Dev:SBAppStatusBarManager

SBAppStatusBarManager is a singleton class (not available prior to iOS 7) that manages the status bar. You can access the singleton instance with the nonstandard method as follows:

Modification
The following nonstandard method can be used to hide the status bar.

The following nonstandard method can be used to show the status bar.

The following nonstandard method can be used to modify the opacity of the status bar.

However, it should be noted that all changes made to the status bar are temporary, and are reverted to defaults when an app is opened.