title: Translucent Status Bars (iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch)
body: <p>I've been looking around and it seems like the answer is no, but the posts are dated so I was wondering if this has changed. Is it possible to set the status bar to translucent? I'm trying to do a fade-in/fade-out effect on a multitouch tap but the status bar keeps coming up as solid black.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>
  
  <p>-- edit --
  The code I'm using for the event transition is below. I have set the statusbar to translucent in the -info.plist, but I noticed there's no Black Translucent setting in IB (which is probably my answer: no translucent statusbar unless you're Apple.)</p>
  
  <pre><code>-(IBAction)showOptions:(id)sender
  {
  if ([UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarHidden == YES) {
      [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationFade];
      [UIView beginAnimations:@"fadeIn" context:nil];
      [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.25];
      [UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveLinear];
      optionsView_portrait.alpha = 0.5;
      [UIView commitAnimations];
  }
  else
  {
      [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationFade];
      [UIView beginAnimations:@"fadeOut" context:nil];
      [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.25];
      [UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveLinear];
      optionsView_portrait.alpha = 0.0;
      [UIView commitAnimations];
  }
  }
  </code></pre>