Questions tagged [statusbar]

A status bar is an area typically found at the bottom of Graphical User Interfaces that provide information about the computer, the application or other applications.

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How can I create a bar in the bottom of a Java app, like a status bar?

I am in the process of creating a Java app and would like to have a bar on the bottom of the app, in which I display a text bar and a status (progress) bar. Only I can't seem to find the control in NetBeans neither do I know the code to create in…
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how do I properly change my status bar style in swift 2/ iOS 9?

I'm attempting to change my status bar's style to .Light but the previous code I implemented in swift 1.2 seems not to work anymore.. here's the code: override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() …
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Status Bar showing black text, only on iPhone 6 iOS 8 simulator

I'm trying to convert my iOS 7 app to iOS 8 in Xcode 6 GM, and when i run it on the iPhone 5s or lower simulators with iOS 8 everything is fine, but on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus simulators, the Status Bar has black text instead of white like it is…
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IOS7 Status bar hide/show on select controllers

I would like to show and hide the Status bar on some controllers. Can this be done or is it more of an overall app setting. I have seen many posts/questions about the plist update: View controller-based status bar appearance - NO If this is…
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How can I change vim status line color?

I'm tring to change vim's status line color by editing my .vimrc . By using the command au, I tried to change the color of the status line when entering or leaving insert mode; by using this command nothing happens: hi StatusLine…
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setStatusBarHidden(_:withAnimation:) deprecated in iOS 9

I see that in iOS 9 setStatusBarHidden(_:withAnimation:) is now deprecated and the documentation says to use [UIViewController prefersStatusBarHidden] instead but what is the alternative in iOS 9 if I still want to hide the status bar with a slide…
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UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarStyle() deprecated in iOS 9

I have been using UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarStyle() In my appDelegate and it has worked fine, but since iOS 9, this method is deprecated and I can't find an alternative. I want to change the statusbar style to .LightContent for…
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Status Bar Color not showing - 5.0 Lollipop Android Studio: (AppCompat-v7:r21)

I'm using the AppCompat-v7:21.0.0 support library for Android 5.0 Lollipop in Android Studio. My problem is that the Status Bar Color that can be changed by setting colorPrimaryDark in the values/styles.xml file, is showing up as black, in both the…
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Android 4.4 translucent Status and Navigation bars style on Android 5.0

On Android 4.4 KitKat you can set the Status and Navigation bars transparent with the android:windowTranslucentStatus and android:windowTranslucentNavigation theme elements, and then below the bars the app window is extended and a gradient is added.…
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Check whether status bar is hidden or visible

I want to check condition for statusbar. How can i check condition if status bar is visible or not . please anyone guide me to do this.. Thank you all
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How does Apple update the Airport menu while it is open? (How to change NSMenu when it is already open)

I've got a statusbar item that pops open an NSMenu, and I have a delegate set and it's hooked up correctly (-(void)menuNeedsUpdate:(NSMenu *)menu works fine). That said, that method is setup to be called before the menu is displayed, I need to…
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Moving status bar in iOS 7

The problem I'm facing is this: I want to implement an iOS 7 app with nice design and left/right menu, which appears after the main view animate itself to the right/left. I'm doing this with [UIView animateWithDuration...] code, but that's not…
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Using windowTranslucentStatus with CollapsingToolbarLayout

I'm trying to get a similar effect to what is seen on google play. I've got the below layout to show a transparent toolbar with an image behind it. When the user scrolls there is a parallax effect on the imageview as it scrolls off the screen. The…
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How to hide the status bar programmatically in iOS 7?

In ios7, how can I hide the statusbar programmatically? I am using XCode 4.6.1 (ios6.1) and I want to implement this in XCode itself.
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IOS 4.3 hide status bar permanently

I'm trying to hide the status bar in iOS 4.3 now that setStatusBarHidden:animated: is deprecated: [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES animated:NO]; //deprecated The only option that exists in the plist file is: Status bar is…
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