Hide statusbar using info.plist in any app

ios ios7 info.plist
jamzsabb picture jamzsabb · Jan 1, 2014 · Viewed 8.7k times · Source

To clarify, I'm not trying to do this on my own app, so I don't have access to the source code. I am trying to edit info.plist or any other files in the installed .app file on my device to remove the status bar from an app, namely Google Chrome

I'm trying to hide the statusbar on Google Chrome. I added UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance = false and UIStatusBarHidden = true to info.plist, but all that got me was a grey bar where the status bar used to be. So close!

Are there any other ways to force hide the status bar in Chrome or any other app on iOS 7?

Answer

codercat picture codercat · Jan 1, 2014 
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO withAnimation:NO];

OR

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Or

try - (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden { return YES; } in all of your view controllers.

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