title: Is this the right way to make an iPad app full screen?
body: <p>I want to disable the status bar in iOS to make my app full-screen. I managed it but I'm not sure I did it correctly.</p>
  
  <p>Here's what I did:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>In IB, set the Simulated Metric for Status Bar to None</li>
  <li>Added an entry in the Info.plist <code>UIStatusBarHidden = YES</code></li>
  <li>Moved my views around in IB so they fill the screen.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I'm not using OpenGL or anything like that, it's just a straightforward Cocoa Touch app which, like many others of a similar type, benefits from having access to every pixel on the screen.</p>
  
  <p>To my shame I got the technique from one of those omnipresent 'tutorials' that litter the web like the dust bunnies under my bed. It was dated 2009. Is there a more modern, approved technique I should be using instead?</p>
  
  <p>If it helps I'm targeting iOS 5 only.</p>