Preventing Android Status Bar activation on swipe?

Hi,

I'm creating a game where the user swipes a lot from the top of the screen and downward. Unfortunately this triggers the status bar to become visible, blocking a crucial part of the screen, and annoying the user, since if he swipes down again, it will expand the status bar.

So how do I prevent the status bar from expanding on swiping down from the top of the screen? Fullscreen mode doesn't cut it.

I've tried with creating a plugin that draws a view on top of the screen, which is supposed to catch the touches in the status bar area, but that does not work, sadly. Does anybody know how to achieve this? I cannot release my game if the status bar keeps showing up :/