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