iOS status bar disappears in landscape orientation

[nathan815]

Is this a bug report?

Yes

Have you read the Contributing Guidelines?

Yes.

Environment

OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.3
Node: 9.5.0
Yarn: 1.3.2
npm: 5.6.0
Watchman: 4.7.0
Xcode: Xcode 9.2 Build version 9C40b
Android Studio: 2.2 AI-145.3537739

Packages: (wanted => installed)
react: 16.2.0 => 16.2.0
react-native: 0.53.0 => 0.53.0

Target Platform: iOS (11)

Steps to Reproduce

(Write your steps here:)

1. Open a React Native app that allows landscape orientation, and has a visible status bar
2. Turn device/simulator to landscape orientation

Expected Behavior

The status bar should remain visible.

Actual Behavior

The status bar disappears.

Reproducible Demo

• react-native init AppName

• https://github.com/nathan815/RN-Todo

I've also noticed this issue in other React Native apps, such as Git Point.

I realize there was a previous issue (#10751) regarding this, but it seems to have been closed before it was fixed.

[Zycon42]

This is default iOS behavior. It hides status bar in "vertically compact environment" (all iPhones in landscape). You can override it, see https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiviewcontroller/1621440-prefersstatusbarhidden

[nathan815]

@Zycon42 Oh, interesting. Good to know. Do you know if it is possible to override this in React Native?