I made the jump from library version 2.3 to 3.1. In 2.3, I had it figured out how to have the status bar look like an extension of the header...off-white with black text.
Now after upgrading, the config.xml file has changed.
Before, I simply added this:
And made sure other preferences matched this:
Now with that same implementation, it doesn't result in the same thing. Instead everything is shifted up and the header overlaps the status bar a little.
Attached are two pictures. The first is how it should be. The second is how it is instead.