I am trying to hide the statusbar but maintain the \"bigger\" navigationbar height. Right now when I hide the statusbar by setting - (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden
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You should use of positionForBar: method of UIBarPositioningDelegate Protocol.
I don't want to put another answer or copy/past so you should take closer look at following question\answers. :)
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