IOS 7 UI changes: status bar and navigation controller

Question

I want to update my application for iOS 7. I installed the application from the application store on iOS 7, it looked good, the interface was perfect. But when I installed the application from Xcode 5, it displays the navigation bar and other views under the status bar. I read the iOS 7 transition document, which suggests using an automatic layout. My goal of the app is 5.1 and later. Auto Layout only supports iOS 6 and later.

Please tell me how I can fix this.

Answer 1

This SO answer has a complete answer to the status bar, but in short: no, there is no way to prevent the status bar from coinciding with your application on iOS 7. You can "fake" it by moving all the view controllers of your application to the look of the container with the frame that is offset top down by 20 points.

Answer 2

This is the only thing that really worked for me: Add this to your controller.

- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden { return YES; }