Status bar appear over my view's bounds in iOS 7

Question

I tried to test my app in iOS 7, and then I find my view appears over the status bar... As I read, in iOS 7, the status bar is hidden. So how do I make it compatible to run both in iOS 6 and iOS 7? Should I have to make different .xib files for different iOS versions for each screen?

I have been going through reading this: If both versions of a standard app should have a similar layout, use Auto Layout to create a UI that works correctly in both versions of iOS. To support multiple versions of iOS, specify a single set of constraints that Auto Layout can use to adjust the views and controls in the storyboard or XIB files (to learn more about constraints, see “Constraints Express Relationships Between Views”).

If both versions of a standard app should have a similar layout, and you’re not using Auto Layout, use offsets. To use offsets, first update the UI for iOS 7. Next, specify values that define the origin, height, and width of each element in the earlier UI as offsets from the element’s new position in the iOS 7 UI.

But when I use autolayout in .xib, it shows an error that autolayout is in a prior version to iOS 6.

How do I fix this problem?

Answer 1

iOS 7 apparently supports the Status Bar being hidden for some views but not others. To hide it for all views, do the following:

1. Make sure Hide during application launch is still checked, to support previous OS versions.
2. In your Info.plist file, add View controller-based status bar appearance and set it to NO.
3. You may need to "Clean" before building, (I did), but then your app should work as before: no status bar hanging over your views!