Apps Icon wider than 24p on status bar?

[UXWarrior]

Hi, can an Android app produce an icon wider than 24p on the status bar?
Or can it show some text on the status bar?

I would love to show in the status bar either:

• An icon wider than 24p (so that I can fit in text like "1h29m left!")
• Text, e.g. "You have 1h29m left!"

It'll be a deadlining app. There is an ongoing notification that refreshes the remaining time every minute - it would be great if the remaining time could be displayed straight away on the status bar so that the user can view it at all times - without the need to swipe down to see the notification bar every time. 24p is too narrow.

Thanks a lot!

 

[jbak]

Maybe you can use two icons with differen notification ids.
Or you can make small textview, which dispalys under status bar. This can be done via WindowManager.addView and with type - TYPE_SYSTEM_OVERLAY