Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently, the status bar style is only applied while the action bar is visible. If (in a non-action bar page) the background of the page requires the status bar text to be white on both iOS and Android, the developer must make the action bar transparent, resulting in platform specific code, since this works on Android.

Describe the solution you'd like
The Page component respects the statusBarStyle property even if the action bar is hidden.

Describe alternatives you've considered
None.

Additional context
The simple solution is to implement a getter for the preferredStatusBarStyle computed property on UIViewController in page.ios.js:

Object.defineProperty(UIViewControllerImpl.prototype, "preferredStatusBarStyle", {
    get: function () {
        var owner = this._owner.get();
        if(owner) {
            // Assuming the statusBarStyle is of type 'string'
            return owner.statusBarStyle === "dark" ? 1 : 0;
        }
        // No owner - default to standard
        return 0;
    },
    enumerable: true,
    configurable: true
});

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