Add StatusBar Like View in App?

Question

In my app I want to add a view much like the status bar, always onscreen at the top of each of my view controllers, displaying application wide data.

I really have no clue how I might achieve this so any suggestions would be really helpful. I;m sure someone must have chased this idea at some point?

Thanks.

Answer 1

What you're willing to do is fairly straightforward since iOS 5 using view controller containment, it allows you to embed child view controllers in a parent view controller.
In your case I would create a custom container view controller with two subviews: the content view and the statusbar-like view. The content view should display your current root view controller by adding it as a child view controller to your container view controller and adding its view as a subview to the content view. The statusbar-like view can then be used to display information that will be visible everywhere in your app.

You might want to read this documentation for further details: Creating Custom Container View Controllers