
Size
1.71 MB
Android
9.0+
Downloads
116
Security Scan
Verified Safe
✓ Scanned with ClamAV, APKiD, and Quark-Engine
What's New
2022.11.18 - v1.02
(c) 2022
Compatibility
Change AOD placement algorithm for Samsung Android 13 / One UI 5
NOTICE: Changes in the accessibility service have caused massive changes in the overlay placement detection. It is expected this breaks for several devices and those will have to be re-tested and debugged.
Description
100% Free - 100% GPLv3 Open Source - No ads - No tracking - No nags - Optional donation
Holey Light is a LED emulation app. It animates the edges of the camera cut-out (AKA punch-hole) as replacement for the sadly missing LED on many modern devices.
Additionally, it provides a notification display for when the screen is "off", replacing - or working in conjunction with - the Always-On Display feature. As this display is not around the camera hole, it is aptly named the Unholey Light.
Supports all Samsung devices with in-screen camera hole, and several Google Pixels.
Features
Emulates notification LED
Four different display modes: Swirl, Blink, Pie, Unholey Light
Configurable animation size, position, and speed
Customizable color for each notification channel
Selects initial notification color by analyzing dominant color of app icon
Displays during screen "off", sub-1% battery use per hour in Unholey Light mode
Separate configuration modes for different power and screen states
Ability to mark notifications as seen based on various triggers
Respects Do-Not-Disturb and AOD schedules
Can hide AOD completely, partially, and/or keep the clock visible
Setup
Initial setup can be a bit tricky for a first-time user, but a setup wizard is included that guides you through the process.
Permissions
This app absolutely requires several permissions to be able to function. If you are concerned about that, you can always check out the source code (or not use the app).
Accessibility: the app needs an accessibility service to render the emulated LED on-screen, and track the correct position to display in screen "off" mode.
Notifications: a notification service is needed to be able to know about the notifications before we can show them
Companion device: in a weird quirk of Android, this permission is required to be able to read the wanted LED color of notifications
Battery optimization exemption: without this, Android would randomly disappear our emulated LED
Foreground service: both an accessibility and notification service are used as described above
Wake lock: you decide when and how the app draws on the screen, sometimes this requires making sure the CPU isn’t sleeping
All package access: we render other app’s icons and access some of their base information to be able to differentiate different notifications from each-other
Anti-Features:
NonFreeComp (the application includes non-free components):
⇒ contains libraries of Google Billing Client
NonFreeNet (this application promotes/depends a non-Free network service):
⇒ connects to Google servers (billing)
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