The tap gesture isn't detected on the status bar area?

Question

The title explains it all.

Is there any way to detect a tap gesture on the status bar in iOS 11?

I've already googled for this, and tried as suggested, but they all seem to be outdated answers somehow.

I wonder if there's anyone who has already figured out how to solve this.

jcesarmobile · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-05T16:54:01.627

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I use this code in the AppDelegate.swift

override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
    super.touchesBegan(touches, with: event)

    let statusBarRect = UIApplication.shared.statusBarFrame
    guard let touchPoint = event?.allTouches?.first?.location(in: self.window) else { return }

    if statusBarRect.contains(touchPoint) {
      // tap on statusbar, do something
    }
}

Note, this no longer works on iOS 13 and newer. For iOS 13 and newer use https://stackoverflow.com/a/59897714/1351469

edited Dec 05 '22 at 16:54

answered Jul 10 '18 at 14:59

jcesarmobile

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Are you sure that this code works? The touchBegan function is not called for the status bar rect from the beginning. – pearl7721 Jul 12 '18 at 08:33
Yeah, working fine on my iPhone X with iOS 11.2.6, when touching the status bar or the notch. – jcesarmobile Jul 12 '18 at 12:14
You are right. I tried implementing it in the very AppDelegate other than other views, it is detected. Thank you. – pearl7721 Jul 13 '18 at 01:11
This doesn't work anymore with iOS 16. – förschter Dec 05 '22 at 10:07
For iOS 13 and newer use https://stackoverflow.com/a/59897714/1351469 – jcesarmobile Dec 05 '22 at 16:53

The tap gesture isn't detected on the status bar area?

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