iOS 7 | Navigation bar / Toolbar buttons very close to status bar

Question

I have a problem when dragging a navigation bar or toolbar (storyboard) to my view controller.

UINavigationBar:

Answer 1

You can resolve this issue by using Auto Layout, as per this techincal note (Preventing the Status Bar from Covering Your Views).

Here are some excerpts:

Add the Vertical Space Constraint to the top-most view

• Control drag from the UIToolbar to the "Top Layout Guide"
• In the popover, choose "Vertical Spacing"
• Change the "Vertical Space Constraint" Constant to 0 (zero)

If you have other subviews below the UIToolbar, anchor those views to the toolbar instead of the Top Layout Guide

This will support ios6 and ios7.