Problem with view controller-based status bar appearance iOS 7

[chipivk]

When this plugin is installed and it is using, the viewControllers can't change the status bar style with methods like preferredStatusBarStyle

[timarnold]

Was this resolved? I think I'm having similar issues.

[chipivk]

Hello timarnold, this issue is not been solved yet. I closed it by error. This issue should be reopened.

[datalogics-kam]

It seems related to whether the window of the highest layer has a rootViewController. Echoing the rootViewController into the overlayWindow seemed to fix it for us:

diff --git a/OpenSource/Fingertips/MBFingerTipWindow.m b/OpenSource/Fingertips/MBFingerTipWindow.m
index 16ec00c..5e4738f 100644
--- a/OpenSource/Fingertips/MBFingerTipWindow.m
+++ b/OpenSource/Fingertips/MBFingerTipWindow.m
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@
 #pragma mark -
 #pragma mark UIWindow overrides

+- (void)setRootViewController:(UIViewController *)rootViewController {
+    [super setRootViewController:rootViewController];
+    [self.overlayWindow setRootViewController:rootViewController];
+}
+
 - (void)sendEvent:(UIEvent *)event
 {
     if (self.active)

[incanus]

Hmm, I just backed the #14 merge out in 660d7cc — not working entirely right for me. Got any time to debug this with me @datalogics-kam?

[incanus]

What I'm seeing is touch events not transferring to the app. They show up visually, but don't actually work. This is on an iPhone in this app as a test: https://github.com/mapbox/MBDesignView

[datalogics-kam]

Okay, I'll take a look at it.

[datalogics-kam]

What I'm seeing so far is that UIKit's patterns (how many times it's accessed, stack traces when accessed) of accessing the rootViewController change when the overlay window has a rootViewController. So nix that patch; I'm looking at subtle changes to the windowLevel instead.

[datalogics-kam]

@incanus Maybe #15 will be the good one this time. I tested it with MBDesignView, and the touch events seem to work. In our app, the status bar still hides appropriately.

[incanus]

Cool, will try to hit this later this week. Thanks @datalogics-kam :+1:

[enwar3]

Any progress fixing this issue? Still having this issue.. Tried @datalogics-kam's fix and the touch events work, but the status bar doesn't hide appropriately anymore.