Category to hide the status bar for a UIImagePickerController in IOS 7+

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//
//  UIImagePickerController+RemoveStatusBar.m
//  CarpeWorkshop

//  With thanks to:http://stackoverflow.com/users/2797041/user2797041
//  Created by Charles Young on 10/9/13.
//  Copyright (c) 2013 Charles Young. All rights reserved.
//

#import "UIImagePickerController+RemoveStatusBar.h"

@implementation UIImagePickerController (RemoveStatusBar)


- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // not an issue before IOS7 (likely to be fixed after too...

    if (floor(NSFoundationVersionNumber) > NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1) 
    {
        self.edgesForExtendedLayout = UIRectEdgeNone;
        
        [self prefersStatusBarHidden];
        [self performSelector:@selector(setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate)];
    }
}

- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden
{
    return YES;
}

- (UIViewController *)childViewControllerForStatusBarHidden
{
    return nil;
}


@end