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iOS 7 status bar overlaps camera controls on UIImagePickerController

I've tried setting the Info.plist 'View controller-based status bar appearance' to NO, I've tried calling

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];

I've tried 

-(BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden{ 
  return YES;
}

I've tried launching the picker with 

[self presentViewController:picker animated:NO completion:^{
  [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];
}

And still, there is a status bar overlapping the camera controls. It's only there in iOS 7 though.

The status bar doesn't show up any where else in the app. I feel like I'm missing an important piece of the puzzle here, and no amount of reading about the View Controller or UIImagePickerController has helped me find said puzzle piece.

I'm hoping some one else has a little insight into this problem. Thank you.

EDIT: My desired effect is that the Status Bar shows up every in the app, except on the camera picker and a few other "outside" (Email related) view controllers we use.

Solution

  • I think the answer to this question is "This is an iOS 7 bug". None of the methods here helped in our case, and several people have tried to fix this now.

    I can't say what steps to reproduce this, but I've seen enough people out there with the same issue, that I think it's safe to say that this is in fact an iOS 7 bug. Most people can fix this problem with the multiple methods listed above. Rarely though, you can't fix it that way. I hope if you are reading this, you are not also one of those people.