Removing the status bar in my app - iphone

Question

I'm making an small game for iPhone in openGL.
First I removed the "status bar" by writting
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];
Which worked, but only removed the status bar when my app began to run. Then I modified my project.plist
<key>UIStatusBarHidden</key>
<true/>
And now the status bar is never show, just how I wanted. The problem is that I'm reading touches without problem in any portion of the screen, except for the zone where the status bar used to be.
// This method deals with events when one or more fingers touch the screen
- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
[myProject newTouch:touches withEvent:event];
[self.nextResponder touchesEnded: touches withEvent:event];
}
// This method deals with events when one or more fingers moves while touching the screen
- (void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
[myProject movingTouch:touches withEvent:event ];
}
// This method deals with events when one or more fingers stops touching the screen
- (void)touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
[myProject oldTouchEnded:touches withEvent:event ];
}
// This method deals with events when the system is interrupted ( for example an incomming call)
- (void)touchesCancelled:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
//
}
I guess that hiding the bar is not enough and it must be removed, but how can I do it ?, or there Is another solution ?

Answer 1

What's the size of the view you're reading in? Sometimes people hide the status bar but forget to resize their view to cover the appropriate area. The complete screen is 320x480 - make sure your height is the full 480px, not 460 or smaller.

Answer 2

There is a bug in the simulator: it doesn't register touches where the status bar is (or would be). It works properly on the device, though.
Are you testing on the simulator or on the device?