How to hide the status bar programmatically in iOS 7?

Question

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.

Answer 1

My experience is that you need both the code and the value in the info.plist file in iOS 9 / Xcode 7.3.

Add this to your viewDidLoad method.

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];

Add this to your info.plist file as a boolean value and set it to NO:

View controller-based status bar appearance