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

I had the same issue! Fixed by addicting this to viewDidLoad

  [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];

And this to implementation itself

-(BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden{
    return NO;
}

Answer 2

To display status bar in landscape mode in ios 8, try following method

- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden {
    return NO;
}

Swift version

override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
    return false
}

Swift 3, Xcode 8, iOS 10, /* ViewController.swift */

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
        return false
    }

Answer 3

Jageen's solution is probably the best, with just one minor change i.e. instead of using viewDidLoad, it's better to use application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:.

It's basically a two step process:

1). Set "View controller-based status bar appearance" to NO, in your project's Info.plist file.

2). Force the status bar hidden status to NO, in application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:, using the following code:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationNone];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationNone];

And, voila!

Note: It's important to use both the setStatusBarHidden:withAnimation statements above, to force the status bar hidden state.

Answer 4

We fixed it by following the above steps and making sure that landscape left and right are both enabled.

Under Project/Target/Deployment Info