diff --git a/‎nativescript-core/ui/page/page.ios.ts‎
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@@ -294,6 +294,15 @@ class UIViewControllerImpl extends UIViewController {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    public get preferredStatusBarStyle(): UIStatusBarStyle {
+        const owner = this._owner.get();
+        if (owner) {
+            return owner.statusBarStyle === "dark" ? UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent : UIStatusBarStyle.Default;
+        } else {
+            return UIStatusBarStyle.Default;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 export class Page extends PageBase {
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`@@ -294,6 +294,15 @@ class UIViewControllerImpl extends UIViewController {`
`294`	`294`	`}`
`295`	`295`	`}`
`296`	`296`	`}`
	`297`	`+`
	`298`	`+ public get preferredStatusBarStyle(): UIStatusBarStyle {`
	`299`	`+ const owner = this._owner.get();`
	`300`	`+ if (owner) {`
	`301`	`+ return owner.statusBarStyle === "dark" ? UIStatusBarStyle.LightContent : UIStatusBarStyle.Default;`
	`302`	`+ } else {`
	`303`	`+ return UIStatusBarStyle.Default;`
	`304`	`+ }`
	`305`	`+ }`
`297`	`306`	`}`
`298`	`307`
`299`	`308`	`export class Page extends PageBase {`