diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/events/events.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/events/events.tsx
index 8556c50d3b..6188e5652e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/events/events.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/events/events.tsx
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ export class Events {
   }
 
   @Listen('window:statusTap')
-  statusTap(_event: Event) {
-    // TODO - do status tap
-    return Promise.resolve();
+  statusTap(event: Event) {
+    return publishImpl(`app:${event.type}`, event);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/status-tap/status-tap.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/status-tap/status-tap.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb6c60dbe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/status-tap/status-tap.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { Component, Listen, Method, Prop } from '@stencil/core';
+import { DomController } from '../..';
+
+import { domControllerAsync } from '../../utils/helpers';
+
+@Component({
+  tag: 'ion-status-tap'
+})
+export class StatusTap {
+
+  @Prop({ context: 'dom' }) dom: DomController;
+
+  @Listen('window:statusTap')
+  statusTap() {
+    handleTap(this);
+  }
+
+  @Method()
+  mockTap() {
+    return handleTap(this);
+  }
+}
+
+export function handleTap(tap: StatusTap): Promise<any> {
+  let width = 0;
+  let height = 0;
+  return domControllerAsync(tap.dom.read, () => {
+    width = window.innerWidth;
+    height = window.innerHeight;
+  }).then(() => {
+    const element = document.elementFromPoint(width / 2, height / 2);
+    if (!element) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const content = element.closest('.scroll-content');
+    if (!content) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    throw new Error('Manu going to take over here');
+  });
+}