How to Hide "Back to Safari" from Status Bar in iOS9

Is there a way to hide Back to Safari from status bar in iOS9?

No, there is no API that lets you do this.

At SFSafariViewController dismiss, disable status bar hide animation [iOS 9]

Just found the solution:

If i create and present SFSafariViewController with:

#import <SafariServices/SafariServices.h>

SFSafariViewController *sfc = [[SFSafariViewController alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://google.com"]];
sfc.delegate = self;
[self presentViewController:sfc animated:YES completion:nil];

Implementing the delegate ( SFSafariViewControllerDelegate ) method:

- (void)safariViewControllerDidFinish:(SFSafariViewController *)controller
{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];
}

The VC is presented beautifully without status bar! And doesn't make a bad effect during dismiss.

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Implementing just the delegate method works perfectly even with a SFSafariViewController called by Facebook SDK (4.6.0 from CocoaPods)

EDIT:

Doing other tests, looks like the delegate method doesn't work as expected;

But just implementing:

View controller-based status bar appearance : FALSE

In the .plist file is enough to hide the status bar in a SFSafariViewController

Remove back to safari button in Swift iOS 9

This is an iOS 9 Feature that you cannot and should not hide.

SFSafariViewController: Hide navigation bar

Put this code in viewDidAppear:

let safariViewController = SFSafariViewController(URL: url)
presentViewController(safariViewController, animated: true) {
    var frame = safariViewController.view.frame
    let OffsetY: CGFloat  = 64
    frame.origin = CGPoint(x: frame.origin.x, y: frame.origin.y - OffsetY)
    frame.size = CGSize(width: frame.width, height: frame.height + OffsetY)
    safariViewController.view.frame = frame
}

To hide the status bar, set View controller-based status bar appearance to YES in your info.plist file and insert this in your view controller.

override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
    return true
}

Warning: I will suggest you against using SFSafariViewController for full screen view because reloading is not possible(since reload button is in UINavigationBar). In case request fails, it will render the application useless.
Rather go for full screen WKWebView with custom toolbar instead.

Update:
To avoid hiding the reload button, just add a view/imageView over the done button in your SFSafariViewController and render button invisible or at least untappable.

presentViewController(svc, animated: true) {
    let width: CGFloat = 66
    let x: CGFloat = self.view.frame.width - width

    // It can be any overlay. May be your logo image here inside an imageView.
    let overlay = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: x, y: 20, width: width, height: 44))
    overlay.backgroundColor = UIColor.blackColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.5)
    svc.view.addSubview(overlay)
}

The problem with this approach is only that overlay stays on screen, but if you can find a nice image for it, you will be fine.

Swift + Parse: Facebook login flow has Back to Safari in iOS9

As this reply is too long to put it in the comment textField:

I used this techniques in one of my apps.

In AppDelegate write this method for example:

    func buildUserInterface(){
    let objectID:String? = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().stringForKey("user_id")

    if objectID != nil {

        let mainStoryBoard:UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
        let singleMode:singleModeVC = mainStoryBoard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("singleModeVC") as! singleModeVC

        let mainPageNav = UINavigationController(rootViewController: singleMode)

        let appDelegate:AppDelegate = UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as! AppDelegate
        appDelegate.window?.rootViewController = mainPageNav
    }
}

It can therefore only be used, when you got a user logged in or just created.

In the ViewController handling the regristration/loggin in within the Login Block put this:

if PFUser.currentUser() != nil {

                    objectID = PFUser.currentUser()?.objectId
                    NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setObject(objectID, forKey: "user_id")

                    NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().synchronize()

                    // singleModeVC
                    let mainStoryBoard:UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
                    let singleMode:singleModeVC = mainStoryBoard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("singleModeVC") as! singleModeVC

                    let mainPageNav = UINavigationController(rootViewController: singleMode)

                    let appDelegate:AppDelegate = UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as! AppDelegate
                    appDelegate.window?.rootViewController = mainPageNav

singleModeVC is the name and class of my view controller to appear after signing in. Hope it helps.

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