Replace status bar with own view

Question

I would like to replace the UIStatusBar in my app with my own view.

I'm assuming that I need to hide the status bar - is this right?

The problem with hiding the status bar is that the navigation bar moves up to occupy it's original position. How can I add my view and move everything back down 20 px?

Assuming that I don't have to remove the status bar, but instead can just cover it with my view, I then have the problem of the background color. This changes between views, so I would need to mask out the existing status bar text - how do I do this?

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Your approach is correct with a little tweak with self.view's frame.

Add below method to your viewController,

-(void)viewWillLayoutSubviews{
    [super viewWillLayoutSubviews];
    self.view.frame =CGRectMake(0, 20, 320, [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height);
}

Above method moves your view by 20 pixels down.