diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h
index 0c5a865d..5eeafc9f 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 // View Controller can override this method and do custom action instead of opening the left panel
 - (BOOL)isOverridingLeftButton;
 
+//return desired status bar style based on different View Controller 
+- (UIStatusBarStyle)panelPreferredStatusBarStyle;
+
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.h b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.h
index 2ef7fa25..88b61188 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.h
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.h
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, MFNumberOfDrawers) {
 + (CGFloat)getApplicationViewWidth;
 + (CGFloat)getApplicationViewMaxSize;
 
+// return subviewcontrollers' prefer status bar style
+- (UIStatusBarStyle)getDefaultStatusBarStyle;
+
 #pragma mark - Main Subclassables
 
 // Can subclass to set threshold for when the drawers are permanently extended. Default is 1000 for the left panel and 2000 for both.
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m
index d70bdb6e..dd76cc92 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m
@@ -877,7 +877,25 @@ CGFloat const PanelAnimationDuration = 0.2;
 }
 
 - (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle {
-    return self.topAlertView.statusBarStyle;
+    if (self.topAlertView.topAlertObject) {
+        return self.topAlertView.statusBarStyle;
+    } else {
+        UIStatusBarStyle style = [self getDefaultStatusBarStyle];
+        if (self.topAlertView.statusBarStyle != style) {
+            [self.topAlertView resetStatusBar];
+        }
+        return style;
+    }
+}
+
+- (UIStatusBarStyle)getDefaultStatusBarStyle {
+    UIViewController *viewController = [self getCurrentDetailViewController];
+    if ([viewController conformsToProtocol:@protocol(MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol)]
+        && [viewController respondsToSelector:@selector(panelPreferredStatusBarStyle)]
+        && [((UIViewController <MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol> *)viewController) panelPreferredStatusBarStyle]) {
+        return [((UIViewController <MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol> *)viewController) panelPreferredStatusBarStyle];
+    }
+    return UIStatusBarStyleDefault;
 }
 
 #pragma mark - Getters
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.h b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.h
index 46d56cb6..f4de6d5b 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.h
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 - (void)expandStatusBarView;
 - (void)collapseStatusBarView;
 
+//reset status bar color to default based on splitview
+- (void)resetStatusBar;
+
 // Can be subclassed for custom views.
 - (nonnull MVMCoreUITopAlertBaseView *)topAlertViewForTopAlertObject:(nullable MVMCoreTopAlertObject *)topAlertObject animationDelegate:(nonnull id <MVMCoreTopAlertAnimationDelegateProtocol>)animationDelegate statusBarColor:(UIColor *_Nullable *_Nullable)statusBarColor;
 
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.m b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.m
index 735f28d9..a582638c 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.m
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.m
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ NSString * const MFAccTopAlertClosed = @"Top alert notification is closed.";
                 [weakSelf.superview layoutIfNeeded];
             } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
                 [weakSelf.animationDelegate topAlertViewFinishAnimation];
-                [weakSelf setStatusBarColor:[UIColor whiteColor] statusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleDefault];
                 UIAccessibilityPostNotification(UIAccessibilityLayoutChangedNotification, nil);
 
                 UIView *view = weakSelf.currentAlert;
@@ -204,6 +203,9 @@ NSString * const MFAccTopAlertClosed = @"Top alert notification is closed.";
                     [operation markAsFinished];
                     completionHandler(finished);
                     weakSelf.topAlertObject = nil;
+                    [MVMCoreDispatchUtility performBlockOnMainThread:^{
+                        [weakSelf resetStatusBar];
+                    }];
                 }];
             }];
         }];
@@ -242,4 +244,10 @@ NSString * const MFAccTopAlertClosed = @"Top alert notification is closed.";
     }];
 }
 
+- (void)resetStatusBar {
+    UIStatusBarStyle style = [[MVMCoreUISplitViewController mainSplitViewController] getDefaultStatusBarStyle];
+    UIColor *backgroundColor = style == UIStatusBarStyleDefault ? [UIColor whiteColor] : [UIColor blackColor];
+    [self setStatusBarColor:backgroundColor statusBarStyle:style];
+}
+
 @end