I have tried
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];
This does nothing.
And I have looked in my Info.plist
file for "View controller-based status bar appearance" but it's not there.
How can I hide the white status bar at the top of the screen (with the clock and battery charge) inside my app for Xcode 6? Thank you!
To completely hide it on the home screen, open up an app, such as Settings, and wait about three to four seconds. Press the home button again, and the status bar will be completely gone.
Open Settings > Accessibility > Guided Access. On the Guided Access screen, toggle the switch to On. Select the options that appear when Guided Access is enabled.
You need to override this method on each view controller unless you have that plist entry.
Objective-C
-(BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden{ return YES; }
Swift 2
override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool { return true }
Swift 3+
override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool { return true }
And don't forget to set (if you present a view controller by calling the presentViewController:animated:completion: method):
Objective-C
vcToBeShownWithoutStatusbar.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = YES;
Swift
vcToBeShownWithoutStatusbar.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = true
Documentation: https://developer.apple.com/reference/uikit/uiviewcontroller/1621453-modalpresentationcapturesstatusb
If you change status bar from some container view controller (eg. UINavigationController
or UIViewController
with child view controllers) and you would like to change view controller responsible for status bar you should use childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden:
property. Eg:
Set first view controller instance always responsible for status bar management
Objective-C
- (UIViewController *)childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden { return childViewControllers.first; // or viewControllers.first }
Swift 2
override var childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden() -> UIViewController? { return childViewControllers.first // or viewControllers.first }
Swift 3+
override var childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden: UIViewController? { return childViewControllers.first // or viewControllers.first }
Set container view controller responsible for status bar management
Objective-C
- (UIViewController *)childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden { return nil; }
Swift 2
override func childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden() -> UIViewController? { return nil }
Swift 3+
override var childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden: UIViewController? { return nil }
Documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiviewcontroller/1621451-childviewcontrollerforstatusbarh
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