React Native: how to change status bar icon colors

I can't seem to find a way to change the colors of the status bar icons to white - at the top of the screen, e.g time & battery.

I've tried adding the following in info.plist

• Status bar style: UIStatusBarStyleLightContent
• View controller-based status bar appearance: NO

But only seems to work in previous versions of IOS. Any help much appreciated.