[SOLVED] The tap gesture isn't detected on the status bar area?

The tap gesture isn't detected on the status bar area?

The title explains it all.

Is there any way to detect a tap gesture on the status bar in iOS 11?

I've already googled for this, and tried as suggested, but they all seem to be outdated answers somehow.

I wonder if there's anyone who has already figured out how to solve this.

Solution

I use this code in the AppDelegate.swift

override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
    super.touchesBegan(touches, with: event)

    let statusBarRect = UIApplication.shared.statusBarFrame
    guard let touchPoint = event?.allTouches?.first?.location(in: self.window) else { return }

    if statusBarRect.contains(touchPoint) {
      // tap on statusbar, do something
    }
}

Note, this no longer works on iOS 13 and newer. For iOS 13 and newer use https://stackoverflow.com/a/59897714/1351469