diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 1b954e7..5b70422 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,22 @@
             <engine name="cordova" version=">=3.0.0" />
     </engines>
 
+    <js-module src="www/statusbar.js" name="statusbar">
+        <clobbers target="window.StatusBar" />
+    </js-module>
+    
+    <platform name="android">
+        <source-file src="src/android/StatusBar.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova/statusbar" />
+
+        <config-file target="res/xml/config.xml" parent="/*">
+            <feature name="StatusBar">
+                <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.statusbar.StatusBar" onload="true" />
+            </feature>
+        </config-file>
+    </platform>
+
     <!-- ios -->
     <platform name="ios">
-        <js-module src="www/statusbar.js" name="statusbar">
-            <clobbers target="window.StatusBar" />
-        </js-module>
 
         <config-file target="config.xml" parent="/*">
             <feature name="StatusBar">
diff --git a/src/android/StatusBar.java b/src/android/StatusBar.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24b018f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/StatusBar.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+*/
+package org.apache.cordova.statusbar;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.view.Window;
+import android.view.WindowManager;
+
+import org.apache.cordova.CallbackContext;
+import org.apache.cordova.CordovaArgs;
+import org.apache.cordova.CordovaInterface;
+import org.apache.cordova.CordovaPlugin;
+import org.apache.cordova.CordovaWebView;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+
+public class StatusBar extends CordovaPlugin {
+    private static final String TAG = "StatusBar";
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the context of the Command. This can then be used to do things like
+     * get file paths associated with the Activity.
+     *
+     * @param cordova The context of the main Activity.
+     * @param webView The CordovaWebView Cordova is running in.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(CordovaInterface cordova, CordovaWebView webView) {
+        Log.v(TAG, "StatusBar: initialization");
+        super.initialize(cordova, webView);
+
+        // Clear flag FLAG_FORCE_NOT_FULLSCREEN which is set initially
+        // by the Cordova.
+        Window window = this.cordova.getActivity().getWindow();
+        window.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FORCE_NOT_FULLSCREEN);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes the request and returns PluginResult.
+     *
+     * @param action            The action to execute.
+     * @param args              JSONArry of arguments for the plugin.
+     * @param callbackContext   The callback id used when calling back into JavaScript.
+     * @return                  True if the action was valid, false otherwise.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean execute(String action, CordovaArgs args, final CallbackContext callbackContext) throws JSONException {
+        Log.v(TAG, "Executing action: " + action);
+        final Activity activity = this.cordova.getActivity();
+        final Window window = activity.getWindow();
+        if ("show".equals(action)) {
+            this.cordova.getActivity().runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
+                @Override
+                public void run() {
+                    window.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
+                }
+            });
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if ("hide".equals(action)) {
+            this.cordova.getActivity().runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
+                @Override
+                public void run() {
+                    window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
+                }
+            });
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+}