hide status bar swift 4

Question

I am trying to hide status bar in one of my UIViewControllers (Swift 4).

• Firstly, I set View controller-based status bar appearance to

Answer 1

Although some implementations are cleaner such as:

UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = true

There are some weird clipping animations during transitions. Although more verbose, I prefer @MachTurtle's solution:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillAppear(true)
        if let statusBar: UIView = UIApplication.shared.value(forKey: "statusBar") as? UIView{
        statusBar.isHidden = true
        }
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(true)
    let statusBar: UIView = UIApplication.shared.value(forKey: "statusBar") as! UIView
    statusBar.isHidden = false
}

Try it out, works great for me.