transparent status-bar / system-ui on 4.4 Kit Kat
android, android-4.4-kitkat
Solution
Here you go - http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.4.html#UI
Translucent system bars
You can now make the system bars partially translucent with new themes, Theme.Holo.NoActionBar.TranslucentDecor and Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar.TranslucentDecor. By enabling translucent system bars, your layout will fill the area behind the system bars, so you must also enable fitsSystemWindows for the portion of your layout that should not be covered by the system bars.
If you're creating a custom theme, set one of these themes as the parent theme or include the windowTranslucentNavigation and windowTranslucentStatus style properties in your theme.
Problem
This must be possible with 4.4, but I found no documentation on this yet - anyone knows how to make the status-bar / system-ui transparent/translucent ?