You should NOT be bowing to that rejection. Someone made it by mistake, plain and simple. You need to escalate that to their boss.
Games are an exception to the status bar rule – they always have been and they always will be.
Jay
And to follow up on that, send them this:
Page 125, under Bars subhead:
The status bar, navigation bar, tab bar, and toolbar are UI elements that have specifically defined appearances and behaviors in iOS apps. These bars are not required to be present in every app (apps that provide an immersive experience often don’t display any of them), but if they are present…
Page 126, under Guidelines subhead:
Think twice before hiding the status bar if your app is not a game or full-screen media-viewing app.
Point out that you are in compliance with 10.1 because the HIG says a status bar is not required to be present in an app and even admits that GAMES (apps that provide an immersive experience) often don’t have them.
If you do NOT fight this you are doing a disservice to yourself and every other iOS game developer.
Jay
Well said Jay. I still would like to see the screenshot apple sent with the rejection. It’s hard to play devils advocate without knowing 