statusbar overlapping content in iOS7

Question

With iOS7 the toolbar I placed right under the statusbar has merged with the statusbar

but when I move the toolbar 20px down, then it looks like

How can I have the effect of the first picture (statusbar with same color as toolbar) but not merging it with the statusbar. Or should this be done differently in iOS7?

Answer 1

Set yourself as the toolbar delegate. Then in your view controller, implement UIBarPositioningDelegate. Implement it as follows:

Objective-C

- (UIBarPosition)positionForBar:(id <UIBarPositioning>)bar {
    return UIBarPositionTopAttached;
}

Swift

func positionForBar(bar: UIBarPositioning) -> UIBarPosition {
  return .TopAttached
}

Also make sure you move your toolbar 20 points down (as you already did), or right underneath the status bar, for this effect to take place.

Answer 2

Try set in plist "View controller-based status bar appearance" to NO