6.0.6

[6.0.6] - The "Stability & Intentionality" Update
NEW: Mindful Interaction & Gestures
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The "Unplug" Gesture: Instantly enter Ultra-Focus Mode by triple-tapping any empty space on your home screen background.
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Automatic Silencing: Entering a focus session via the "Unplug" gesture now automatically sets your ringer to Silent, ensuring a zero-distraction environment.
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Intentional Exit Logic: You can no longer exit Ultra-Focus mode impulsively. Tapping "Exit" now requires you to type a reason for breaking your session, adding a critical layer of "intentional friction."
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Focus History Chart: A new minimalist bar chart on the Dashboard visualizes your digital intentionality (Focus Score) over the last 7 days, helping you track trends in your device usage.
NEW: Contextual Intelligence
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Adaptive Header Switching: The launcher now intelligently manages your attention.
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Focus Header (Default): Displays your unlocks and screen time by default.
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Music Mode: Automatically switches to playback controls the moment you start listening.
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Auto-Revert: If music stops for more than 30 seconds, the header automatically returns to the Focus mode to remind you of your digital goals.
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Detailed Weather Header (v6.0.4): comprehensive real-time insights including "Feels Like" temperature, daily highs/lows, and live Air Quality (AQI) tracking.
IMPROVED: Performance & Reliability
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Singleton Store Engine: Completely re-engineered the Billing system to prevent connection errors. The launcher now maintains a single, stable handshake with the Google Play Store for faster PRO verification.
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Zero-Lag UI: Fully migrated internal database processing to KSP and updated the Kotlin compiler to 2.1.10, ensuring the interface remains buttery-smooth even with 25+ live data streams.
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Optimized Privacy: Removed all persistent history logging (Call Logs/SMS). The launcher now only processes Live Notifications, keeping your digital footprint entirely temporary and on-device.
FIXED & COMPLIANCE
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Play Store Alignment: Updated all sensitive permission disclosures and removed legacy update/APK installation code to meet 2024 Play Store safety requirements.
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SDK Stabilization: Standardized on Target SDK 35 and Compile SDK 35 to resolve installation failures and AAR metadata conflicts.
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Legacy Support: Fixed haptic feedback crashes on older devices (Android 7.0 - 8.0) by implementing modern API-level fallback checks.

6.0.1

Full Changelog:
🚀 "Break Glass" Emergency Access Mindfulness shouldn't feel like a cage.
🔋 Significant Battery Optimizations
👁️ Enhanced Accessibility
🎨 Improved Dialog Legibility We heard your feedback on transparency! We’ve overhauled our dialog system across all themes
🛠️ Hardware Stability Fixes We’ve hardened our system toggles
✨ Under the Hood
Privacy-First Ads: Further decoupled our on-device ad engine to keep your data local and your experience clean.
Faster Navigation
Localized Foundation

6.0.0

Release Notes: Version 6.0.0 (Major Update)
✨ The "Liquid Glass" Evolution
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Global Glassmorphism: Introducing the new "Liquid Glass Effect"—a stunning aesthetic layer that can be applied to any theme. It adds frosted glass backgrounds and animated light-catching borders to all UI components.
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GPU-Accelerated Backgrounds: Experience a new, buttery-smooth animated "liquid" gradient background. Optimized to run directly on the GPU for maximum performance without draining your battery.
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Adaptive Contrast: The glass effect now intelligently adapts to your theme. It automatically switches to a "Subtle Dark Glass" when using Light Mode to ensure perfect readability.
🧠 Revolutionary Ultra-Focus Mode
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Timed Focus Sessions: Set a countdown (15m to 2h) to lock yourself into a distraction-free environment.
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Essentials-Only Dashboard: Your phone transforms into a minimalist tool featuring only 7 core essentials (Phone, Camera, Maps, WhatsApp, Messaging, Music, and Notes).
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Zero-Trigger UI: No icons, no colors—just beautifully centered, extra-light typography.
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Alphabetical Precision: Essential apps are now sorted alphabetically for instant, muscle-memory access.
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Real-Time Awareness: A live, per-second countdown timer keeps you aware of your remaining deep-work time.
⚙️ Settings Overhaul
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Expandable Architecture: Say goodbye to long lists. Settings are now organized into Expandable Category Cards, allowing for a much shorter and cleaner navigation experience.
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Unified Appearance Group: Merged Navigation and Theme settings into a single "Appearance" hub for a more logical workflow.
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Subtitle Guidance: Added a new personalized header with the mission: "Customize your minimalist experience."
🚀 Performance & High Refresh Rate
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120Hz Mastery: Implemented hardware-level refresh rate detection. Dotz now automatically requests the highest available refresh rate (90Hz/120Hz/144Hz) from your device for an ultra-fluid feel.
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Zero-Lag Engine: Offloaded complex state calculations to background threads and implemented a new IPC Cache for system queries, making the app significantly more responsive on all devices.
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Stability Fixes: Resolved critical release-build errors and improved the accuracy of Mindful Usage tracking to match system metrics.
🛠️ Refined About & Support
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Dedicated About Page: A new, enriched About screen with quick actions to Rate the App, view the Changelog, or Support Development via a simplified donation interface.
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Enhanced Permissions: Improved the "Mindful Usage" onboarding with a clear disclosure dialog and direct system shortcuts.
Version 6.0.0 is our biggest update yet, focusing on bridging the gap between high-end aesthetics and extreme digital intentionality.

5.5.9

Version 5.5.9 (2026-07-02)
🚀 Added
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Pure Compose Navigation: Completely refactored the navigation architecture to remove legacy ViewPager2 and Fragments. The entire experience is now powered by a high-performance Compose engine for buttery-smooth page switching.
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Deep Digital Wellbeing Integration: The Focus Header now pulls real-time data directly from the system's wellbeing engine.
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Live Unlock Tracking: See exactly how many times you've unlocked your device today.
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Total Notification Count: Tracks all incoming alerts to help you measure digital noise.
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Enhanced Legacy Support: Lowered minimum requirements to Android 24 (Nougat), allowing Dotz to run on a wider range of hardware.
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Redesigned Media Controller: A new two-row layout for the Music Widget, featuring centered controls and a more professional "Matte" aesthetic.
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Sarcastic PRO Badge: Added a touch of humor to the PRO upgrade screen (as requested by the community).
🛠️ Fixed
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Persistent Compliance Popups: Fixed a bug where the "App Visibility" disclosure and "Default Launcher" prompts would reappear on every launch.
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Animation Fluidity: Optimized the Fastlane transition to use direct pager offset tracking, eliminating lag during swipes.
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Header Layout Overlaps: Corrected a regression where status bar text could overlap with the central clock on certain screen aspect ratios.
🧹 Maintenance (Internal)
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Codebase Cleanup: Removed redundant version.json and legacy empty directories (fragments, layout).
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Dependency Optimization: Trimmed unused legacy dependencies (ViewPager2, Fragment-Ktx) to reduce APK size and build times.

5.5.8

[5.5.8] - 2026-07-01
Added
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Unified Build Architecture: Removed google and indus flavors. Unified billing and location logic into a single, maintainable codebase.
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Redesigned Dashboard Widgets:
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Music Widget: Enhanced with a progress bar, album art placeholder, and centered playback controls.
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Focus Stats: Now features a circular progress indicator for the Focus Score.
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Material You Settings Overhaul: Complete redesign of Settings using Material 3, featuring a collapsible Large Top App Bar and cleaner hierarchy.
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Actionable Fastlane (Quick Reply): Reply to incoming messages directly from the Fastlane timeline.
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Dynamic Icon Dimming: App icons automatically fade to 20% opacity after 30 minutes of daily usage.
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Grayscale Auto-Schedule (PRO): Automate bedtime routine by scheduling grayscale mode (10 PM - 6 AM).
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Tavily AI Search: Upgraded Dotz AI backend with real-time web search capabilities.
Fixed
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Midnight Reset Accuracy: Ensure usage stats reset exactly at 00:00:00.
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UI Consistency: Improved contrast for media controls in Light and Transparent modes.
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Gesture Conflict Resolution: Refined swiping logic between App Drawer and Fastlane.
[5.5.7] - 2026-06-28
Added
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Refined Navigation: Dedicated Fastlane timeline for chronological activity tracking.
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Pro Feature Badging: High-visibility [PRO] badges added to premium settings.
Fixed
State Flow Reliability: Optimized data updates in the ViewModel for real-time UI sync.
[5.5.6] - 2026-06-29
Added
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Multiple Home Screen Profiles: Create and switch between different setups (e.g., Work, Home). Each saves its own tile layout, app assignments, and grayscale settings.
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Dynamic Profile Management: Create profiles by cloning current setup or delete unused ones from Settings.
Fixed
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State Persistence: Optimized profile switching to ensure "Default" settings are preserved.
[5.5.5] - 2026-06-28
Added
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Stability & Maintenance: Improved backend tracking of screen time for 100% accuracy.
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Enhanced Debugging: Integrated native debug symbol generation for better crash analysis.
Fixed
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Screen Time Accuracy: Resolved discrepancies in total usage time.
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Optimized UI: Reduced lag on transition between home and dashboard.
[5.5.4] - 2026-06-27
Added
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A-Z App Drawer: Alphabetically grouped "All Apps" drawer with section headers.
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Improved Usage Accuracy: Rewritten screen time calculation to exclude launcher and system UI time.
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Background Optimization: Computation of app lists and usage stats now runs on dedicated background threads.
Fixed
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App Selection Stability: Fixed missing apps in the selection window during remapping.
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Weather Reliability: Fully migrated to Open-Meteo for robust, keyless weather fetching.

5.5.3

Rebrand: Officially renamed the app to Dotz Launcher for a cleaner, more minimalist identity.
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Circadian Theming (PRO): Subtle, dynamic UI color shifts based on the time of day (Cool morning tones, warm evening amber).
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Unified Theme Selector: Redesigned theme settings with a 4-way mode selector (Light, Dark, Circadian, Transparent).
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PRO Dashboard Experience: AI Summary and Dotz AI Assistant are now premium features, creating a clear distinction between utility and intelligence
Digital Balance Dashboard: Replaced "Focus Stats" with a new App Usage card that displays your top 5 most-used apps and total screen time directly on the dashboard.
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Mindful Usage Tracking: Real-time indicators of time spent on each app now appear directly on home screen tiles and in the app drawer.
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Mindfulness Prompt: A smart check-in appears when you try to open a social media app for the 11th time in a single day, helping you stay intentional with your digital habits.
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Interactive Dashboard: Refined the dashboard experience. Buttons now distinguish between a quick tap and a long press.
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Direct Toggles: Tapping dashboard icons (WiFi, Bluetooth, Dark Mode, Silent, Torch) now performs the action directly without opening settings where possible.
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Haptic Feedback: Added tactile vibration feedback for long-press actions on the dashboard and for opening the app drawer.
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Movable Tiles: Home screen tiles can now be rearranged via long-press and swap gesture.
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Refined Data Control: Integrated the new Internet Connectivity Panel for quicker network management on modern Android versions
Digital Balance Dashboard: Replaced "Focus Stats" with a new App Usage card that displays your top 5 most-used apps and total screen time directly on the dashboard.
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Mindful Usage Tracking: Real-time indicators of time spent on each app now appear directly on home screen tiles and in the app drawer.
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Selective Mindfulness Prompt: A smart check-in appears when you try to open a social media app for the 11th time in a single day, helping you stay intentional with your digital habits.
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Mindfulness Settings: Added a dedicated toggle in settings to enable or disable usage tracking and launch prompts.

5.5.0

MET Norway Weather: Migrated to the highly accurate MET Norway (Yr.no) API for more reliable environmental data.
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Automatic Location Detection: Integrated Fused Location (Google) and LocationManager (Indus) to automatically fetch weather for your current city.
Prominent Disclosures: Added mandatory one-time dialogs for App Visibility and Location Usage to meet strict Play Store transparency requirements.
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Target SDK 35: Fully updated for Android 15, ensuring long-term compatibility and security.
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Modern Splash Screen API: Implemented the official Android 12+ Splash Screen standard for a smoother app startup experience.
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AI Safety: Added a "Report" flag to AI responses and a permanent disclaimer to comply with generative AI policies.
Zero-Flicker Navigation: Optimized screen transitions and synchronized Immersive Mode across all screens to eliminate UI blinking when returning from Settings.
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3-Way Silent Toggle: Improved the Detox panel button to cycle through Normal, Vibrate, and Silent modes with helpful confirmation toasts.
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Permission Minimization: Removed unused and high-risk permissions (READ_CALENDAR, REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES) to keep the app lean and secure.
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R8/ProGuard Optimization: Configured advanced code shrinking and obfuscation to reduce the final APK size and protect intellectual property.

5.4.1

Changelog

[5.4.1] - 2026-06-03

Fixed

• Notification Accuracy: Fixed a bug where grouped missed calls from Samsung/Google dialers were only counted as "1". Now uses android.number for correct counts.
• WhatsApp Badge Counts: Improved counting logic for grouped WhatsApp messages.
• Keyword Filtering: Expanded "Distraction Filter" keywords to cover common chat apps and social platforms more effectively.
• Transition Smoothness: Further refined the fluid page transformer to eliminate rare "ghosting" artifacts during quick swipes.

Changed

• Website Vision: Integrated new "Vision" section with embedded YouTube videos to the project documentation site.
• Code Optimization: Cleaned up unused notification listeners and simplified badge update flows.

5.4.0

Light Mode: Officially added support for the new Light theme with dynamic system-wide colors.

UI Fixes: Resolved the overlapping issues and improved bottom spacing/padding for better balance.

5.3.0

Changelog

[5.3.0] - 2026-06-02
Added
Restored AI Features: Re-implemented Dotz AI Assistant and AI Summary card on the dashboard.
Improved AI Logic: Backend logic now uses a dedicated Cloudflare Worker for faster and more reliable responses.
Model Update: Upgraded AI model to llama-3.1-8b-instant for improved reasoning and accuracy.
Fixed
AI Backend Stability: Resolved model deprecation issues and infrastructure conflicts between website assets and API endpoints.
Enhanced Error Reporting: The dashboard now displays specific server-side errors to help troubleshoot AI connection issues.