How do I show text in android system status bar

Well, I used the way of converting text to an icon and then displaying it on the status bar. some members are trying to overlay the status bar which android does not allow(SDK>=22), I don't know if that worked for someone or not. But converting text to an icon worked for me perfectly. Tested it on Oreo

Pseudo code

1. Convert text to Bitmap
2. Then convert Bitmap to icon.
3. show that icon on statusBar.

Output

Here is the code:

 @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        displayNotification("5F");
    }

 public void displayNotification(String text) {

        Notification.Builder builder = null;
        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
            builder = new Notification.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID);
        }

        //convert text to bitmap
        Bitmap bitmap = createBitmapFromString(text.trim());

        //setting bitmap to staus bar icon.
        builder.setSmallIcon(Icon.createWithBitmap(bitmap));

        builder.setContentTitle("Simple Notification");
        builder.setContentText("This is a simple notification");
        builder.setPriority(Notification.PRIORITY_MAX);

        NotificationManagerCompat notificationManagerCompat = NotificationManagerCompat.from(this);
        notificationManagerCompat.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, builder.build());

        createNotificationChannel();
    }

  private void createNotificationChannel() {
        // Create the NotificationChannel, but only on API 26+ because
        // the NotificationChannel class is new and not in the support library
        if (VERSION.SDK_INT >= VERSION_CODES.O) {
            CharSequence name = "testing";
            String description = "i'm testing this notification";
            int importance = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT;
            NotificationChannel channel = new NotificationChannel(CHANNEL_ID, name, importance);
            channel.setDescription(description);
            // Register the channel with the system; you can't change the importance
            // or other notification behaviors after this
            NotificationManager notificationManager = getSystemService(NotificationManager.class);
            assert notificationManager != null;
            notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(channel);
        }
    }

  

  private Bitmap createBitmapFromString(String inputNumber) {

        Paint paint = new Paint();
        paint.setAntiAlias(true);
        paint.setTextSize(100);
        paint.setTextAlign(Paint.Align.CENTER);

        Rect textBounds = new Rect();
        paint.getTextBounds(inputNumber, 0, inputNumber.length(), textBounds);

        Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(textBounds.width() + 10, 90,
                Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);

        Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
        canvas.drawText(inputNumber, textBounds.width() / 2 + 5, 70, paint);
        return bitmap;
    }

If someone knows a better way then please do mention

I do found a solution, the keyword is overlay with a floating window.

int statusBarHeight = 0;
int resourceId = getResources().getIdentifier("status_bar_height", "dimen", "android");
if (resourceId > 0) statusBarHeight = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(resourceId);

final WindowManager.LayoutParams parameters = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
        WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
        statusBarHeight,
        WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_ERROR,   // Allows the view to be on top of the StatusBar
        WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN,    // Keeps the button presses from going to the background window and Draws over status bar
        PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);
parameters.gravity = Gravity.TOP | Gravity.CENTER;

LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(this);
ll.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParameteres = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
ll.setLayoutParams(layoutParameteres);

TextView tv = new TextView(this);
ViewGroup.LayoutParams tvParameters = new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
tv.setLayoutParams(tvParameters);
tv.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
tv.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
tv.setText("123");
ll.addView(tv);

WindowManager windowManager = (WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE);
windowManager.addView(ll, parameters);