Hide status bar programmatically with animation
-(void)hideStatusbar{
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationFade];
[UIView beginAnimations:@"Statusbar hide" context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
[self.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];
[UIView commitAnimations];
}
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad]; // hideStatusbar called after 2 seconds
[self performSelector:@selector(hideStatusbar) withObject:nil
afterDelay:2.0];
}