Black strip on top despite statusBarHidden

Question

There is a black strip, of the same frame as the status bar on the top of the screen despite setting the status bar hidden, using :

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

The StatusBarhides without any hiccups. But the black strip is persistent. It is causing my view to be resized, which is supposed to be fullscreen.

I have tried setting wantsFullScreenLayout to YES, in vain.

Is there a way to hide it, or set it's alpha ?

I do NOT use any XIBs. I do everything programmatically only, so I cannot change any properties in the XIB.

To go in a bit of detail, I have a UINavigationController with a rootViewcontroller. The user taps an image, and I push MWPhotoBrowser on it, which can further push other viewControllers like this:

rootViewController -> photoBrowser -> otherViewControllers -> ...

-> = PUSH operation

If any other details are needed, please tell me.

Thank you.

status bar need to hidden for whole application than in info.plist file set Status bar is initially hidden to YES that may work — user1548843, Sep 12 '13 at 05:49
Not necessarily. I have hidden it in multiple parts of my application, where a new viewController is pushed, and it works just fine. It's just in this instance, where i'm not pushing another view controller, but animating in the same view controller, where the black strip is persistent. — n00bProgrammer, Sep 12 '13 at 05:51
possible duplicate of [Status bar won't disappear](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17763719/status-bar-wont-disappear) — Amar, Sep 12 '13 at 05:55
Not a duplicate. Specifics are: Should hide/show in only one viewController, on user's action; status bar hides, but a black strip in it's place remains — n00bProgrammer, Oct 03 '13 at 16:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 12 '13 at 05:55

No. No need to set any alpha value.

Just go through your xib.

Select the view of your view controller
Go to Attribute Inspector
Check the value for status bar, navigation controller & bottom bar over there
Set status bar to None if not.
Change topbar & bottombar as per your requirements
Adjust your gui accordingly.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 26 '13 at 10:21

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Turns out a view in the view hierarchy was not resized appropriately.

answered Dec 26 '13 at 10:21

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 12 '13 at 05:56

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In the storyboard or xib file set Status bar at "none" in Attributes inspector > simulated section

answered Sep 12 '13 at 05:56

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Black strip on top despite statusBarHidden

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