diff --git a/Libraries/Components/StatusBar/StatusBar.js b/Libraries/Components/StatusBar/StatusBar.js
index 6448283651d8f9..7b2913a416874b 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/StatusBar/StatusBar.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/StatusBar/StatusBar.js
@@ -138,11 +138,34 @@ function createStackEntry(props: any): any {
  *
  * ### Imperative API
  *
- * For cases where using a component is not ideal, there is also an imperative
- * API exposed as static functions on the component. It is however not recommended
- * to use the static API and the component for the same prop because any value
- * set by the static API will get overriden by the one set by the component in
- * the next render.
+ * For cases where using a component is not ideal, there are static methods
+ * to manipulate the `StatusBar` display stack. These methods have the same
+ * behavior as mounting and unmounting a `StatusBar` component.
+ *
+ * For example, you can call `StatusBar.pushStackEntry` to update the status bar
+ * before launching a third-party native UI component, and then call
+ * `StatusBar.popStackEntry` when completed.
+ *
+ * ```
+ * const openThirdPartyBugReporter = async () => {
+ *   // The bug reporter has a dark background, so we push a new status bar style.
+ *   const stackEntry = StatusBar.pushStackEntry({barStyle: 'light-content'});
+ *
+ *   // `open` returns a promise that resolves when the UI is dismissed.
+ *   await BugReporter.open();
+ *
+ *   // Don't forget to call `popStackEntry` when you're done.
+ *   StatusBar.popStackEntry(stackEntry);
+ * };
+ * ```
+ *
+ * There is legacy imperative API that enables you to manually update the
+ * status bar styles. However, the legacy API does not update the internal
+ * `StatusBar` diaplay stack, which means that any changes will be overridden
+ * whenever a `StatusBar` component is mounted or unmounted.
+ *
+ * It is strongly advised that you use `pushStackEntry`, `popStackEntry`, or
+ * `replaceStackEntry` instead of the static methods beginning with `set`.
  *
  * ### Constants
  *
@@ -261,6 +284,48 @@ class StatusBar extends React.Component<{
     StatusBarManager.setTranslucent(translucent);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Push a StatusBar entry onto the stack.
+   * The return value should be passed to `popStackEntry` when complete.
+   *
+   * @param props Object containing the StatusBar props to use in the stack entry.
+   */
+  static pushStackEntry(props) {
+    const entry = createStackEntry(props);
+    StatusBar._propsStack.push(entry);
+    StatusBar._updatePropsStack();
+    return entry;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Pop a StatusBar entry from the stack.
+   *
+   * @param entry Entry returned from `pushStackEntry`.
+   */
+  static popStackEntry(entry) {
+    const index = StatusBar._propsStack.indexOf(entry);
+    if (index !== -1) {
+      StatusBar._propsStack.splice(index, 1);
+    }
+    StatusBar._updatePropsStack();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Replace an existing StatusBar stack entry with new props.
+   *
+   * @param entry Entry returned from `pushStackEntry` to replace.
+   * @param props Object containing the StatusBar props to use in the replacement stack entry.
+   */
+  static replaceStackEntry(entry, props) {
+    const newEntry = createStackEntry(props);
+    const index = StatusBar._propsStack.indexOf(entry);
+    if (index !== -1) {
+      StatusBar._propsStack[index] = newEntry;
+    }
+    StatusBar._updatePropsStack();
+    return newEntry;
+  }
+
   static propTypes = {
     /**
      * If the status bar is hidden.
@@ -314,33 +379,24 @@ class StatusBar extends React.Component<{
     // Every time a StatusBar component is mounted, we push it's prop to a stack
     // and always update the native status bar with the props from the top of then
     // stack. This allows having multiple StatusBar components and the one that is
-    // added last or is deeper in the view hierarchy will have priority.
-    this._stackEntry = createStackEntry(this.props);
-    StatusBar._propsStack.push(this._stackEntry);
-    this._updatePropsStack();
+    // added last or is deeper in the view hierachy will have priority.
+    this._stackEntry = StatusBar.pushStackEntry(this.props);
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
     // When a StatusBar is unmounted, remove itself from the stack and update
     // the native bar with the next props.
-    const index = StatusBar._propsStack.indexOf(this._stackEntry);
-    StatusBar._propsStack.splice(index, 1);
-
-    this._updatePropsStack();
+    StatusBar.popStackEntry(this._stackEntry);
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate() {
-    const index = StatusBar._propsStack.indexOf(this._stackEntry);
-    this._stackEntry = createStackEntry(this.props);
-    StatusBar._propsStack[index] = this._stackEntry;
-
-    this._updatePropsStack();
+    this._stackEntry = StatusBar.replaceStackEntry(this._stackEntry, this.props);
   }
 
   /**
    * Updates the native status bar with the props from the stack.
    */
-  _updatePropsStack = () => {
+  static _updatePropsStack = () => {
     // Send the update to the native module only once at the end of the frame.
     clearImmediate(StatusBar._updateImmediate);
     StatusBar._updateImmediate = setImmediate(() => {
@@ -358,7 +414,7 @@ class StatusBar extends React.Component<{
         ) {
           StatusBarManager.setStyle(
             mergedProps.barStyle.value,
-            mergedProps.barStyle.animated,
+            mergedProps.barStyle.animated || false,
           );
         }
         if (!oldProps || oldProps.hidden.value !== mergedProps.hidden.value) {