UIApplication setStatusBarStyle example in Objective C (iOS).

UIApplication setStatusBarStyle

Sets the style of the status bar, optionally animating the transition to the new style.

- (void)setStatusBarStyle:(UIStatusBarStyle)statusBarStyle animated:(BOOL)animated

Parameters
statusBarStyle
A constant that specifies a style for the status bar. See the descriptions of the constants in UIStatusBarStyle for details.
animated
YES if the transition to the new style should be animated; otherwise NO .

Discussion of [UIApplication setStatusBarStyle]
The animation slides the status bar out toward the top of the interface.


UIApplication setStatusBarStyle example.

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleBlackTranslucent
                                            animated:YES];

Example of [UIApplication setStatusBarStyle].

-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated{
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleBlackTranslucent animated:YES];
}

UIApplication setStatusBarStyle example.

- (void) touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    // don't forget to set navigationBar.translucent to YES
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleBlackTranslucent];
    [UINavigationBar setAnimationDuration:3.0];

    [UINavigationBar beginAnimations:@"" context:nil];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:!([UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarHidden) withAnimation:NO];
    if ([UIApplication sharedApplication].isStatusBarHidden)
        [self.navigationController.navigationBar setAlpha:0.0];
    else [self.navigationController.navigationBar setAlpha:1.0];
    [UINavigationBar commitAnimations];
}

End of UIApplication setStatusBarStyle example article.