How to hide status bar of a single view controller in iOS 9?

In a ViewController, which I presented modally, I did this:

override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
    return true
}

This used to work, but it no longer works. What's the best way to hide the status bar only for this view controller?

Solution 1:

For Swift 3 & Swift 4 it has changed to overriding a variable like this:

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
  return true
}

If you want to "Update" the state once the view controller is already being displayed, you will need to call:

setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()

Please refer to the documentation.

Solution 2:

For Swift 3 and Swift 4.2 when view going to Appear

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)

    UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = true
}

when view goint to Dissapear

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

    UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = false
}

It's possible you need set in your info.plist, next line:

View controller-based status bar appearance = NO

Solution 3:

In your UIViewController:

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)
    UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = true
}

 override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    //It will show the status bar again after dismiss
    UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = false
}

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return true
}

Solution 4:

In iOS 9, Xcode 7, Swift 2.0, it's back to how it was previously.

override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
        return true
}

In fact Xcode will tell you that

UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarHidden(true, withAnimation: .None) 

has been deprecated and that you should use the prefersStatusBarHidden method.