diff --git a/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m b/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
index 8578f29..d102018 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ static const void *kStatusBarStyle = &kStatusBarStyle;
     }
 }
 
+-(void)statusBarDidChangeFrame:(NSNotification*)notification
+{
+    //add a small delay for iOS 7
+    dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, 0.1 * NSEC_PER_SEC), dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+        
+        [self resizeWebView];
+        
+    });
+}
+
 - (void)pluginInitialize
 {
     BOOL isiOS7 = (IsAtLeastiOSVersion(@"7.0"));
@@ -101,6 +111,8 @@ static const void *kStatusBarStyle = &kStatusBarStyle;
     // observe the statusBarHidden property
     [[UIApplication sharedApplication] addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"statusBarHidden" options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew context:NULL];
 
+    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(statusBarDidChangeFrame:) name: UIApplicationDidChangeStatusBarFrameNotification object:nil];
+
     _statusBarOverlaysWebView = YES; // default
 
     [self initializeStatusBarBackgroundView];
@@ -109,11 +121,6 @@ static const void *kStatusBarStyle = &kStatusBarStyle;
 
     NSString* setting;
 
-    setting  = @"StatusBarOverlaysWebView";
-    if ([self settingForKey:setting]) {
-        self.statusBarOverlaysWebView = [(NSNumber*)[self settingForKey:setting] boolValue];
-    }
-
     setting  = @"StatusBarBackgroundColor";
     if ([self settingForKey:setting]) {
         [self _backgroundColorByHexString:[self settingForKey:setting]];
@@ -158,11 +165,17 @@ static const void *kStatusBarStyle = &kStatusBarStyle;
     [self.commandDelegate sendPluginResult:result callbackId:_eventsCallbackId];
 }
 
-
 - (void) _ready:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
 {
     _eventsCallbackId = command.callbackId;
     [self updateIsVisible:![UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarHidden];
+    NSString* setting = @"StatusBarOverlaysWebView";
+    if ([self settingForKey:setting]) {
+        self.statusBarOverlaysWebView = [(NSNumber*)[self settingForKey:setting] boolValue];
+        if (self.statusBarOverlaysWebView) {
+            [self resizeWebView];
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 - (void) initializeStatusBarBackgroundView
@@ -195,34 +208,22 @@ static const void *kStatusBarStyle = &kStatusBarStyle;
     if (!IsAtLeastiOSVersion(@"7.0") || statusBarOverlaysWebView == _statusBarOverlaysWebView) {
         return;
     }
+    
+    _statusBarOverlaysWebView = statusBarOverlaysWebView;
 
-    CGRect bounds = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
+    [self resizeWebView];
 
     if (statusBarOverlaysWebView) {
 
         [_statusBarBackgroundView removeFromSuperview];
-        if (UIInterfaceOrientationIsLandscape([[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation])) {
-            self.webView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, bounds.size.height, bounds.size.width);
-        } else {
-            self.webView.frame = bounds;
-        }
 
     } else {
 
-        CGRect statusBarFrame = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarFrame;
-        statusBarFrame = [self invertFrameIfNeeded:statusBarFrame orientation:self.viewController.interfaceOrientation];
-
         [self initializeStatusBarBackgroundView];
-
-        CGRect frame = self.webView.frame;
-        frame.origin.y = statusBarFrame.size.height;
-        frame.size.height -= statusBarFrame.size.height;
-
-        self.webView.frame = frame;
         [self.webView.superview addSubview:_statusBarBackgroundView];
+
     }
 
-    _statusBarOverlaysWebView = statusBarOverlaysWebView;
 }
 
 - (BOOL) statusBarOverlaysWebView
@@ -366,24 +367,14 @@ static const void *kStatusBarStyle = &kStatusBarStyle;
 
     if (!app.isStatusBarHidden)
     {
-        CGRect statusBarFrame = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarFrame;
-
+        
         [self hideStatusBar];
 
         if (IsAtLeastiOSVersion(@"7.0")) {
             [_statusBarBackgroundView removeFromSuperview];
         }
 
-        if (!_statusBarOverlaysWebView) {
-
-            CGRect frame = self.webView.frame;
-            frame.origin.y = 0;
-            if (!self.statusBarOverlaysWebView) {
-                frame.size.height += MIN(statusBarFrame.size.height, statusBarFrame.size.width);
-            }
-
-            self.webView.frame = frame;
-        }
+        [self resizeWebView];
 
         _statusBarBackgroundView.hidden = YES;
     }
@@ -413,27 +404,22 @@ static const void *kStatusBarStyle = &kStatusBarStyle;
         [self showStatusBar];
 
         if (isIOS7) {
-            CGRect frame = self.webView.frame;
-            self.viewController.view.frame = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
 
-            CGRect statusBarFrame = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarFrame;
-            statusBarFrame = [self invertFrameIfNeeded:statusBarFrame orientation:self.viewController.interfaceOrientation];
+            [self resizeWebView];
 
             if (!self.statusBarOverlaysWebView) {
 
                 // there is a possibility that when the statusbar was hidden, it was in a different orientation
                 // from the current one. Therefore we need to expand the statusBarBackgroundView as well to the
                 // statusBar's current size
+                CGRect statusBarFrame = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarFrame;
+                statusBarFrame = [self invertFrameIfNeeded:statusBarFrame orientation:self.viewController.interfaceOrientation];
                 CGRect sbBgFrame = _statusBarBackgroundView.frame;
-                frame.origin.y = statusBarFrame.size.height;
-                frame.size.height -= statusBarFrame.size.height;
                 sbBgFrame.size = statusBarFrame.size;
-
                 _statusBarBackgroundView.frame = sbBgFrame;
                 [self.webView.superview addSubview:_statusBarBackgroundView];
-            }
 
-            self.webView.frame = frame;
+            }
 
         } else {
 
@@ -445,9 +431,35 @@ static const void *kStatusBarStyle = &kStatusBarStyle;
     }
 }
 
+-(void)resizeWebView {
+    
+    CGRect bounds = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
+    
+    bounds = [self invertFrameIfNeeded:bounds orientation:self.viewController.interfaceOrientation];
+    
+    if (UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait([[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation])) {
+        self.viewController.view.frame = bounds;
+    }
+    
+    self.webView.frame = bounds;
+    
+    if (!self.statusBarOverlaysWebView) {
+        
+        CGRect statusBarFrame = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarFrame;
+        statusBarFrame = [self invertFrameIfNeeded:statusBarFrame orientation:self.viewController.interfaceOrientation];
+        
+        CGRect frame = self.webView.frame;
+        frame.origin.y = statusBarFrame.size.height;
+        frame.size.height -= statusBarFrame.size.height;
+        self.webView.frame = frame;
+    }
+    
+}
+
 - (void) dealloc
 {
     [[UIApplication sharedApplication] removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"statusBarHidden"];
+    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self forKeyPath:UIApplicationDidChangeStatusBarFrameNotification];
 }