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iOS

Rycardo C
Rycardo C
4,599 Points
Posted by Rycardo C
Rycardo C
4,599 Points

The BlogReader is covering Status Bar

Hey,

When I create the TableViewController, the Status Bar in the simulator is being covered. Is there a way to make it so this does not happen?

Status Bar is where Carrier, Wi-Fi Signal, Time, Battery, etc are displayed.

Thanks,

RC

3 Answers

Amit Bijlani
STAFF
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Amit Bijlani
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You can add a table header view which will create some space between the top edge of the screen and the table view.

Add the following code to your viewDidLoad method:

self.tableView.tableHeaderView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, 30)];
Nikita Repetun
Nikita Repetun
2,829 Points
Nikita Repetun
Nikita Repetun
2,829 Points

Got same problems. and adding this code somewhat helps on iOS7, but also makes thing ugly in iOS6

Nikita Repetun
Nikita Repetun
2,829 Points

Got a working workaround. In viewDidLoad

you need to insert Amit's provided code between if statement, where you check if your iOS version is 7.0 or greater. So it looks like this:

if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 7.0f){
   self.tableView.tableHeaderView = [[UIView alloc] 
      initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, 20)];
}

This Helps to not mess with iOS 6

Brett Kim
Brett Kim
11,576 Points
Brett Kim
Brett Kim
11,576 Points

Nice! Super useful.