Extending the UIViewController view without a navigation bar in the status bar

Question

There is no navigation bar in my view, but I want to display the content in the status bar. I checked the edge extension under the upper bars, under the opaque bars in my view controller, the view I want to display in the status bar has 0 vertical limits on the distance to the top layout guide, but still, here's what I get:

The status bar has a 20px solid white background, which I don't want. I want my view to overlap in the status bar, just like the layout below:

How can I do this without having a visible navigation bar (I still have this, since my view is guaranteed to be inside the navigation controller, but it will never be visible, since I have many of the specially designed sections, including the upper bars)?

Answer 1

After several tens of pages for several hours, I found the answer:

for (NSLayoutConstraint *constraint in self.view.constraints) { if((constraint.firstItem == self.topLayoutGuide && constraint.secondItem == self.view) || (constraint.secondItem == self.topLayoutGuide && constraint.firstItem == self.view)) { constraint.constant = -20; } } 

For those who were wondering, I did not use a specific answer, but the solution that was deduced from this question was: iOS7 - viewing in the status bar - edgeForExtendedLayout does not work .

Answer 2

On the view controller or parent view controller, you must set automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets to NO . The previous answer is a bit hacked as the structure provides a property that controls this behavior.

Answer 3

If you use safe area planning guides, you can do this completely in the Builder interface.

Highlight the view you want in the status bar to the main view using the “ Top Space to Safe Area restriction of the “ Top Space to Container Margin ” restriction instead of the “ Top Space to Safe Area ” restriction.

Then, in the "Size inspector" window in the main window, uncheck the "Relative margin of the safe zone" box.