UINavigationBar/Status Bar issue in IOS7

Question

Final EDIT

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Controller Setup

I have an application that is setup as follows:

InitialViewController (subclass of ECSlidingViewController)

Main Navigation Controller (subclass of UINavigationController)

Main Home View Controller (subclass of UIViewController)

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In the viewDidLoad of the initialViewController I load the main navigation controller in with the Home View Controller as its root.

self.topViewController = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"MainNavVC"];

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The Issue

On the first load of the application the status bar and navigation bar are seperated.

This is the desired effect.

However, I then load a modal view controller and close it, using the standard methods:

[self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"LoadSelectOpponentVC" sender:self];

Then close with:

[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];

This in turn causes the main navigation controller (holding the home view controller) to display the status bar incorrectly and overlapping:

Testing

1. The plist setting is set to YES - View controller-based status bar appearance
2. I have tried setting the edgesForExtendedLayout to the relevant none, but no change.

Logging

I have tried to log out some frames to see where the issue occurs:

On first Load:

Main Nav VC - View Frame - {{0, 0}, {320, 480}}

Main Nav VC - Nav Bar Frame - {{0, 0}, {320, 44}}

Initial VC - View Frame - {{0, 0}, {320, 480}}

Home VC - View Frame - {{0, 0}, {320, 480}} -- viewDidLoad Home VC

Home VC - View Frame - {{0, 64}, {320, 416}} -- viewWillAppear Home VC

--- After Modal is opened/closed ----

Home VC - View Frame - {{0, 64}, {320, 416}} -- viewWillAppear Home VC

Main Nav VC - View Frame - {{0, 0}, {320, 480}} -- viewWillAppear Main Nav

Main Nav VC - Nav Bar Frame - {{0, 20}, {320, 44}} -- viewWillAppear Main Nav

Home VC - View Frame - {{0, 44}, {320, 436}} -- viewDidAppear Home VC

Answer 1

Did you try Apple recommendation about "Preventing the Status Bar from Covering Your Views": https://developer.apple.com/library/content/qa/qa1797/_index.html

And did you have a look at "UIBarPositioningDelegate": https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uibarpositioningdelegate

Answer 2

The solution to this is actually very simple. It involves manipulating UINavigationBar's center.y value, which is what UIKit natively uses in order to adjust UINavigationBar to the status bar's height. For simplicity's sake, I subclassed UINavigationBar and did the following:

@implementation MyNavigationBar

    - (void) setCenter:(CGPoint)center {
        // Anything less than or equal to 22 is something we don't want (below SB height)
        if(center.y > 22) [super setCenter:center];
    }

@end

Answer 3

For me solution was be shifting Navigation Bar to 20 point

Answer 4

There is a built-in way to do this. Same as Joel Cave's answer, but elaborated:

Make your navigation bar have a Y origin of 20 points.

Then in the .h file:

@interface XYZViewController : UIViewController <UIBarPositioningDelegate>

And in the .m file:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    self.navigationBar.delegate = self;
}

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

Answer 5

Try it, all navigationBars should be translucent is disable.

[self.navigationController.navigationBar setTranslucent:NO];

If you designed your view with a storyboard then you can solve the problem using XCode. Select the NavigationBar widget and uncheck "Translucent".

Answer 6

Yes had same problem. followed all the step but no change.

Got it to work by making sure AutoLayout set up correctly for the whole screen not just the top view/toolbar as specified in

"Preventing the Status Bar from Covering Your Views" : https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1797/_index.html

At least for all Views just below the main Viewcontroller.view.