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 returns NO.

Why is iOS 8 doing this?

Solution 1

Try this

Add below code in didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation

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

EDIT
NO NEED TO WRITE CODE IN ALL VIEW CONTROLLER
Set View controller-based status bar appearance to NO in plist and add below code in root view controller's viewDidLoad

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

Demo project
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uumneidk4wom5md/demoStatusBar.zip?dl=0

Solution 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
    }

Solution 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.

Solution 4

It's not an issue but a feature of an iOS 8. The status bar will be hidden in landscape mode in iOS 8, even Apple's applications also having same behaviour.

Solution 5

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

  [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];

And this to implementation itself

-(BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden{
    return NO;
}

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Comments

[Harshit Gupta]

we will have to write this code in every view controller, right?

[Harshit Gupta]

we will have to write this code in every view controller, right?

[Harshit Gupta]

thanks for the replay and demo project. In my case my root view controller keep on changing all the time. So will have to write in every root view controller

[Jageen]

just try to code in once first root view controller, may help

[Mustafa]

This appears to be the best solution, with one minor suggested change i.e. use application:FinishLaunchingWithOptions: to force the status bar hidden state.

[Jageen]

@Mustafa nice suggestion

[Aleksejs Mjaliks]

A note: You don't need to call [UIApplication sharedApplication] in application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:, because there is a method argument application. Thus, just call [application setStatusBarHidden:...].

[xevser]

For Swift : override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool { return false; }

[Bartłomiej Semańczyk]

Will it work with trait collection did change also? Really? With iOS 9?;) please confirm this...

[Bartłomiej Semańczyk]

It is deprecated since iOS 9.

[Gienadij Mackiewicz]

It works only if you has set View controller-based status bar appearance in your plist file to YES.