IPad Status bar: is it ok to hide it?

Hi, I'm designing a News app for the ipad and wondered if it is ok to hide the status bar?
We're using a left right swipe to interact with the content and the amount of space on the screen is tight. Losing the status bar would help, but I'm not sure if it's bad practice.
thanks

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Hi David -
David Restler wrote:
Question: What can I do in software (during the startup logic) to get the iPad to push my window down to make room for the status bar?
If you're creating the view in your code, you're explicitly setting the view frame. The controller then assumes you know what you're doing and doesn't make any adjustment for the status bar (or any other bars that may be above or below the content area).
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_func_, self.view, NSStringFromCGRect(self.view.frame));
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I think the iPad should do it automatically for me
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#import "MyViewController.h"
@implementation MyAppDelegate
@synthesize window, viewController;
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {
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... I'm using a coordinate of (0,0) for my upper left corner, which is correct
As explained above, it's not correct if there are any upper bars
and after the first rotation everything works great.
Yes, all bets are off after an auto-rotation. The system recalculates the content view frame in that case (though that math doesn't always come out the way you want).
Hope that helps to unscramble things a little!
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>
> do what you want, but know that it's somewhat unreliable
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> in
> the DW Behavior box) and that some anal users will
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> of
> your links.
>
>
>
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Originally posted by:
ghost zero
> Anyone know how to hide webpage link URL from the
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> Dreamweaver CS4? So that when the mouse cursor hovers
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> webpage, the URL won't be shown in the browser status
bar. This comes in
> useful for when I put my email as a link on a webpage
but I don't want to
> let
> my email address be known prematurely. I prefer to do
this through the
> Dreamweaver CS4 interface without coding, if possible.
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> easiest way
> to hide link URL like this? Thanks.
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>
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