diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d0ce9c7..cb49121b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ Hide the statusbar.
 
     StatusBar.hide();
 
+On iOS, you can pass 2 optional parameters, animated and duration, in order to animate hiding the statusbar. By default, the animated parameter is set to false.
+
 
 Supported Platforms
 -------------------
@@ -284,6 +286,13 @@ Supported Platforms
 - Android
 - Windows
 
+Quick Example
+-------------
+
+    StatusBar.hide();
+    StatusBar.hide(true); // => default duration value is 0.1s
+    StatusBar.hide(true, 0.3);
+
 StatusBar.show
 =================
 
@@ -291,6 +300,8 @@ Shows the statusbar.
 
     StatusBar.show();
 
+On iOS, you can pass 2 optional parameters, animated and duration in seconds, in order to animate showing the statusbar. By default, the animated parameter is set to false.
+
 
 Supported Platforms
 -------------------
@@ -299,6 +310,13 @@ Supported Platforms
 - Android
 - Windows
 
+Quick Example
+-------------
+
+    StatusBar.show();
+    StatusBar.show(true); // => default duration value is 0.1s
+    StatusBar.show(true, 0.3);
+
 StatusBar.isVisible
 =================
 
diff --git a/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m b/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
index 058bbefb..9b36586a 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ - (void)pluginInitialize
     } else {
         self.webView.scrollView.scrollsToTop = NO;
     }
- 
+
     // blank scroll view to intercept status bar taps
     UIScrollView *fakeScrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:UIScreen.mainScreen.bounds];
     fakeScrollView.delegate = self;
@@ -257,17 +257,33 @@ - (void) overlaysWebView:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
     self.statusBarOverlaysWebView = [value boolValue];
 }
 
-- (void) refreshStatusBarAppearance
+- (void) refreshStatusBarAppearanceWithAnimation:(BOOL)refreshAnimated duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration
 {
     SEL sel = NSSelectorFromString(@"setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate");
     if ([self.viewController respondsToSelector:sel]) {
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-performSelector-leaks"
-        [self.viewController performSelector:sel withObject:nil];
+        if (refreshAnimated) {
+            [UIView animateWithDuration:duration animations:^() {
+                [self.viewController performSelector:sel withObject:nil];
+            }completion:^(BOOL finished){}];
+        } else {
+            [self.viewController performSelector:sel withObject:nil];
+        }
 #pragma clang diagnostic pop
     }
 }
 
+- (void) refreshStatusBarAppearanceWithAnimation:(BOOL)refreshAnimated
+{
+    [self refreshStatusBarAppearanceWithAnimation:refreshAnimated duration:0.1];
+}
+
+- (void) refreshStatusBarAppearance
+{
+    [self refreshStatusBarAppearanceWithAnimation:NO];
+}
+
 - (void) setStyleForStatusBar:(UIStatusBarStyle)style
 {
     if (_uiviewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance) {
@@ -359,16 +375,16 @@ - (void) backgroundColorByHexString:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
     [self _backgroundColorByHexString:value];
 }
 
-- (void) hideStatusBar
+- (void) hideStatusBarWithAnimation:(BOOL)animated duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration
 {
     if (_uiviewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance) {
         CDVViewController* vc = (CDVViewController*)self.viewController;
         vc.sb_hideStatusBar = [NSNumber numberWithBool:YES];
-        [self refreshStatusBarAppearance];
+        [self refreshStatusBarAppearanceWithAnimation:animated duration:duration];
 
     } else {
         UIApplication* app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
-        [app setStatusBarHidden:YES];
+        [app setStatusBarHidden:YES withAnimation:animated];
     }
 }
 
@@ -380,7 +396,17 @@ - (void) hide:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
     if (!app.isStatusBarHidden)
     {
 
-        [self hideStatusBar];
+        id animated = [command argumentAtIndex:0];
+        if (!([animated isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]])) {
+            animated = [NSNumber numberWithBool:NO];
+        }
+
+        id duration = [command argumentAtIndex:1];
+        if (!([duration isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]])) {
+            duration = [NSNumber numberWithDouble:0.1];
+        }
+
+        [self hideStatusBarWithAnimation:[animated boolValue] duration:[duration doubleValue]];
 
         [_statusBarBackgroundView removeFromSuperview];
 
@@ -390,16 +416,16 @@ - (void) hide:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
     }
 }
 
-- (void) showStatusBar
+- (void) showStatusBarWithAnimation:(BOOL)animated duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration
 {
     if (_uiviewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance) {
         CDVViewController* vc = (CDVViewController*)self.viewController;
         vc.sb_hideStatusBar = [NSNumber numberWithBool:NO];
-        [self refreshStatusBarAppearance];
+        [self refreshStatusBarAppearanceWithAnimation:animated duration:duration];
 
     } else {
         UIApplication* app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
-        [app setStatusBarHidden:NO];
+        [app setStatusBarHidden:NO withAnimation:animated];
     }
 }
 
@@ -410,7 +436,17 @@ - (void) show:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
 
     if (app.isStatusBarHidden)
     {
-        [self showStatusBar];
+        id animated = [command argumentAtIndex:0];
+        if (!([animated isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]])) {
+            animated = [NSNumber numberWithBool:NO];
+        }
+
+        id duration = [command argumentAtIndex:1];
+        if (!([duration isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]])) {
+            duration = [NSNumber numberWithDouble:0.1];
+        }
+
+        [self showStatusBarWithAnimation:[animated boolValue] duration:[duration doubleValue]];
         [self resizeWebView];
 
         if (!self.statusBarOverlaysWebView) {
@@ -471,7 +507,7 @@ -(void)resizeWebView
     }
     frame.size.height -= frame.origin.y;
     self.webView.frame = frame;
-    
+
 }
 
 - (void) dealloc
diff --git a/www/statusbar.js b/www/statusbar.js
index d6ab16b2..8d74bc6f 100644
--- a/www/statusbar.js
+++ b/www/statusbar.js
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ var StatusBar = {
         exec(null, null, "StatusBar", "backgroundColorByHexString", [hexString]);
     },
 
-    hide: function () {
-        exec(null, null, "StatusBar", "hide", []);
+    hide: function (animated, duration) {
+        exec(null, null, "StatusBar", "hide", [animated, duration]);
         StatusBar.isVisible = false;
     },
 
-    show: function () {
-        exec(null, null, "StatusBar", "show", []);
+    show: function (animated, duration) {
+        exec(null, null, "StatusBar", "show", [animated, duration]);
         StatusBar.isVisible = true;
     }