Transitioning UINavigationBar colors?

Question

I\'m basically trying to duplicate the behavior of the iPod app on the iPhone, where when you select a song, the music player view slides in, and the navigation bar transiti

Answer 1

You can animate the status bar style change to create an effect that's pretty close.

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque animated:animated];
    self.navigationController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackOpaque;
}

As you've noticed the navigation bar style changes immediately, but the animated change to the status bar still provides the overall appearance of a transition.