How to hide a status bar in iOS?

You need to add this code in your AppDelegate file, not in your Root View Controller

Or add the property Status bar is initially hidden in your plist file

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Folks, in iOS 7+

please add this to your info.plist file, It will make the difference 🙂

UIStatusBarHidden

UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance

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For iOS 11.4+ and Xcode 9.4 +

Use this code either in one or all your view controllers

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
return true }

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