Display view above status bar?

Question

I recently saw an image of an app that was capable of displaying a view above the status bar and was also able to cover it with a view.

I know you can get a view right below the status bar from a view with align parent top. But how would you get a view on top of the status bar??

Example

Answer 1

Disable the System Status Bar - Without Root

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After two full days of searching through SO posts and reading the Android docs over and over.. Here is the solution that I came up with. (tested)

    mView= new TextView(this);                                       
    mView.setText(".........................................................................");                       

    mLP = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
            100,
            // Allows the view to be on top of the StatusBar
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_ERROR,
            // Keeps the button presses from going to the background window
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE |
            // Enables the notification to recieve touch events
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL |
            // Draws over status bar
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN,
            PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);

    mLP.gravity =  Gravity.TOP|Gravity.CENTER;      

    mWindowManager = (WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE);
    mWindowManager.addView(mView, mLP);

Dont forget the permissions:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_OVERLAY_WINDOW" />

Note:
Tested upto kitkat.