ios - Hide status bar but not custom UIWindow -

i have custom uiwindow own status bar, want hide status bar , show mine instead. have

override var prefersstatusbarhidden: bool {     return true } 

in both uiwindow's rootviewcontroller , main viewcontroller. hides status bar, hides uiwindow. uiwindow's windowlevel uiwindowlevelstatusbar + 1, tested other windowlevels , hidden regardless of level.

setting opaque background custom uiwindow not option.

how can hide status bar not custom uiwindow?

edit: better solution

the same still holds true before/below, actual code shorter, simpler, , more swifty.

in appdelegate, have

func application(_ application: uiapplication, didfinishlaunchingwithoptions launchoptions: [uiapplicationlaunchoptionskey: any]?) -> bool {     // override point customization after application launch.     mystatusbarwindow.ishidden = false     return true } 

and, of course, hide system status bar. either in build settings or info.plist, or in view controller, say

override var prefersstatusbarhidden: bool {     return true } 

much better :)

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old solution

unfortunately, cannot find best answer, have workaround:

first show window. after should hide status bar. not sure why works, does. can this:

// class var  var statusbarhidden = false  // example in viewdidload order matters override func viewdidload() {     mywindow.ishidden = false     statusbarhidden = true     setneedsstatusbarappearanceupdate() }  override var prefersstatusbarhidden: bool {     return statusbarhidden } 

through experimentation discovered prefersstatusbarhidden checked before viewdidload. thus, need tell view controller check again once window shown. again, don't know why works, does. if can explain phenomenon (why order matters), excellent supplement solution.