Add UIView Above All Other Views, Including StatusBar

Question

I\'m wanting to create a view (UIControl) which blocks all input and shows a UIActivityIndicatorView while authenticating a user.

The UIActionSheet and UIAlertView b

Answer 1

I needed to present a view on top of all other views within my main window. Initially, I thought of presenting another window on top of my key window. Since, apple discourages using multiple windows, I decided against it.

The following code did the trick for me:

I added my view as a sub view to my key window which automatically presents my view on top of all other views. In my case this code is in app's delegate

[self.window addSubview:topViewController.view]

And when I am done with the view, the following code removes it from the window.

[topViewController.view removeFromSuperview];