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

We solved this by forcing an orientation change unseen by the user. In the first view controller that loads, add:

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    NSNumber *orientationLeft = [NSNumber numberWithInt:UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft];
    NSNumber *orientationRight = [NSNumber numberWithInt:UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight];
    [[UIDevice currentDevice] setValue:orientationLeft forKey:@"orientation"];
    [[UIDevice currentDevice] setValue:orientationRight forKey:@"orientation"];
}