Show/Hide status bar in only one ViewController, objective C, iOS

Question

I want status bar to show up in viewWillAppear() and disappear in viewWillDisappear() of my ViewController

I was using

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

but it is deprecated in iOS 9.0

I am using

UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = false

in swift, but in objective C this is readonly value...

prefersStatusBarHidden also does not work for me, because I need to hide status bar in viewWillDisappear() function

-(BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden{
    return YES;
}

Can anybody help me?

Great question! I've been struggling with these too recently! — gogachinchaladze
– gogachinchaladze, Commented Oct 24, 2016 at 16:38
You can try to add the key "UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance" with value "NO" in the info.plist, also call the func setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate() if need. — Quoc Le
– Quoc Le, Commented Oct 24, 2016 at 17:35
I have "UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance - NO " in the info.plist, I need the translate "UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = false" swift code to objective C — Salome Tsiramua
– Salome Tsiramua, Commented Oct 25, 2016 at 8:44

dennykim · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-25 16:39:45Z

5

For each view controller you want to change the visibility of the status bar you need to override prefersStatusBarHidden. For this to actually work though, you must add the following key/value in your project's Info.plist:

Key: View controller-based status bar appearance

Value: YES

To control the visibility of the status bar in viewWillAppear and viewWillDisappear you can do:

var statusBarHidden = false

override func viewWillAppear() {
    super.viewWillAppear()
    statusBarHidden = false
    self.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
}

override func viewWillDisappear() {
    super.viewWillDisappear()
    statusBarHidden = true
    self.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
}

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return statusBarHidden
}

edited Oct 25, 2016 at 16:39

answered Oct 24, 2016 at 16:51

dennykim

3311 silver badge3 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

Salome Tsiramua Over a year ago

Yes it will work definitely, but I want to avoid overriding this method in each view controller and I know it is possible in swift and suppose that would be possible in objective C too, but cannot find the correct function

dennykim Over a year ago

To avoid overriding this method in each view controller, you can subclass UIViewController with these methods and use the subclass where appropriate.

Ali BOZOĞLU · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-24 13:38:57Z

1

For Swift 3,

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool{
        return true
    }

and add viewDidLoad()

self.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = true

answered Mar 24, 2017 at 13:38

Ali BOZOĞLU

1881 silver badge5 bronze badges

2 Comments

WalterBeiter Over a year ago

This is the right answer! But I did not need the statement in viewDidLoad(). It works without it.

Neimsz Over a year ago

self.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = true is the right for answer for modal view controller.

Ryan Pendleton · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-25 07:08:50Z

1

Write example for Objective-C (The same code for SWIFT already wrote by @dennykim)

Create property for BOOL

@property (nonatomic,assign) BOOL statusBarHidden;

Set in info.plist View controller-based status bar appearance == YES

Go to ViewController and write the next code:

-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];

    self.statusBarHidden = TRUE;
    [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];
}

-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated{
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];

    self.statusBarHidden = FALSE;
    [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];
}

- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden {
    return self.statusBarHidden;
}

edited Dec 25, 2022 at 7:08

Ryan Pendleton

2,62620 silver badges30 bronze badges

answered Sep 16, 2018 at 18:24

Genevios

1,1451 gold badge18 silver badges31 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Show/Hide status bar in only one ViewController, objective C, iOS

3 Answers 3

2 Comments

2 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

3 Answers 3

2 Comments

2 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related