Added statusbar background, including API to change its background color

src/ios/CDVStatusBar.h

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 @interface CDVStatusBar : CDVPlugin {
     @protected
     BOOL _statusBarOverlaysWebView;
+    @protected
+    UIView* _statusBarBackgroundView;
 }
 
 @property (atomic, assign) BOOL statusBarOverlaysWebView;
@@ -34,5 +36,6 @@
 - (void) styleBlackTranslucent:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command;
 - (void) styleBlackOpaque:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command;
 
+- (void) statusBarBackgroundColorByName:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command;
 
 @end

src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m

@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
 {
     _statusBarOverlaysWebView = YES; // default
     
+    CGRect frame = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarFrame];
+    
+    _statusBarBackgroundView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
+    _statusBarBackgroundView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
+    
     NSString* setting  = @"StatusBarOverlaysWebView";
     if ([self settingForKey:setting]) {
         self.statusBarOverlaysWebView = [(NSNumber*)[self settingForKey:setting] boolValue];
@@ -58,6 +63,8 @@
         
         self.webView.frame = bounds;
         
+        [_statusBarBackgroundView removeFromSuperview];
+
     } else {
         CGRect statusBarFrame = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarFrame;
         CGRect bounds = self.viewController.view.bounds;
@@ -65,6 +72,8 @@
         bounds.size.height -= statusBarFrame.size.height;
         
         self.webView.frame = bounds;
+        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque];
+        [self.webView.superview addSubview:_statusBarBackgroundView];
     }
     
     _statusBarOverlaysWebView = statusBarOverlaysWebView;
@@ -105,4 +114,17 @@
     [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque];
 }
 
+- (void) statusBarBackgroundColorByName:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
+{
+    id value = [command.arguments objectAtIndex:0];
+    if (!([value isKindOfClass:[NSString class]])) {
+        value = @"black";
+    }
+    
+    SEL selector = NSSelectorFromString([value stringByAppendingString:@"Color"]);
+    if ([UIColor respondsToSelector:selector]) {
+        _statusBarBackgroundView.backgroundColor = [UIColor performSelector:selector];
+    }
+}
+
 @end

www/statusbar.js

@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ StatusBar.styleBlackOpaque = function() {
     exec(null, null, "StatusBar", "styleBlackOpaque", []);
 };
 
+StatusBar.statusBarBackgroundColorByName = function(colorname) {
+    exec(null, null, "StatusBar", "statusBarBackgroundColorByName", [colorname]);
+}
+
 // TODO:
 StatusBar.isVisible = true;