Hiding status bar iOS 7

Question

Can't hide status bar on view controller on ios 7 device.

Already tried setting through plist file and also in Appcontroller.mm but still i doesn't hide the status bar

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];//Doesn't help

Here's a complete answer on dealing with the status bar in iOS 7 : http://stackoverflow.com/a/20594717/1869369 — Ronny Webers, Dec 15 '13 at 19:14
possible duplicate of [Cannot hide status bar in iOS7](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18059703/cannot-hide-status-bar-in-ios7) — Praveen, Mar 24 '14 at 14:27

score 84 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 30 '15 at 10:25

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Go to info.plist and add two attributes if not present. set "Status bar is initially hidden" to YES and set UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to NO. This will hide status bar for your app.

edited Jun 30 '15 at 10:25

Kavu

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answered Sep 24 '13 at 03:10

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Just in case you can't find UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance, it appears as "View controller-based status bar appearance". – enreas Apr 10 '14 at 13:23
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Status bar is initially hidden is a checkbox labeled "Hide during application launch" on the general tab in the project settings in the deployment info section. – John Pavley Aug 16 '14 at 17:39

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '13 at 01:23

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That's because iOS 7 has changed the way it deals with the status bar.

Setting UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance to NO on your app Info.plist should work.

answered Sep 24 '13 at 01:23

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 24 '13 at 02:44

I had the same issue recently. Be sure that you are targeting the correct view controller. Try to hide the status bar in the root view controller. Also, I´m implementing the method (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden (doc) in my UIViewControllers to hide the status bar. By using this method, you can forward the preferred configuration to a "child view controller". Also, this method works fine in UIViewControllers presented as modal.

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 05 '14 at 07:20

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// for ios 7 
- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden
{
    return YES; 
}


// for ios 6
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated 
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES]; 
}

answered Jul 05 '14 at 07:20

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 13 '14 at 07:37

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For iPad (iOS 7.0) need to put another value at Info.plist file.

UIStatusBarHidden boolean value YES.

answered Jan 13 '14 at 07:37

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Hiding status bar iOS 7

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