why is my navigationBar under my status bar?

Answer 1

Your view is set too large, so it's getting drawn underneath the status bar. If you're using Interface Builder to create it as a .xib, you need to enabled the setting for the status bar under "Simulated Interface Elements", or just reduce the height of your view manually.

Answer 2

It seems that hiding the status bar and navigation bar at the same time causes this problem. I was able to resolve it by hiding/showing the navigation bar with performSelector:withObject:afterDelay, even with a delay of 0