iOS 7 UITableView shows under status bar

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The first screen of my application is a UITableViewController without a navigation bar  which means that the content flows under the status bar so there s a lot of text collisions  I ve adjusted both the properties for Under top bars and Adjust scroll view insets which do actually stop it from scrolling under  but at the cost of keeping the top of the table view under  I ve attempted to set the UITableView frame to offset by 20 pixels  but it doesn t appear to take effect and as I currently need the app to be compatible with iOS 6 I can t jump to iOS 7 Storyboards to force autolayout to use the top height guide  Has anyone found a solution that works for both versions   Things I ve tried  setting edgesForExtendedLayout  changing the settings within Storyboard for Under top bars and Adjust scroll view  forcing the frame to a new area   A picture is worth a thousand words

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For Xcode 7  un-ticking the  translucent  check mark for the Navigation Bar worked for me

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I don t know how Kosher it is  but I found that this scheme moves the ViewController s view down and provides the status bar with a solid background   -  void viewDidLoad        super viewDidLoad           Shove everything down if iOS 7 or later     float systemVersion      UIDevice currentDevice  systemVersion  floatValue       if  systemVersion  gt   7 0f                Move the view down 20 pixels         CGRect bounds   self view bounds          bounds origin y -  20 0           self view setBounds bounds               Create a solid color background for the status bar         CGRect statusFrame   CGRectMake 0 0  -20 0  bounds size width  20           UIView  statusBar     UIView alloc  initWithFrame statusFrame           statusBar backgroundColor    UIColor redColor            self view addSubview statusBar           Of course  replace redColor with whatever color you want for the background   You must separately do one of the swizzles to set the color of the characters symbols in the status bar   I use View controller-based status bar appearance   NO and Status bar style   Opaque black style in the plist  to do this globally   Seems to work  and I d be interested to hear of any bugs or issues with it

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-  void  viewDidLayoutSubviews       if  floor NSFoundationVersionNumber   gt  NSFoundationVersionNumber iOS 6 1            self navigationController navigationBar barStyle   UIBarStyleBlackOpaque          if   self respondsToSelector  selector edgesForExtendedLayout                self edgesForExtendedLayout   UIRectEdgeNone       iOS 7 specific         CGRect viewBounds   self view bounds          CGFloat topBarOffset   self topLayoutGuide length          viewBounds origin y   topBarOffset   -1          self view bounds   viewBounds          self navigationController navigationBar translucent   NO            https   developer apple com library ios documentation userexperience conceptual TransitionGuide SupportingEarlieriOS html   apple ref doc uid TP40013174-CH14-SW1

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Here is a Swift 2 3   Xcode 8 0  solution  I have created a subclass of UITableView   class MYCustomTableView  UITableView          override func drawRect rect  CGRect            super drawRect rect          contentInset      UIEdgeInsetsZero           The content Inset should always be Zero  by default   I am setting it Zero manually  You can also add a check method which makes the check and if it is anything other than what you want it to be just get the correct rect  The change will reflect only when the tableview is drawn  which does not happen often     Don t forget to update the TableView in your IB  in the TableViewController or just TableView inside your ViewController

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I ended up using one extra view with desired background  added after TableView and placed under status bar       self CoverView     UIView alloc init        if     UIDevice currentDevice  systemVersion  floatValue   gt   7 0         self CoverView frame   CGRectMake 0 0 self view bounds size width 20              self CoverView backgroundColor    UIColor whiteColor       self TableView     UITableView alloc initWithFrame CGRectMake 0      self CoverView bounds size height XXX  YYY         self view addSubview self TableView        self view addSubview self CoverView     It s not very pretty  but it s rather simple solution  if you need work with xib-less views  and both IOS6 and IOS7

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I got it work by setting size to freeform

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chappjc s answer works great when working with XIBs    I found the cleanest solution when creating TableViewControllers programmatically is by wrapping the UITableViewController instance in another UIViewController and setting constraints accordingly   Here it is   UIViewController  containerLeftViewController     UIViewController alloc  init   UITableViewController  tableViewController     UITableViewController alloc  init    containerLeftViewController view backgroundColor    UIColor redColor    hostsAndMoreTableViewController view translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints   NO   containerLeftViewController view addSubview tableViewController view     containerLeftViewController addChildViewController tableViewController    tableViewController didMoveToParentViewController containerLeftViewController    NSDictionary   viewsDict        tableView   tableViewController view                                   topGuide   containerLeftViewController topLayoutGuide                                  bottomGuide   containerLeftViewController bottomLayoutGuide                                    containerLeftViewController view addConstraints  NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat   H   tableView                                                                                             options 0                                                                                          metrics nil                                                                                            views viewsDict     containerLeftViewController view addConstraints  NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat   V  topGuide  tableView  bottomGuide                                                                                            options 0                                                                                          metrics nil                                                                                            views viewsDict      Cheers  Ben

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Select UIViewController on your storyboard an uncheck option Extend Edges Under Top Bars  Worked for me

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I am using a UISplitViewController with a navigationcontroller and a tableviewcontroller  This worked for me in the master view after trying many solutions here   float systemVersion      UIDevice currentDevice  systemVersion  floatValue   if  systemVersion  gt   7 0f            Move the view down 20 pixels     CGRect bounds   self view bounds      bounds origin y -  20 0       self navigationController view setBounds bounds           Create a solid color background for the status bar     CGRect statusFrame   CGRectMake 0 0  -20 0  bounds size width  20       UIView  statusBar     UIView alloc  initWithFrame statusFrame       statusBar backgroundColor    UIColor whiteColor        statusBar setAlpha 1 0f        statusBar setOpaque YES        self navigationController view addSubview statusBar       It s similar to Hot Licks  solution but applies the subview to the navigationController

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If you are doing things programatically and are using a UITableViewController without a UINavigationController your best bet is to do the following in viewDidLoad   Swift 3    self tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsets top  20  left  0  bottom  0  right  0    Earlier Swift    self tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsetsMake 20 0f  0 0f  0 0f  0 0f     The UITableViewController will still scroll behind the status bar but won t be under it when scrolled to the top

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For anyone interested in replicating this  simply follow these steps    Create a new iOS project Open the main storyboard and delete the default initial UIViewController Drag out a new UITableViewController from the Object Library Set it as the initial view controller Feed the table some test data   If you follow the above steps  when you run the app  you will see that nothing  including tweaking Xcode s checkboxes to  Extend Edges Under  Top  Bottom  Opaque  Bars  works to stop the first row from appearing under the status bar  nor can you address this programmatically   E g  In the above scenario  the following will have no effect      These do not work self edgesForExtendedLayout UIRectEdgeNone  self extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars NO  self automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets NO    This issue can be very frustrating  and I believe it is a bug on Apple s end  especially because it shows up in their own pre-wired UITableViewController from the object library   I disagree with everyone who is trying to solve this by using any form of  Magic Numbers  e g   use a delta of 20px   This kind of tightly coupled programming is definitely not what Apple wants us to do here   I have discovered two solutions to this problem    Preserving the UITableViewController s scene  If you would like to keep the UITableViewController in the storyboard  without manually placing it into another view  you can embed the UITableViewController in a UINavigationController  Editor   Embed In   Navigation Controller  and uncheck  Shows Navigation Bar  in the inspector  This solves the issue with no extra tweaking needed  and it also preserves your UITableViewController s scene in the storyboard  Using AutoLayout and embedding the UITableView into another view  I believe this is how Apple wants us to do this   Create an empty UIViewController and drag your UITableView in it  Then  Ctrl-drag from your UITableView towards the status bar  As the mouse gets to the bottom of the status bar  you will see an Autolayout bubble that says  Top Layout Guide   Release the mouse and choose  Vertical Spacing   That will tell the layout system to place it right below the status bar    I have tested both ways on an empty application and they both work  You may need to do some extra tweaking to make them work for your project

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Adding to the top answer   after the 2nd method did not initially seem to work I did some additional tinkering and have found the solution   TLDR  the top answer s 2nd solution almost works  but for some versions of xCode ctrl dragging to  Top Layout Guide  and selecting Vertical Spacing does nothing  However  by first adjusting the size of the Table View and then selecting  Top Space to Top Layout Guide  works     Drag a blank ViewController onto the storyboard   Drag a UITableView object into the View   Not UITableViewController   Position it in the very center using the blue layout guides        Drag a UITableViewCell into the TableView   This will be your prototype reuse cell  so don t forget to set it s Reuse Identifier under the Attributes tab or you ll get a crash         Create your custom subclass of UIViewController  and add the  lt UITableViewDataSource  UITableViewDelegate gt  protocols   Don t forget to set your storyboard s ViewController to this class in the Identity Inspector  Create an outlet for your TableView in your implementation file  and name it  tableView        Right click the TableView and drag both the dataSource and the delegate to your ViewController      Now for the part of not clipping into the status bar    Grab the top edge of your Table View and move it down to one of the dashed blue auto-layout guides that are near the top      Now  you can control drag from the Table View to the top and select Top Space to Top Layout Guide      It will give you an error about ambiguous layout of TableView  just Add Missing Constraints and your done      Now you can set up your table view like normal  and it won t clip the status bar

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I had a UISearchBar at the top of my UITableView and the following worked   self tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsetsMake 20  0  0  0   self tableView contentOffset   CGPointMake 0  -20     Share and enjoy

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The following solution works well enough in code without using magic constants  and accounts for the user changing the size class  e g  through rotations or side-by-side apps on ipads   -  void traitCollectionDidChange  UITraitCollection   previousTraitCollection        super traitCollectionDidChange previousTraitCollection          Fix up content offset to ensure the tableview isn t underlapping the status bar      self tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsetsMake self topLayoutGuide length  0 0  0 0  0 0

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For those like me who would rather not embed their UITableViewController in a UIViewController try this   A custom UITableViewController subclass can append a mask view to the tableView s superview  Add the mask on viewDidAppear  and remove the mask on viewWillDisappear   private var statusBarMaskView  UIView   override func viewDidAppear   animated  Bool        super viewDidAppear animated       if let superview   self tableView superview           self statusBarMaskView   UIView frame  CGRect zero          superview insertSubview self statusBarMaskView  aboveSubview  self tableView          self statusBarMaskView backgroundColor   self tableView backgroundColor             using a nice constraint layout library to set the frame         self statusBarMaskView pinTop to  superview          self statusBarMaskView pinLeft to  superview          self statusBarMaskView pinRight to  superview          self statusBarMaskView addHeightConstraint with  22 0                        override func viewWillDisappear   animated  Bool        super viewWillDisappear animated       self statusBarMaskView removeFromSuperview       self statusBarMaskView   nil

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I have done this for Retina Non-Retina display as  BOOL isRetina   FALSE   if    UIScreen mainScreen  respondsToSelector  selector scale          if    UIScreen mainScreen  scale     2 0            isRetina   TRUE        else           isRetina   FALSE           if  isRetina        self edgesForExtendedLayout UIRectEdgeNone      self extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars NO      self automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets NO

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see all solutions  my project is just use xib  so  the solution with storyboard not worked for me  self edgesForExtendedLayout   UIRectEdgeNone   just works for controller if navigationbar is visible  but if your view is just have status bar  that will not work  so i combine two conditons   -  void  viewDidLayoutSubviews   float systemVersion      UIDevice currentDevice  systemVersion  floatValue   if  systemVersion  gt   7 0f        CGRect bounds   self view bounds      if self navigationController    nil    self navigationController isNavigationBarHidden    YES           bounds origin y -  20 0           self view setBounds bounds             else          self edgesForExtendedLayout   UIRectEdgeNone            help this works

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I think the approach to using UITableViewController might be a little bit different from what you have done before  It has worked for me  but you might not be a fan of it  What I have done is have a view controller with a container view that points to my UItableViewController  This way I am able to use the TopLayoutGuide provided to my in storyboard  Just add the constraint to the container view and you should be taken care of for both iOS7 and iOS6

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I was facing this issue in ios 11 but layout was correct for ios 8 - 10 3 3   For my case I set a Vertical Space Constraint to Superview Top Margin instead of Superview Top which works for ios 8 - 11

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This will fix it for a UITableViewController  without any magic numbers    The only thing I couldn t get it to fix is if you are on a phone call  in which case the top of the tableView is pushed down too much   If anyone knows how to solve that  please let us know   class MyTableViewController  UITableViewController        override func viewDidLoad             super viewDidLoad               configureTableViewTop              override func viewWillTransitionToSize size  CGSize  withTransitionCoordinator coordinator  UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator            super viewWillTransitionToSize size  withTransitionCoordinator  coordinator          coordinator animateAlongsideTransition    context  - gt  Void in                completion     context  - gt  Void in                 self configureTableViewTop                         func configureTableViewTop              tableView contentInset top   UIApplication sharedApplication   statusBarFrame height

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I found the easiest way to do this  especially if you re adding your table view inside of tab bar is to first add a view and then add the table view inside that view  This gives you the top margin guides you re looking for

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Abrahamchez s solution  https   developer apple com library ios qa qa1797  index html worked for me as follows  I had a single UITableviewcontroller as my initial view  I had tried the offset code and embedding in a navcon but neither solved the statusbar transparency   Add a Viewcontroller and make it the initial view  This should show you critical Top  amp  Bottom Layout Guides   Drag the old Tableview into the View in the new controller   Do all the stuff to retrofit the table into the new controller   Change your old view controller h file to inherit subclass from UIViewController instead of UITableViewController   Add UITableViewDataSource and UITableViewDelegate to the viewcontroller s  h   Re-connect anything needed in the storyboard  such as a Searchbar   The big thing is to get the constraints set up  as in the Apple Q amp A  I didn t bother inserting a toolbar  Not certain the exact sequence  But a red icon appeared on the Layout Guides  perhaps when I built  I clicked it and let Xcode install clean up the constraints    Then I clicked everywhere until I found the Vertical Space constraint and changed its top value from -20 to 0 and it worked perfectly

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Works for swift 3 - In viewDidLoad     let statusBarHeight   UIApplication shared statusBarFrame height  let insets   UIEdgeInsets top  statusBarHeight  left  0  bottom  0  right  0  tableView contentInset   insets tableView scrollIndicatorInsets   insets   This code  1  Gets the height of the status bar 2  Gives the top of the table view a content inset equal to the height of the status bar  3  Gives the scroll indicator the same inset  so it appears below the status bar

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override func viewDidLoad         your code   if let nc   self navigationController      yourView frame origin y   nc navigationBar frame origin y   nc navigationBar frame height

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Please note  This worked for me for the following configuration    No navigation bar at the top of the screen  table view meets status bar  Table view is non-scrollable   If the above two requirements aren t met your milage may vary   Original Post  I created my view programmatically and this ended up working for me   -  void  viewDidLayoutSubviews          only works for iOS 7      if     UIDevice currentDevice  systemVersion  floatValue   gt   7 0            CGRect viewBounds   self view bounds          CGFloat topBarOffset   self topLayoutGuide length              snaps the view under the status bar  iOS 6 style          viewBounds origin y   topBarOffset   -1              shrink the bounds of your view to compensate for the offset         viewBounds size height   viewBounds size height    topBarOffset   -1           self view bounds   viewBounds            Source  in topLayoutGuide section at bottom of pg 39

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This is how to write it in  Swift  An adjustment to  lipka s answer   tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsetsMake 20 0  0 0  0 0  0 0

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If you also need to support iOS 6  you ll have to conditionally move it down  That is  in iOS 7 you should just move it down 20 points  either through frame manipulation or using auto-layout   and in iOS 6 you leave it alone  I don t believe you can do this in IB  so you ll have to do it in code   EDIT  You can actually do this in IB  by using the iOS6 iOS7 deltas  Set your position in iOS 7  then for iOS 6 set the delta Y to -20points  See this SO question for more information

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