diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 97955c4..0073d39 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -552,7 +552,17 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
                         'img/icon-78-android.png',
                         'img/icon-80-ios.png',
                         'img/icon-87-ios.png',
-                        'img/icon-96-android.png'
+                        'img/icon-96-android.png',
+                        'img/Default-568h@2x~iphone.png',
+                        'img/Default-667h.png',
+                        'img/Default-736h.png',
+                        'img/Default-Landscape-736h.png',
+                        'img/Default-Landscape@2x~ipad.png',
+                        'img/Default-Landscape~ipad.png',
+                        'img/Default-Portrait@2x~ipad.png',
+                        'img/Default-Portrait~ipad.png',
+                        'img/Default@2x~iphone.png',
+                        'img/Default~iphone.png'
                     ],
                     master: ['index.html']
                 },
diff --git a/res/cca_build.sh b/res/cca_build.sh
index ddaf425..c933a87 100755
--- a/res/cca_build.sh
+++ b/res/cca_build.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# reads values from JSON
+jsonValue() {
+  KEY=$1
+  num=$2
+  awk -F"[,:}]" '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){if($i~/'$KEY'\042/){print $(i+1)}}}' | tr -d '"' | sed -n ${num}p
+}
+
 # go to root
 cd `dirname $0`
 cd ..
 
 DIR=release/cca
+PROJNAME=`less dist/manifest.json | jsonValue name 1 | sed -e 's/^ *//' -e 's/ *$//'`
 
 # create
 rm -rf $DIR
@@ -15,5 +23,38 @@ cca create $DIR/Whiteout --link-to=dist/manifest.json
 cd $DIR/Whiteout
 cca prepare
 
+# 
+# post-build tweaks
+# 
+
+echo ""
+echo "## Running post-build tweaks"
+
 # cp signing config
-cp ../../../res/android-release-keys.properties .
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Copy Android signing config"
+cp ../../../res/android-release-keys.properties .
+
+# status bar should not overlay the web view
+echo "Tweaking iOS status bar to not overlay the web view"
+sed -i "" 's/StatusBarOverlaysWebView" value="true"/StatusBarOverlaysWebView" value="false"/' "platforms/ios/$PROJNAME/config.xml"
+
+# status bar should use dark font on light background
+echo "Tweaking iOS status bar to use dark font on light background"
+sed -i "" 's/StatusBarStyle" value="lightcontent"/StatusBarStyle" value="darkcontent"/' "platforms/ios/$PROJNAME/config.xml"
+
+# copy splash screens
+echo "Copying splash screens"
+cp ../../../src/img/Default* "platforms/ios/$PROJNAME/Resources/splash"
+
+# fixing missing/wrong icons
+echo "Fixing wrong/missing iOS icons"
+cp ../../../src/img/icon-60-ios.png "platforms/ios/$PROJNAME/Resources/icons/icon-60.png"
+cp ../../../src/img/icon-180-ios.png "platforms/ios/$PROJNAME/Resources/icons/icon-60@3x.png"
+cp ../../../src/img/icon-87-ios.png "platforms/ios/$PROJNAME/Resources/icons/icon-small@3x.png"
+cp ../../../src/img/icon-120-ios.png "platforms/ios/$PROJNAME/Resources/icons/icon-40@3x.png"
+
+# print reminder for manual work in xcode
+echo ""
+echo "### Reminder for manual steps required for iOS release"
+echo "### Change deployment target to iOS 8.1"
+echo "### Add retina icons to build, migrate to icon set, fix splash screens config"
diff --git a/src/background.js b/src/background.js
index 17d0cb3..61f7e85 100644
--- a/src/background.js
+++ b/src/background.js
@@ -2,12 +2,7 @@
 
 chrome.app.runtime.onLaunched.addListener(function() {
 
-    chrome.runtime.getPlatformInfo(function(info) {
-        // don't render statusbar over app UI on iOS
-        if (info.os === 'cordova-ios' && window.StatusBar) {
-            window.StatusBar.overlaysWebView(false);
-        }
-
+    chrome.runtime.getPlatformInfo(function() {
         // open chrome app in new window
         chrome.app.window.create('index.html', {
             id: '0',
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