SBStatusBarController

SBStatusBarController is a singleton class that manages the status bar. You can access the singleton instance with the nonstandard method as follows:

+(id)sharedStatusBarController

Double Height Status Bar

There are a few methods used generally for a double height status bar.

Activation

Signature	-(void)setDoubleHeightMode:(int)mode glowAnimationEnabled:(BOOL)enabled bundleID:(NSString *)id;
Available in	3.0 –

Signature	-(void)setDoubleHeightMode:(int)mode glowAnimationEnabled:(BOOL)enabled bundleID:(NSString *)id priority:(int)priority;
Available in	3.0 –

These methods activate and deactivate the double height status bar. The parameters are as follows:

• mode: Generally, color of the status bar. Options are listed below:
  • 1: Green, fixed text: "Touch to return to call".
  • 2: Red. Text is in the form "PREFIX STATUS".
  • 3: Red. Appears to be the same as 2.
  • 4: Blue, used in tethering. Form is "STATUS".
• enabled: Controls the glowing of the status bar.
• id: Bundle ID to set the mode for. Can be nil, but not suggested.
• priority: Not sure, but assumed to be the priority for this bundle ID and the double height status bar.

Deactivation

Signature	-(void)clearDoubleHeightStatusBarForBundleID:(NSString *)bundleID;
Available in	3.0 –

Signature	-(int)doubleHeightMode;
Available in	3.0 –

Gets or clears the double height status bar mode.

Text

Signature	-(void)setDoubleHeightPrefixText:(id)text bundleID:(NSString *)id;
Available in	3.0 –

Signature	-(id)doubleHeightPrefixText;
Available in	3.0 –

Signature	-(void)setDoubleHeightStatusText:(id)text bundleID:(NSString *)id;
Available in	3.0 –

Signature	-(id)doubleHeightStatusText;
Available in	3.0 –

These methods set and retrieve the status bar text. For different modes, different portions of the text is used, see above for details. Parameters:

• text: The text that you wish to set.
• id: The bundle ID you wish to set the text for,

References

• Header: http://github.com/kennytm/iphone-private-frameworks/blob/master/SpringBoard/SBStatusBarController.h