Black strip on top despite statusBarHidden

Question

There is a black strip, of the same frame as the status bar on the top of the screen despite setting the status bar hidden, using :

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationSlide];

The StatusBarhides without any hiccups. But the black strip is persistent. It is causing my view to be resized, which is supposed to be fullscreen.

I have tried setting wantsFullScreenLayout to YES, in vain.

Is there a way to hide it, or set it's alpha ?

I do NOT use any XIBs. I do everything programmatically only, so I cannot change any properties in the XIB.

To go in a bit of detail, I have a UINavigationController with a rootViewcontroller. The user taps an image, and I push MWPhotoBrowser on it, which can further push other viewControllers like this:

rootViewController -> photoBrowser -> otherViewControllers -> ...

-> = PUSH operation

If any other details are needed, please tell me.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Turns out a view in the view hierarchy was not resized appropriately.

Answer 2

No. No need to set any alpha value.

Just go through your xib.

1. Select the view of your view controller
2. Go to Attribute Inspector
3. Check the value for status bar, navigation controller & bottom bar over there
4. Set status bar to None if not.
5. Change topbar & bottombar as per your requirements
6. Adjust your gui accordingly.

Answer 3

In the storyboard or xib file set Status bar at "none" in Attributes inspector > simulated section