UIKeyboard not automatically translucent in iOS7

I understand that when developing in Xcode 5 with and iOS 7 project, the keyboard that pops up when interacting with a UITextField should be translucent and show through any colors in the background. This is not the case in both my projects. I have a colored & blurred background and I'm hoping for that to transpire through the keyboard; however the keyboard remains the default white/gray.

This is what I have so far as a demo:

UIColor *tintColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.21 alpha:0.4];
UIColor *background = [[UIColor alloc] initWithPatternImage:[[UIImage imageNamed:@"universe.jpg"] applyBlurWithRadius:19
                                                                                                            tintColor:tintColor
                                                                                                saturationDeltaFactor:1.8
                                                                                                            maskImage:nil]];
self.view.backgroundColor = background;

UITextField *text = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(200, 200, 300, 60)];
[self.view addSubview:text];

I have even tried to set the keyboard appearance type to both UIKeyboardAppearanceDefault and UIKeyboardAppearanceLight

Can someone please guide/tell me on how can I achieve the keyboard translucent effect? Should this be automatic? Thanks

EDIT 1:

I have the iPad mini, I have the iPad 3rd generation and the iPad 4th generation both with retina displays. Running iOS 7.0.2