WP 8.1 Status and Application Bottom Panel

I am using the following code to make the status bar appear on top of the content (and set the background opacity = 0).

var applicationView = Windows.UI.ViewManagement.ApplicationView.GetForCurrentView();
applicationView.SetDesiredBoundsMode(Windows.UI.ViewManagement.ApplicationViewBoundsMode.UseCoreWindow);

      

        
        
        
      

    

This negatively affects the bottom bar of the application overlapping the page content. Is there a way to make the content of the status bar overlap but not the bottom bar of the application?