Crash iPad Photo Picker - iphone

Question

I am using the following function to activate either the device camera or the image picker depending on the result of a UIActionSheet. if fromCamera=YES then it works on both iPhone and iPad. if fromCamera=NO then it works on iPhone and the image picker appears. But it crashes on the iPad with the following error: UIStatusBarStyleBlackTranslucent is not available on this device. I already know that the iPad can't display the UIStatusBarStyleBlackTranslucent statusBar, but how do I avoid this crash?
-(void)addPhotoFromCamera:(BOOL)fromCamera{
if(fromCamera){
picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
}
else{
picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary;
}
[self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];
}

Answer 1

If you set the picker to UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary on the iPad, then you must(!) present it in a popoverview, otherwise you get exceptions. I do it like this, to atleast control the size of the popover (the standard size is too small in my opinion):
-(void)openPhotoPicker
{
imagePicker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
imagePicker.delegate = self;
imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary;
imagePicker.navigationBar.opaque = true;
//put the image picker in its own container controller, to control its size
UIViewController *containerController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
containerController.contentSizeForViewInPopover = rightPane.frame.size;
[containerController.view addSubview:imagePicker.view];
//then, put the container controller in the popover
popover = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:containerController];
//Actually, I would like to do the following, but iOS doesn't let me:
//[rightPane addSubview:imagePicker.view];
//So, put the popover over my rightPane. You might want to change the parameters to suit your needs.
[popover presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 10.0,0.0)
inView:rightPane
permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionLeft
animated:YES];
//There seems to be some nasty bug because of the added layer (the container controller), so you need to call this now and each time the view rotates (see below)
[imagePicker.view setFrame:containerController.view.frame];
}
I also have the following, to counter a rotation bug:
- (void)didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)fromInterfaceOrientation {
if(imagePicker!=nil && rightPane.frame.size.width>0)
[imagePicker.view setFrame:imagePicker.view.superview.frame];
}
It ain't perfect, but it is ok for my testing purposes at the moment. I consider writing my own Imagepicker, because I don't like being forced to use the popoverview... but well, that's a different story.

Answer 2

I suspect the UIImagePicker is inheriting the translucent status bar from your Info.plist file or from the currently displayed view controller.
What happens if you make the app not have a translucent status bar?

Answer 3

I was having a similar issue, take a look at my answer here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7677058/uiimagepickercontroller-crash-in-ipad-ios5/7839969#7839969