statusBarStyle has no effect on iOS 12

Description

I observed that when setting the statusBarStyle it has no effect at all on iOS 12. On newer versions of iOS that’s working nicely, I checked on 13 and 14 too.

I’m attaching a repro with the same setup as I’m using on my project. To setup the project I followed the react navigation instructions, and also https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-screens/tree/master/native-stack#status-bar-managment to be able to configure the status bar.

Screenshots

Steps To Reproduce

1. On a device/simulator with iOS 12, open the app
2. Right away you’ll notice that the status bar text is white on white
3. In App.js try changing the statusBarStyle from dark to light and vice-versa under screenOptions
4. It won’t have any effect on iOS 12

Expected behavior

The configured style should be respected.

Snack or minimal code example

StatusBarRepro.zip

Package versions

    "@react-native-community/masked-view": "^0.1.10",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^5.8.10",
    "react": "16.13.1",
    "react-native": "0.63.4",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.9.0",
    "react-native-reanimated": "^1.13.2",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "^3.1.9",
    "react-native-screens": "^2.16.1"

[WoLewicki]

It would have been closed automatically when #757 is merged, so technically it would be better to leave this open for other users to comment and maybe find some mistakes. But don’t worry, it is not a problem. I will reopen this.

[WoLewicki]

I added #757 with this change 🎉.