Make iPhone status bar disappear when displaying a modal view?

Question

I want to display a modal view, and want it to cover the iPhone\'s status bar.

I tried setting the modal view controller\'s wantsFullScreenLayout property to YES; I

Answer 1

You'll be wanting the - (void)setStatusBarHidden:(BOOL)hidden animated:(BOOL)animated on the UIApplication class.

Something like this:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES animated:YES];

That should hide the status bar with a nice fade animation.