ionic-team / ionic-team/capacitor

[Bug]: status-bar setStyle doesn't work properly

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Description

### Capacitor Version

@capacitor/android: 8.3.1
@capacitor/ios: 8.3.1

Installed Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 8.3.0
@capacitor/core: 8.3.0
@capacitor/ios: 8.3.0
@capacitor/android: 8.3.0

### Other API Details

```Shell
npm --version: 11.11.0
node --version: v24.14.1
```

### Platforms Affected

- [ ] iOS
- [x] Android
- [ ] Web

### Current Behavior

I have a problem with [status-bar plugin](https://capacitorjs.com/docs/apis/status-bar). It seems that `StatusBar.setStyle` method doesn't work, if initial style is 'DARK' or 'DEFAULT'.

### Expected Behavior

Whenever we call `StatusBar.setStyle`, it should work as expected.

### Project Reproduction

https://github.com/imalitavakoli/.capacitor-app/tree/bug/status-bar

### Additional Information

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