Modern iOS 7 apps make use of the new features of the top bars which include the status and navigation bar. These bars can be colored the same so they blend together and can also be set to be totally clear. A good interaction which allows for maximizing the full screen of the iOS screen is to hide and show the top bars according to the content offset of the scroll view. In this sample application there are two examples with different styles of maximizing the space for the content while adjusting the top bars.
The first screen has the top bar set with a clear background with a darker blue header view in the scroll view. When the scroll view moves up the top bars are hidden and a custom top view is shown.
The second screen displays a photo behind the top bars and when scrolled up to the bottom of the photo the background for the top bars is made opaque to the photo and text behind the top bars does not clash with the buttons, title and status bar which is still visible.
FullScreen is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.
Brennan Stehling
SmallSharpTools
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