Closing React Native view controller with StatusBar will reset status bar font color

This issue was originally created by @CyberMew as facebook/react-native#24083.

Some Info

Integrated RN single view into existing iOS project. Doing a push presentation (not modal).

Existing iOS screen is using light content already (i.e. status bar text color is white).

🐛 Bug Report

When going back to native app, status bar color always changes back to default (i.e. status bar text colour is black) when I render StatusBar.

To Reproduce

Use the code below.

**1. Make sure your native app status bar at this point in time is already lightContent.

Present a RN view controller via push. Notice how the status bar is still light-content (i.e. white text) because of the StatusBar code (see code).
Pop the RN view controller. Observe the color change bug in the status bar.**
Now remove the RN code with StatusBar. Reload your app.
Repeat Step 1-3. Observe how the status bar text colour is not changed anymore as expected!

I did not test if the problem exists if presenting modally, but I am pretty sure the issue is with StatusBar.

Expected Behavior

Status bar color should remain unchanged when using StatusBar and closing RN view controller.

Code Example

Render code:

Note that nativeCloseVC is a function that calls native to pop this view controller.

return (
      <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
        <Touchable onPress={nativeCloseVC} style={{ flex: 1 }}>
          <View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: "#ff0000" }} />
        </Touchable>
        {/* This is the problematic code!! */}
        <StatusBar barStyle={"light-content"} />
      </View>
    );

Environment

  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 10.14.3
      CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700B CPU @ 3.20GHz
      Memory: 10.29 GB / 32.00 GB
      Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
    Binaries:
      Node: 10.15.1 - /usr/local/bin/node
      npm: 6.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 12.1, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1
    IDEs:
      Xcode: 10.1/10B61 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.6.1 => 16.6.1 
      react-native: 0.57.7 => 0.57.7 
    npmGlobalPackages:
      react-native-cli: 2.0.1

rnc-archive / react-native-statusbar