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I'm wondering if it's possible to add an icon on the right side of my statusbar (PROGRAMMATICALLY WITHOUT ROOT), I've read this question but it didn't help me out.

I've read this support.google.notifications and on the side when explains See notifications at the top of your screen it says:

  1. Left side

These are your notifications. When you get a notification, you'll see its icon at the top-left of the screen. When you want to read a notification, pull down the notification shade from the top of the screen.

  1. Right side

These are your device's system icons. You'll see a star in the right of the the status bar when you've set your device to only show priority notifications. You'll also see system icons, including Wi-Fi and mobile carrier signals and battery strength here.

But I don't know if it's any trick to do that or something. Any ideas?

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Skizo-ozᴉʞS ツ
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  • Just to help you in your search: the notification bar as you call it is generally called **statusbar**. – miva2 Aug 26 '15 at 09:32
  • @miva2 Edited, thanks ^^ – Skizo-ozᴉʞS ツ Aug 26 '15 at 09:35
  • You're welcome :) In the question you linked, someone in the comments mentions there is an app who does this. Might be worth looking into. Eventually decompile it if you don't find more information or just straight up ask the developers. I'm having troubles with the status bar myself (transparent color). – miva2 Aug 26 '15 at 09:41

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No - you cannot do this in stock releases of Android.

The right side has a set of preconfigured icons in a specific order. You cannot add to them, change them or remove them - they are controlled by the system.

The only way to add your own icon to the set of system icons is to build your own version of Android.

Besides, what's wrong with the left-hand side?!

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  • Is there any version update of Android? I mean to can't add right icons on the notification bar. – Skizo-ozᴉʞS ツ Aug 25 '15 at 17:17
  • Yes you can. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31231609/creating-a-button-in-android-toolbar – Im Batman Nov 22 '16 at 09:24
  • @Cade The question you reference is about a toolbar inside an App. This question is about the **statusbar** that's used to show notifications - it's completely different. – adelphus Nov 22 '16 at 23:43