From what I can say, if Apple does not introduce a new API that I have not found ... The status bar is always hidden when the deviceβs vertical-size class is compact.
I haven't found a way yet, but I don't think there is a way around this. All system applications do the same.
Although, if you compile your application against the iOS 7.1 SDK, you can still save the status bar in the landscape, but this is not very useful if you want to use the new APIs, etc.
Edit:
Perhaps Iβm mistaken, the native Twitter application saves the status bar when viewing a web page in the landscape ... Not sure how to do it, though ...
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