Hide Notification bar

Question

Anyone know how to disable/hide notification bar at the top which show battery and other things in android. Any help will be appreciated.

EDIT: Plea

Answer 1

Successfully implemented a slightly modified version of @Martin's suggestion along with a custom theme to get rid of BOTH the Status and Navigation Bar.

public class MyActivity extends Activity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    //* Hides Notification Bar
    getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

    setContentView(R.layout.activity_my);
}

Top part is used to get rid of the Status bar. Add the following code to your @styles as a resource to kill off the NavBar as well.

After you add this to your resource file, pop open AndroidManifest.xml and chance your application theme to "@style/NoNav".

Android UI bloatware eliminated :)