Status bar background color

Question

I am trying to make my status bar background color the same as my navigation bar, I was trying to find the answer in google but it does not work clearly for me... Can you please explain how it works and how can I fix it?

Answer 1

Goto your app info.plist

1) Set View controller-based status bar appearance to NO 2) Set Status bar style to UIStatusBarStyleLightContent

Then Goto your app delegate and paste the following code where you set your Windows's RootViewController.

#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v)  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)

    if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0"))
    {
        UIView *view=[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0,[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.width, 20)];
        view.backgroundColor=[UIColor blackColor];
        [self.window.rootViewController.view addSubview:view];
    }

Answer 2

It looks to me like you have a UINavigationBar up there, which is what's causing the gap at the top. If you are able to, embed your view controller in a UINavigationController instead, then set your navigation item buttons in code. This gives you the same effect, but also automatically ensures the status bar matches the look of its navigation bar.