Hide statusbar using info.plist in any app

Question

To clarify, I'm not trying to do this on my own app, so I don't have access to the source code. I am trying to edit info.plist or any other files in the installed .app file on my device to remove the status bar from an app, namely Google Chrome

I'm trying to hide the statusbar on Google Chrome. I added UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance = false and UIStatusBarHidden = true to info.plist, but all that got me was a grey bar where the status bar used to be. So close!

Are there any other ways to force hide the status bar in Chrome or any other app on iOS 7?

Answer 1

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

OR

Or

try - (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden { return YES; } in all of your view controllers.

Answer 2

Try this.

add this key into info.plist file

View controller-based status bar appearance

set value for this to:- No

Answer 3

I added the following to my info.plist:

Status bar is initially hidden with value YES

I also have View controller-based status bar appearance with value NO