iOS 7 status bar like iOS 6

Question

I have an app with a support landscape and portrait mode. And I need the same behavior status bar like on iOS 6. What is the simplest way to do this?

I\'ve tried the sol

Answer 1

I recently had to solve a similar problem, and I approached it in a slightly different way...

The approach was to use an extra view controller that acted as a container view controller for what was originally my rootViewController. First, i set up a container like this:

_containerView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:[self containerFrame]];
_containerView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
_containerView.clipsToBounds = YES;

[self.view addSubview:_containerView];
[self.view setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];

[UIApplication.sharedApplication setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleLightContent animated:NO];

where the containerFrame was defined like this:

- (CGRect)containerFrame
{
    if ([MyUtilityClass isSevenOrHigher])
    {
        CGFloat statusBarHeight = [MyUtility statusBarHeight]; //20.0f
        return CGRectMake(0, statusBarHeight, self.view.bounds.size.width, self.view.bounds.size.height - statusBarHeight);
    }

    return self.view.bounds;
}

Finally, I added what was originally my rootViewController as a childViewController of the new one:

//Add the ChildViewController
self.childController.view.frame = self.containerView.bounds;
self.childController.view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
[self addChildViewController:self.childController];
[self.containerView addSubview:self.childController.view];
[self.childController didMoveToParentViewController:self];

Things to note: - Modal view controllers will still be presented in the iOS7 style, so I still have to account for that somehow.

Hope this helps someone!