1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/screens/suggestedPeople/SuggestedPeopleScreen.tsx b/src/screens/suggestedPeople/SuggestedPeopleScreen.tsx
index fb9c4ac5..7b77e82d 100644
--- a/src/screens/suggestedPeople/SuggestedPeopleScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/suggestedPeople/SuggestedPeopleScreen.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import React, {
   useEffect,
   useState,
   useMemo,
+  useRef,
 } from 'react';
 import {
   FlatList,
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ const SuggestedPeopleScreen: React.FC = () => {
   const [refreshing, setRefreshing] = useState(false);
   const [shouldResetData, setShouldResetData] = useState(false);
   const [hideStatusBar, setHideStatusBar] = useState(false);
-
+  const stausBarRef = useRef(hideStatusBar);
   // loads data and append it to users based on current page
   useEffect(() => {
     loadMore();
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ const SuggestedPeopleScreen: React.FC = () => {
         }
       };
       navigateToAnimatedTutorial();
+      StatusBar.setHidden(stausBarRef.current);
       return () => {
         StatusBar.setHidden(false);
       };
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ const SuggestedPeopleScreen: React.FC = () => {
   const onViewableItemsChanged = useCallback(
     ({viewableItems}: {viewableItems: ViewToken[]}) => {
       setHideStatusBar(viewableItems[0].index !== 0);
+      stausBarRef.current = viewableItems[0].index !== 0;
     },
     [],
   );