On iOS8, displaying my app in landscape mode will hide the status bar but on iOS 7 the status bar is displayed on both orientations

Question

I want the status bar to be displayed in both orientations in iOS 8; it\'s being displayed properly in iOS 7.

navigationController.isNavigationBarHidden

Answer 1

Jageen's solution is probably the best, with just one minor change i.e. instead of using viewDidLoad, it's better to use application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:.

It's basically a two step process:

1). Set "View controller-based status bar appearance" to NO, in your project's Info.plist file.

2). Force the status bar hidden status to NO, in application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:, using the following code:

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

And, voila!

Note: It's important to use both the setStatusBarHidden:withAnimation statements above, to force the status bar hidden state.