i0S7 StatusBar Overlays stage, Adobe Air 3.9 Beta Bug? Is there a Workarround

[simonschweizer]

Hi

I am using Adobe air 3.9 Beta. It seems that iOS7 give you the the possibility to style the Statusbar. But if you open an adobe air application the statusbar overlays the stage by default. It creates problems with my tabs.

I tested the app with an iPod and IPhone, both with iOs7 Both have the Issues. If I compile the app with Adobe air 3.8 the Statusbar will be displayed correct.

But I can't use air 3.8 because I need the new Icons 120x120 76x76 etc.

Other people have the same issue. See screenshots https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController/issues/51

I think the solution is in the info.plist. There is an option for the info.plist UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance. We need this paramter to activate or deactivate the Statusbar overlay.

any Ideas?

[Guest]

Hi Nimisha,

      Is there a timeframe by which the fix will be available in beta?

[Phillip_Vessey]

Nimisha

Do you think this is what is also effecting iOS7 ignoring <fullScreen>false</fullScreen> ?

[Pahup]

Hi Phil,

Have you tried latest AIR SDK 3.9 build from labs, it shouldn't be ignoring the tag.

Thanks

-Pahup

[Phillip_Vessey]

I think I did but will try again just to ensure.

[Phillip_Vessey]

Hi Pahup

Its still ignoring the tag. Just complied with the latest 24.09.13 build on labs, this was the result

[Pahup]

Could you please try it with a HelloWorld app?

Thanks

-Pahup

[Phillip_Vessey]

I can try and knock up a hello world app but seems to be an issue for everyone. This post on the starling forum links to the bugbase http://forum.starling-framework.org/topic/faq-for-ios-7#post-44544

[Bogdan_Dobrea]

are there any news regarding this issue?

this is also happening when coding using xcode but there are fixes, as shown here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17763719/status-bar-wont-disappear/18747724#18747724

[Ben_Danis]

i added this in my descriptor for additional info and the bar is now gone!

                              <key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>

                              <false/>

[Bogdan_Dobrea]

thanks for the tip, but if I add that key, the status bar becomes transparent and the info (carrier/clock/battery status) is still visible (all is black), and remains visible.

I'm using <fullScreen>true</fullScreen> in my photo-based app, and the status bar is not visible in the beginning. Right after I start the camera roll, the status info appears, and won't go away, overlaying the stage3D layer

we need to set the status bar hidden somehow after a photo is selected or when the user presses Cancel

[Guest]

I confirm that Status Bar is being hidden now by adding the following to the application descriptor under additonal info section

<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>

                              <false/>

Thank you Ben Danis and hope Adobe declares that the solution is official and it works for everyone.  If it is not a good way to resolve this issue please give an appropriate advise.

[Apocalyptic0n3]

This issue was apparently not fixed in the final AIR 3.9 release yesterday. Still seeing the statusbar overlay over my apps. This is a fairly severe problem that really needs to be fixed (clients have mentioned it as a bug...)

[mikatalk]

+1 @Apocalyptic0n3

[Ben_Danis]

Here's how i got mine working

in the appDescriptor fullscreen is true

<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>

                              <false/>

in my constructor, and everytime i close the cameraUI, i call stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN. And in my project settings (where I link the anes, i point to the SDK for iOS7 manually)

That was in 3.8

hope this helps

[Apocalyptic0n3]

Not being able to go fullscreen isn't the problem, it's that the status bar appears on top of our apps. There is no known workaround for that bug

[mikatalk]

Also being full screen crashes the app coming back from camera roll.

[AdrianFx]

I just downloaded Air SDK today, and besides the status bar problem I got this on an iPad2:

trace(stage.fullScreenWidth, "x", stage.fullScreenHeight); // 788 x 1004

My app is mostly portrait and, my stage is set to 640x640 px to acomodate rotation and scaleing (showAll). When the app is forced from landscape mode to default rotation, stage will remain scaled to 788px wide and cropped. That trace is on StageOrientationEvent.ORIENTATION_CHANGE and so far it worked great on Air 3.7 on iOS <7. I only updated air to fix the microphone bug on iOS7.

I use this code to rotate:

stage.setAspectRatio(StageAspectRatio.PORTRAIT);

stage.setOrientation(StageOrientation.DEFAULT);

The ONLY solution so far is to go fullscreen.

[esDotDev]

Ben Danis wrote:

Here's how i got mine working

in the appDescriptor fullscreen is true

<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>

                              <false/>

in my constructor, and everytime i close the cameraUI, i call stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN. And in my project settings (where I link the

Yep this seems to be working great for me as well. Just gotta make sure to handle the CANCEL events as well as SELECTED/COMPLETE.

[leejk]

But how do you fix the status bar to display correctly as the original poster asked? My app is not running in full screen, and I want the status bar to appear like it did in iOS 6. In iOS 7, it's overlaying the stage instead of the stage boundary beginning after the status bar.

[isaac.sunkes]

Just add padding to the action bar at the top to push it down

s|ActionBar

{

     paddingTop:45;

}

[Apocalyptic0n3]

Except this problem happens ONLY on iOS 7. To do what you are suggesting, we need logic to ensure the device is iOS 7, which is possible but Adobe consistently recommends we do not do anything that is device specific. Instead of temporary workarounds, we need a fix.

[isaac.sunkes]

The adoption rate of iOS7 is somewhere around 98%, and all new devices come with iOS7 preinstalled.

[mikatalk]

@isaac.sunkes That is not an appropriate answer and that '98%' is just unreal. Many users don't have enough memory space to be able to upgrade the iOS7. Anyways legacy should be supported when possible.

[isaac.sunkes]

Capabilities.os returns the device type and iOS version.

[Apocalyptic0n3]

And what if we actually have to support legacy devices? It is the beside the fact anyway. This is a serious bug that Adobe needs to fix. It's been reported for over a month now and no progress whatsoever. Workarounds, which this most definitely is, is not a fix to a bug.