On iOS8, displaying my app in landscape mode will hide the status bar but on iOS 7 the status bar is displayed on both orientations

Question

I want the status bar to be displayed in both orientations in iOS 8; it\'s being displayed properly in iOS 7.

navigationController.isNavigationBarHidden

Answer 1

They are keeping us gainfully employed by giving us more work.

or...

They've made other changes which cause bits to take up more space than they used to. With iOS 7 and the advent of things like the "Top Layout Bar Guide", the easy availability of the status bar in the swipe down screen, reclaiming the status bar space to be usable and other little hints many people predicted the status bar might be getting phased out as a standard part of the UI.

There is also quite a bit of buzz about new device sizes due to the changes they've made in iOS 8 trying to make it easier to code for a bunch of different sizes.

It's pure speculation, but I don't think they landscape status bar will return in iOS 8.