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Way back in 2013 I wrote a Pebble watchapp called Data Toggle - it let you toggle phone WiFi and Mobile Data on/off to save power, which was something you had to do on Android back then. This evolved into Dashboard, which contained many more useful toggles and showed information on the phone like free disk space, operator info, battery level etc. It even used the Wakeup API to schedule events that could turn these toggles on and off automatically.
Sadly, in the years since, Google and Android have steadily clamped down on things Android apps can do, especially when in the background. I can understand this - a strong emphasis on security and permissions, and a lack of other use-cases that want to toggle WiFi or Hotspot without showing any UI. This means a lot of those require root, Device Admin, Accessibility settings etc to keep functioning. In fact, it's impossible to publish a new version to Google Play without upgrading the SDK level which breaks even more things! It has been open source and received a couple of contributions though.
But, given it was my favorite Pebble project at the time, I think it's time to try and bring it back! Probably not all of it, but enough to be useful. So, here's a roadmap:
- ➡️ Investigate which features are still possible
- ➡️ Re-learn Android dev (meaning Kotlin, modern standards etc)
- ➡️ Build a minimal and functional prototype using PebbleKit Android 2
- ➡️ Flesh out as much as possible with a lean and fast UI
I'll share progress here!
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