Navigation Controller Transparent Bar Style is not working

Question

I am using a navigation controller, and I have the style set to :

navController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent;

But wh

Answer 1

If you set your nav controller's navigationBar to transparent in your App delegate early enough (It worked for me before adding the nav controller to the window), it will automatically shift your view up underneath the navigation bar.

Unfortunately it does not also shift your view underneath the status bar. Sad, it looks like you need to implement your own version of UINavigationController. Luckily, it's not too bad as UINavigationBar is pretty reusable.