SBAppStatusBarManager

SBAppStatusBarManager is a singleton class that manages the status bar. You can access the singleton instance with the nonstandard method as follows:

+ (id)sharedInstance

This class was not available prior to iOS 7.

Modification

The following method can be used to hide the status bar.

- (void)hideStatusBar;

The following method can be used to show the status bar.

- (void)showStatusBar;

The following method can be used to modify the opacity of the status bar.

- (void)setStatusBarAlpha:(float)alpha;

However, it should be noted that all changes made to the status bar are temporary, and are reverted to defaults when an app is opened.

References

• Header: http://github.com/kennytm/iphone-private-frameworks/blob/master/SpringBoard/SBAppStatusBarManager.h