Actually it is pretty easy to do. You just need to connect navigation isNavigationBarHidden property with status bar.
Objective-C
- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden {
return self.navigationController.isNavigationBarHidden;
}
Swift <= 2.3
override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
return navigationController?.navigationBarHidden ?? false
}
Swift 3.0
override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
return navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden ?? false
}
And be sure you have “View controller-based status bar appearance” = “YES” in your application .plist file.