Getting rid of the abominable status bar is not that easy as it seems on iOS 7

Question

I have this app compiled for iOS 6.0 running on iOS 7.

I am trying to get rid of the status bar and I am almost there.

I have added this to info.plist

View controller-based status bar appearance = NO
Status bar is initially hidden = YES

I have added this code to the rootViewController

- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden
{
    return YES;

}

Everything is fine. The app loads without the status bar but as soon as I present the UIImagePickerController from the rootViewController the status bar is back, even after the picker dismisses.

Yes, I have subclassed the UIImagePickerController and added the prefersStatusBarHidden to the class, just to see, but nothing changed.

How do I get rid of this abomination. Please save me.

EDIT: no,

[self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];

is not working

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '13 at 00:10

2

Had this exact same problem in my app. Solution that worked - Assuming that the view controller that shows the UIImagePickerController implements the UINavigationControllerDelegate protocol. Implement this protocol method -

- (void)navigationController:(UINavigationController *)navigationController willShowViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated{

   [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES animated:NO];

}

answered Oct 15 '13 at 00:10

Kedar

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Please mark the answer as correct if it helped resolve the problem. Thanks. – Kedar Oct 15 '13 at 00:14
you have to be patient in these cases cause answers cannot be accepted in the first 6 minutes... now it is accepted. – Duck Oct 15 '13 at 00:20
Sorry if I sounded impatient. I wasn't aware of the 6 minutes rule. Thanks for letting me know. – Kedar Oct 15 '13 at 00:25
No problem. I think the rule applies when the question is fresh and the answer comes within that time frame. – Duck Oct 15 '13 at 00:27

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

Check this answer: How to hide iOS status bar

and these new methods: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/UIViewController_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/UIViewController/childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/UIViewController_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/UIViewController/prefersStatusBarHidden

Getting rid of the abominable status bar is not that easy as it seems on iOS 7

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