Hide status bar on launch image

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Is there a way to hide the status bar when the app's launch image is displayed and then bring it back? My app has a black status bar and the one displayed over the launch image is grey.

Is there any solution for this?

score 50 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 30 '17 at 09:32

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Use this code for hiding status bar:

ObjectiveC:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES
 withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationSlide];

Swift:

UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarHidden(true, withAnimation: .Slide)

If you don't need status bar in the beginning. Add this setting (UIStatusBarHidden) in your Info plist file:

Status bar is initially hidden

with a value of YES.

Use this code anywhere in the app to show the status bar for that particular View Controller

ObjectiveC:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationSlide];

Swift:

UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarHidden(false, withAnimation: .Slide)

edited Oct 30 '17 at 09:32

Iulian Onofrei

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answered Aug 08 '12 at 12:58

Hemant Dixit

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Another thing to note is the `wantsFullScreen` property of UIViewController. – Moshe Aug 08 '12 at 15:21
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Where is the best place to put `UIApplication` code you've pasted? – syntagma Sep 07 '12 at 07:32
I put that in did launch and I have all view controllers extending a base controller. I have a login in storyboard and a main storyboard. My base controller detects the storyboard type and if login type I make this call in view load. Put this call in your appdelegate:didlaunch and also in your viewdidload of your base controller(or view controller if you like to type a lot) – Nick Turner Mar 22 '13 at 14:18
Status bar is initially hidden = YES in the infoplist did the trick thanks! – user3344977 Mar 21 '16 at 22:19
@HardikAmal add `application.isStatusBarHidden = false` in `application(didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:)` – rafalkitta Jan 10 '18 at 09:36
@rafalkitta in objective c? – Hardik Amal Jan 10 '18 at 10:40

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 08 '12 at 12:57

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Just define a key in plist file will solve your problem

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Happy Coding:)

answered Aug 08 '12 at 12:57

The iOSDev

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Unfortunately this makes my whole app go fullscreen. While I only want the launch image to be full screen. I tried putting setStatusBarHidden:NO in the viewDidLoad but the status bar overlaps with the view :( – Sergey Grischyov Aug 08 '12 at 13:04

score 14 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 04 '14 at 06:25

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You can initially add this key in the info.plist file: status bar is initially hidden=YES

Then in the app delegate, add this line in the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method:

  [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO];

edited Mar 04 '14 at 06:25

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answered Oct 16 '12 at 08:53

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score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 01 '13 at 14:32

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To return it back:

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {
    // Override point for customization after app launch

    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO];
}

answered Oct 01 '13 at 14:32

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 08 '12 at 12:59

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Add below key to info.plist:

"Status bar is initially hidden" and select YES as value.

answered Aug 08 '12 at 12:59

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No, I want to bring it up then, not hide it forever. How do I do it? – Sergey Grischyov Aug 08 '12 at 15:16
@SergiusGee See my answer above, please. – Arash Zeinoddini Oct 01 '13 at 14:34

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