Displaying custom UIView in a ViewController - ios

Question

I am creating a UIView which I want to display in my view controller. I have created the UIView and it shows, but the problems I have now are:
When I call the UIView in my view controller, I can no longer interact with the elements of the view controller. The CustomView I created has completely prevented the interaction with my view controller and I want to be able to interact with the UIViewController.
I want to hide the status bar which includes the battery percentage and network bar and other things so the view completely covers them. I implemented a code to cover them, but it returns an error.
below is my code
class SliderView: CustomView {
#IBOutlet weak var containerView: UIView!
#IBOutlet weak var sliderImage: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var sliderText: UILabel!
override func initialize() {
super.initialize()
let name = String(describing: type(of: self))
let nib = UINib(nibName: name, bundle: .main)
nib.instantiate(withOwner: self, options: nil)
self.addSubview(self.containerView)
self.containerView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
self.containerView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.topAnchor),
self.containerView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.leadingAnchor),
self.containerView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.trailingAnchor),
])
}
override func point(inside point: CGPoint, with event: UIEvent?) -> Bool {
return sliderImage.frame.contains(point)
}
override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
return true
}
// THIS THROWS an error 'Property does not override any property from its superclass'
}
my UIView is called in my Viewcontroller like
weak var sliderView: SliderView!
override func loadView() {
super.loadView()
let sliderView = SliderView()
self.view.addSubview(sliderView)
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
sliderView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.topAnchor),
sliderView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.bottomAnchor),
sliderView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.leadingAnchor),
sliderView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.trailingAnchor),
])
self.sliderView = sliderView
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
sliderView.sliderText.text = "HOOOOO WORKS"
}

Answer 1

NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
sliderView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.topAnchor),
sliderView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.bottomAnchor),
sliderView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.leadingAnchor),
sliderView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.trailingAnchor),
])
Your custom view is covering the whole UIViewController. Therefore, it is not possible to interact with the UIViewController.
Just try to replace the second constraint with the following to cover only half of the screen's height:
sliderView.topAnchor.constraint.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.bottomAnchor, constant: -UIScreen.main.bounds.height*0.5)
This is just a suggestion to see the difference, i.e., not a solution.