"Change" status bar background color:

    let statusBarView = UIView(frame: UIApplication.shared.statusBarFrame)
    let statusBarColor = UIColor(red: 32/255, green: 149/255, blue: 215/255, alpha: 1.0)
    statusBarView.backgroundColor = statusBarColor
    view.addSubview(statusBarView)

Change status bar text color:

    override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
    	return .lightContent
    }

**Update:** please note that the status bar frame will change when the view is rotated. You could update the created subview frame by:

 - Observing `NSNotification.Name.UIApplicationWillChangeStatusBarOrientation`
 - Or overriding `viewWillLayoutSubviews()`