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Next repeat the previous step but instead the key is named Status bar is initially hidden and set the value to YES.Ĥ. Add property "Status bar is initially hidden" with value "YES" Next type in View controller-based status bar appearance as the key.
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To add a new row to the property list, right click below the current entries and click Add Row. Add property "View controller-based status bar appearance" with value "NO" This file name will be different and specific to your project.Ģ. In my case this was located under Resources with the name Elite Ice Hockey ist. The general process will be to add 2 new properties to the info plist that will hide the status bar. Read on to find out the steps I performed to achieve this goal.
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There appears to be no way to simply turn off the status bar from the iOS simulator so my only option is to temporarily hide the status bar programmatically in Xcode and then disable this effect again after gathering my images. However, when using the iOS simulator for taking screenshots the status bar is always visible and simply cutting it out in Photoshop or Preview is not an option because since the iPhone 6 was released the screenshot dimensions must be exactly the same as the iPhone it was taken on.
#View under status bar ios update#
While working on my mobile application Elite Ice Hockey Action, I recently released an update and discovered that I need to add new App Store screenshots for the iPhone 6 and 6+.īased on the App Store screenshot guidelines the images uploaded should not contain the iOS status bar (containing the time, battery level etc.). Published on Sunday 30th of November, 2014 Hide the iOS 8 status bar for better App Store screenshots