diff --git a/tests/plugin.xml b/tests/plugin.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  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.
+-->
+
+<plugin xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0"
+    xmlns:rim="http://www.blackberry.com/ns/widgets"
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    id="org.apache.cordova.statusbar.tests"
+    version="0.1.7-dev">
+    <name>Cordova StatusBar Plugin Tests</name>
+    <license>Apache 2.0</license>
+
+    <js-module src="tests.js" name="tests">
+    </js-module>
+</plugin>
diff --git a/tests/tests.js b/tests/tests.js
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+/*
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+*/
+
+exports.defineManualTests = function (contentEl, createActionButton) {
+    function log(msg) {
+        var el = document.getElementById("info");
+        var logLine = document.createElement('div');
+        logLine.innerHTML = msg;
+        el.appendChild(logLine);
+    }
+
+    function doShow() {
+        StatusBar.show();
+        log('StatusBar.isVisible=' + StatusBar.isVisible);
+    }
+
+    function doHide() {
+        StatusBar.hide();
+        log('StatusBar.isVisible=' + StatusBar.isVisible);
+    }
+
+    function doColor1() {
+        log('set color=red');
+        StatusBar.backgroundColorByName('red');
+    }
+
+    function doColor2() {
+        log('set style=translucent black');
+        StatusBar.styleBlackTranslucent();
+    }
+
+    function doColor3() {
+        log('set style=default');
+        StatusBar.styleDefault();
+    }
+
+    var showOverlay = true;
+    function doOverlay() {
+        showOverlay = !showOverlay;
+        StatusBar.overlaysWebView(showOverlay);
+        log('Set overlay=' + showOverlay);
+    }
+
+    /******************************************************************************/
+
+    contentEl.innerHTML = '<div id="info"></div>' +
+        'Also: tapping bar on iOS should emit a log.' +
+        '<div id="action-show"></div>' +
+        '<div id="action-hide"></div>' +
+        '<div id="action-color1"></div>' +
+        '<div id="action-color2"></div>' +
+        '<div id="action-color3"></div>' +
+        '<div id="action-overlays"></div>';
+
+    log('StatusBar.isVisible=' + StatusBar.isVisible);
+    window.addEventListener('statusTap', function () {
+        log('tap!');
+    }, false);
+
+    createActionButton("Show", function () {
+        doShow();
+    }, 'action-show');
+
+    createActionButton("Hide", function () {
+        doHide();
+    }, 'action-hide');
+
+    createActionButton("Style=red", function () {
+        doColor1();
+    }, 'action-color1');
+
+    createActionButton("Style=translucent black", function () {
+        doColor2();
+    }, 'action-color2');
+
+    createActionButton("Style=default", function () {
+        doColor3();
+    }, 'action-color3');
+
+    createActionButton("Toggle Overlays", function () {
+        doOverlay();
+    }, 'action-overlays');
+};