owner?.deref();`
`154`		`- if (owner) {`
	`154`	`+ if (owner?.statusBarStyle) {`
`155`	`155`	`if (SDK_VERSION >= 13) {`
`156`		`- return owner.statusBarStyle === 'dark' ? UIStatusBarStyle.DarkContent : UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent;`
	`156`	`+ return owner.statusBarStyle === 'light' ? UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent : UIStatusBarStyle.DarkContent;`
`157`	`157`	`} else {`
`158`		`- return owner.statusBarStyle === 'dark' ? UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent : UIStatusBarStyle.Default;`
	`158`	`+ return owner.statusBarStyle === 'light' ? UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent : UIStatusBarStyle.Default;`
`159`	`159`	`}`
`160`		`- } else {`
`161`		`- return UIStatusBarStyle.Default;`
`162`	`160`	`}`
	`161`	`+ return UIStatusBarStyle.Default;`
`163`	`162`	`}`
`164`	`163`	`}`
`165`	`164`