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

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    if ([self respondsToSelector:@selector(setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate)])
    {
        [self prefersStatusBarHidden];
        [self performSelector:@selector(setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate)];
    }
    else
    {
        // iOS 6
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationSlide];
    }
}

// Add this method
- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden {
    return YES;
}

Answer 2

To hide for a specific ViewController (and then turn back on) when View controller-based status bar appearance set to NO:

-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationFade];
}

-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationFade];
}

Answer 3

on swift 4:

    UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = ..true/false

Answer 4

in iOS7 you should implement in your viewController

- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden {
    return YES;
}

Answer 5

If anyone wanted the most updated way to do it (Swift 2.1 and latest Xcode 7.2)

1. Set "View controller based status bar appearance to NO in your info.plist"

2. UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarHidden = true // put inside app delegate somewhere (applicationWill or DidFinishLaunchingWithOptions:

Answer 6

you can hide status bar to set the key value "View controller-based status bar appearance" NO in plist. This is easiest way.

or You can hide in code by using property statusBarHidden of UIApplication class.

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];

Swift 3.0

Hide status bar for any particular view controller

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    get {
        return true
    }
}

Hide Status bas across the application

UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = true

and set the key value "View controller-based status bar appearance" NO in info plist of project.