[iPhone] - Troubles with the NavigationBar transparency - Possibily a bug

Question

Hi,
It seems some people including me are having problems with the NavigationBar especially when we are trying to use the transparency as it is used in the Photo application (the photos are visible under the NavigationBar and ToolBar at the bottom).
I found those threads, they seem to be having the same issue:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7446397
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7898350
So this is what I've found (mostly using trial/error).
After creating a new NavigationBar Application, I simply set the Top Bar "Simulated Metric" to "Translucent Black Navigation" and the "Status Bar" to "Translucent Black". Et voilà, the table view (which is the unique view) is displayed properly underneath as the images shows :
http://www.sarahdery.com/IPhoneDev/NavigationControllerBug/1_INIB.png
http://www.sarahdery.com/IPhoneDev/NavigationControllerBug/2_INIB.png
http://www.sarahdery.com/IPhoneDev/NavigationControllerBug/3_SIMULATOR.png
+However, I have not been able to change Status Bar's color to black on the simulator. It's black on Interface Builder, "default" on the Simulator.+
Next, I tried to replace the table view with a simple UIView.
http://www.sarahdery.com/IPhoneDev/NavigationControllerBug/4_INIB.png
It seems to work on the Interface Builder, the ActivityIndicator is displayed underneath the NavigationBar. However, on the simulator it's quite something else :
http://www.sarahdery.com/IPhoneDev/NavigationControllerBug/5_SIMULATOR.png
As you can see, the ActivityIndicator has changed his position to be displayed under the NavigationBar.
I believe this is a bug otherwise I would really appreciate to know how to fix this annoying problem.
Thanks

Answer 1

I am seeing this same issue. While i'm not certain it's a bug, it is proving to be rather elusive