@capacitor/status-bar causes scaling issues when running app on macOS

[simaxme]

Bug Report

Plugin(s)

"@capacitor/status-bar": "^7.0.0"

Capacitor Version

💊   Capacitor Doctor  💊 

Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 7.1.0
  @capacitor/core: 7.1.0
  @capacitor/android: 7.1.0
  @capacitor/ios: 7.1.0

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/android: not installed
  @capacitor/core: 7.1.0
  @capacitor/cli: 7.1.0
  @capacitor/ios: 7.1.0

[success] iOS looking great! 👌

Platform(s)

• iOS App executed on macOS

Current Behavior

When running the app in Xcode with using the device option My Mac (Designed for iPad), the site won't scale and stay in a fixed resolution.

Expected Behavior

The window should scale

Code Reproduction

https://github.com/simaxme/capacitor-macos-scaling-problem

This is a simple project with @capacitor/status-bar added.

Other Technical Details

This issue has occured with updating up to version 7.0.0 and does only occur when running the app on macOS.
I know that macOS is not "officially" supported, but if this could be fixed, it would be very nice as we have some people using our app through the mac app store.

Additional Context

[JaHollTV]

I have the same problem. Hope there will be a fix soon!

[tgangso]

+1. Any workarounds? Happened after upgrading to capacitor v7

[simaxme]

+1. Any workarounds? Happened after upgrading to capacitor v7

We just stopped using @capacitor/status-bar completly and therefore, removed any usages of it meaning the status bar color can't be changed anymore by our app. This is kind of annoying but still, way better than users not being able to use our app with their Macs.

[Paul-Swrtz]

I just tested PR #2384 because the issues seemed related, and it also resolves this issue for me.
Tested on macOS 15.5 with capacitor version:

💊   Capacitor Doctor  💊 

Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 7.4.2
  @capacitor/core: 7.4.2
  @capacitor/android: 7.4.2
  @capacitor/ios: 7.4.2

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 7.2.0
  @capacitor/android: 7.2.0
  @capacitor/core: 7.2.0
  @capacitor/ios: 7.2.0

[success] iOS looking great! 👌
[success] Android looking great! 👌

[eric-horodyski]

Closing this as part of our ongoing effort to keep Capacitor’s backlog healthy and focused on current development priorities.

More context on this initiative:
https://ionic.io/blog/keeping-capacitors-backlog-healthy

Additional note:
Unfortunately, MacOS is not a supported platform, and we will be unable to take a look into this at the moment. However, we are planning on doing discovery for large screen/windows/foldables so this may get addressed as part of that initiative.

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