iOS: hide status bar programmatically, method based NOT viewController based

Question

I am trying to hide/show the status bar in iOS 7 (and 6) programmatically, NOT ViewController based but method based.

For example if i press button 1 the status bar disappears, if i press button 2 the status bar appears.

I have tried all combinations here and from google, but all are viewcontroller based so far.

Does anybody have an idea how to do it, method based?

What do you mean by "not view controller based"? Where are these buttons you're talking about? Aren't they in a view controller's view? — rdelmar
Yes they are, but i tried -(BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden { return YES; } and that was for the whole view controller. — B-Man

Fr4ncis Fr4ncis · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-16T12:30:09

Use the UIApplication methods

  - (void)setStatusBarHidden:(BOOL)hidden withAnimation:(UIStatusBarAnimation)animation

on the instance [UIApplication sharedApplication]