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Putting a view behind the status bar

I'm trying to create a statusBar Background. However it seem to place it wrong i've set a View in the top of the viewController and applied following contraints:

-16 trailing
-16 leading
top space 0
height 24

However this is the result

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Why is there a white space at the top?

Solution

  • You can create the background for your status bar in the next very straightforward way :

    // Set the status bar to red
var statusBarView = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 22))
statusBarView.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
self.view.addSubview(statusBarView)

    Put in the above code in your viewDidLoad() it should be work. I put the 1024 size for the width of the UIView but you can change it according your needs of the device you want.

    I hope this help you.