StatusBar+ is the first custom status bar for any Android device, with no need for a custom ROM
or root privileges. StatusBar+ follows your device anywhere on any
application, and includes a number of features include color
manipulation, click to drop, automatically disabling swipe to expand the
system status bar when the screen is turned off and when the device is
unlocked, automatically launching on boot, automatically full screen detection, removal of the system status bar for rooted users, and more features coming soon!
With that said we need to point out that this application is currently in version of alpha three, there will be bugs! Before you purchase StatusBar+ check out StatusBar+ Lite
to ensure that it functions on your device, and if you run into any
issues please do not leave a comment on the Android Market, rather send
me an email stating your device, ROM
(if applicable), and any other relevant information and we will do my
best to fix the issue. Also, the custom status bar remains even in full
screen applications. There is simply nothing we can do about this
because there is no API
for accessing this information. While this status bar does not drain
the battery on the devices tested we cannot ensure that it will not do
so on yours.
StatusBar+ is also part of the Seven+ Project's open source initiative! Head over to the StatusBar+ repository on GitHub! For interested developers it might even be possible to create a
theme-engine driven custom status bar! The source code is released
under the Apache 2.0 License, so it is free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute! Your questions and comments are encouraged, please let us know what you think.