How to set background image, but not behind statusbar in Swift iOS

Question

What I've heard there are no real way) to set a background image for a view in swift (tex self.view.background image. After googling around I found this:

    var imageView = UIImageView(frame: self.view.frame) // set as you want
    var image = UIImage(named: "fade bg3")!
    imageView.image = image
    self.view.addSubview(imageView)
    self.view.sendSubviewToBack(imageView)

It worked but the statusbar (with the clock, battery status and network ex) has that background too. Can I prevent this?

This was the solution

UIImageView(frame: CGRectMake(self.view.frame.origin.x, 20, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height))

Answer 1

只需隐藏这些屏幕的状态栏即可。

Answer 2

You really should implement prefersStatusBarHidden on your view controller(s):

override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
    return true
}