statusBarStyle String(default: "black")

Set the status bar style meta tag in iOS used to control the styling of the status bar in a pinned to the Home Screen app. Available as of Q2 2013 SP.

The default setting of "black" pushes down the content of the page, while the rest overlay it. To create seamless status bar in iOS7, check Seamless Status Bar in iOS7 section in Mobile Application's Getting Started page.

Example

<div data-role="view" id="foo"><a data-role="button" href="#bar">Bar</a></div>

<script>
    new kendo.mobile.Application($(document.body), {
        statusBarStyle: "black"
    });
</script>
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