In ios7, how can I hide the statusbar programmatically? I am using XCode 4.6.1 (ios6.1) and I want to implement this in XCode itself.
XCode 4.6.1
If anyone wanted the most updated way to do it (Swift 2.1 and latest Xcode 7.2)
Set "View controller based status bar appearance to NO in your info.plist"
UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarHidden = true // put inside app delegate somewhere (applicationWill or DidFinishLaunchingWithOptions: