I have done a little research and understand that a quick fix for iOS 7+ suffering from the overlying status bar issue (introduced in iOS 7 with the new status bar layout) on a view controller is to put it in a Navigation Controller.
However, when I go to Xcode the option is greyed out. What am I doing wrong? (I am an Xcode beginner, so bear with me).
Is using a Navigation Controller the correct way to do it?
As you can see here, the Navigation Controller is behind the status bar, not extended below it: