Question

So I’d like to have a full screen splash (320×480 – without status pane and same image as Default.png) animate off screen to the left after a short delay. I can create the splash and the animation ok, the only problem is that the status pane from the underlying view controller appears over the top of the splash screen. How can I animate a full screen splash so that the underlying root view controller (which has a status pane) is revealed as the animation progresses, without it’s status pane appearing over the splash screen.

I use the info.plist flag to initially hide the status pane, but I want the status pane to be visible only on the underlying view as the splash moves off screen, but not appear over the top of the splash itself.

I don’t want to hide the underlying status pane and show it again at the end of the animation, I’d just like it to be revealed gradually with the rest of the main view.

I hope this all makes sense.

Thanks
2J

Answer 1

You could add the animated splash view controller to the status window and then fade it out. I don’t believe the view is clipped, if it is you may be out of luck. It can be accessed like this example.

UIWindow *statusWindow = [[UIWindow alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];

    statusWindow.hidden = NO;
    statusWindow.windowLevel = UIWindowLevelStatusBar+1;
    UIView *mask = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];
    mask.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
    [statusWindow addSubview:mask];

    [statusWindow makeKeyAndVisible];
    [UIView animateWithDuration:1 delay:5 options:nil animations:^{
        statusWindow.alpha = 0;
    } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
        [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
        [statusWindow removeFromSuperview];
    }];

This way the status bar will be hidden. The only problem is that you are going to need to track orientation changes and adjust the mask manually considering it is a UIWindow that is above the status bar window.