title: How to create a full-screen modal status display on iPhone?
body: <p>I'm trying to create a modal status indicator display for an iPhone app, and would like one similar to this one used in Tweetie:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/NgP1Z.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>Specifically, this one "shades out" the entire screen, including the toolbar. I don't believe through any normal UIView manipulation, I can extend past the bounds of my window, can I? I believe I've seen a status indicator like this somewhere else on iPhone, possibly when I added an Exchange e-mail account.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried subclassing UIAlertView and overriding its drawRect method. If I don't call [super drawRect:] it doesn't ever display the normal UIAlertView text box, however my drawing rectangle is in an odd size and position.</p>
  
  <p>Anyone have any advice to accomplish this?</p>