IOS status bar not translucent

Question

I have a navigation view controller. The root view hides the navigation bar using self.navigationController?.navigationBarHidden = true.

No matter what I do I cannot get thestatusBar to be translucent it is simply a white block that pushes my content below.

possible duplicate of [Can't get a translucent status bar in iOS](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16568896/cant-get-a-translucent-status-bar-in-ios) — Vizllx, Jun 01 '15 at 11:24
the above suggests self.wantsFullScreenLayout = YES; which is depreciated. — Ben_hawk, Jun 01 '15 at 11:25
You want translucent or LightContent status bar? I can't find the translucent option in Xcode — Sohil R. Memon, Jun 01 '15 at 11:52
*it is simply a white block that pushes my content below.* so you want to hide the status bar completely? Please be as clear and specific as possible. Add a picture to your question of the desired outcome if possible. — Daniel Storm, Jun 01 '15 at 13:08
@Ben_hawk Did you manage to fix the issue? If yes, please post the solution. — Hedrack, Sep 27 '16 at 04:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '15 at 11:27

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You can make status bar translucent as -

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleBlackTranslucent];

// set full screen layout in view controller class

self.wantsFullScreenLayout = YES;

answered Jun 01 '15 at 11:27

Sanjay Mohnani

wantsFullScreenLayout is depreciated – Ben_hawk Jun 01 '15 at 11:29
above iOS 7.0 you need to use --(UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle{ return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent; } – Sanjay Mohnani Jun 01 '15 at 11:33
still the same result – Ben_hawk Jun 01 '15 at 11:38
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I believe this is something that could be related to that fact that this is the root view controller for the navigation and has the navigation navbar hidden. – Ben_hawk Jun 01 '15 at 11:45
are you using any school view/ table view on your view controller? – Sanjay Mohnani Jun 01 '15 at 11:52
Nope just a standard view controller as the root view – Ben_hawk Jun 01 '15 at 12:45

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