ios 6 and ios 7 incosistance in view - ios

Question

as we know in iOS 7 the status bar overlaps with a view but not in iOS 6 .
I developed whole application for iOS7 and now I being asked to make iOS6 support for it
but it is just a mess.
as we see in this Overlaps the status bar on view iOS7 question there is solution for iOS 7 to be like iOS6
but can I make it opposite way ? and somehow make iOS 6 behave like iOS7 with status bars ?

Answer 1

You can't make iOS 6 status bar act like iOS 7 status bar they are completely different designs. iOS 7 uses a flat UI whilst iOS 6 doesn't. Have a read through the iOS 7 transition guide for a better understanding and how to handle the differences.
To be specific towards the Status bar here is the section of that document that tells you how to handle it.

Answer 2

Short Answer: No you can't.
iOS 6 SDK does not let you to control the status bar like iOS 7 does.
What you can do is adapt the size so it does not lose any structure in your actual layout
First you can define a constant to know when it is iOS 7 or not:
#define kIS_IOS_7 (floor(NSFoundationVersionNumber) > NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1)
then in your AppDelegate you can change the navigation bar appearence like this:
UIView *background = [[UIView alloc] init];
if (kIS_IOS_7) {
background.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 360, 64);
} else {
background.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 360, 44);
}
background.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor]; // choose your color or image
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(background.frame.size);
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
[background.layer renderInContext:context];
UIImage *backgroundImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:backgroundImage
forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];