How to set text on status bar?

You need to use a Status Bar Notification.

//Create the Notification Notification notification = new Notification( android.R.drawable.stat_sys_warning, //Icon to use "Hello World!", //Text System.currentTimeMillis() //When to display - i.e. now ); //Create a PendingIntent to do something when the user clicks on the Notification //Normally this would be something in your own app Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); intent.setData(Uri.parse("http://www.stackoverflow.com")); PendingIntent pi = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, 0); //Add the detail to the Notification notification.setLatestEventInfo( getApplicationContext(), "Stack Overflow", //Title of detail view "This will launch Stack Overflow", //Text on detail view pi ); //Display the Notification NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE); nm.notify(ID_HELLO_WORLD, notification); //ID_HELLO_WORLD is a int ID