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AOD Ring
An Android experiment: a ring of light around the camera while the phone sleeps

An Android app that draws a soft ring of light around the front camera while the screen is off, with twelve light patterns and colours for notifications. The demo is a web simulator running a direct port of the app's drawing code.
What it does- Twelve light patterns, from a slow breath to a charging ring
- Each app's notifications tint the ring in its own colour
- A calibration screen, because phones don't always report where the camera really is
- Battery-friendly rendering with a capped frame rate and subtle drift to protect the screen
- My part
- Designed and built it
- Made for
- personal
- Built with
- KotlinJetpack ComposeAndroid CanvasForeground serviceNotificationListenerServiceTypeScriptVite 8Canvas 2D
- Platforms
- android, web
English

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