1 Too many teens and adults suffer from social media addiction. Over-exposure to social media has been shown to increase anxiety, low self-esteem, and depressive thoughts among teenagers. I wanted to tackle this issue with my app.
2 The app measures how long users spend on social media apps and displays a heart, which can range from slim and pretty in appearance to ugly and cracked, indicating if a user is spending unhealthy amounts of time on social media. In many cases, merely being made aware of an issue is enough to cause people to reconsider their behaviour.
3 I built it with Android Studio using the UsageStats API from Android. I used Adobe Illustrator to create the Graphics
4 The API was very poorly documented. I also had never coded an app before.
5 I'm very proud that I managed to reverse engineer an app which used the UsageStats API.
6 All about making Android apps!
I'd like to add user interactivity, such as social media diets, notifications, and the ability to share progress to further incentivize users to cut down on social media use. I'd also like to improve the interface to make it more intuitive.
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