Better Focus

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  This is the initial display, from here we take the permission

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  The Dashboard that shows apps used for today

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  Holding on any app, we can set the time limit for today

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  Focus page shows the apps we that are time limited

Inspiration

I do android development; sometimes, it takes a lot to build the app. I have this terrible habit of scrolling social media during such events, so much so that I used to forget that I am working on the app. So I want to improve this habit in my way.

What it does

The app tracks the time the app was open in the past 24 hours. The user can see which app is taking a lot of time and can limit how long they can open it so that they can't open it after that particular time.

How we built it

I built the app using my favorite language Kotlin, and in my favorite IDE, Android Studio, using Jetpack Compose, which is a super cool UI Toolkit for android dev.

Challenges we ran into

There were many problems I faced for the first time. The app icon was straightforward to make, but due to some IDE problems (I recently updated to a newer version), I could not correctly set up the icon, which took a lot more time. Also, since the app uses special permissions, most of the time went to find and figure out the permission bugs.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The app looks cute, and it solves my very habit of procrastination, so yeah, I am really proud.

What we learned

I get to learn about reserved and special permissions of android, which normally are not used. Besides, I am going to use the app (first going to complete it tho)

What's next for Better Focus

Setup IDE and research a bit more before entering the hackathon.

Built With

• android
• android-studio
• kotlin