Install BreathGate

Version 0.14.1 · Android 8.0+ · GPL-3.0-or-later

Three routes. Each one carries the fingerprint to check it against, so you can confirm you have the build I signed.

Three ways to install it. Each one comes with a long code beside it. Compare that code against what your phone shows and you know the app is the one I made, unchanged.

What the manifest declares

Six permissions, readable before you install. INTERNET sits outside the list, which is what makes the offline claim checkable rather than promised.

Android makes an app list every power it wants before you install it. BreathGate lists six, and every one of them acts on your phone alone. Internet access sits outside that list, which is why "it works offline" is something you can check rather than something I ask you to believe.

PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS	sees which app comes to the foreground
SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW	draws the gate over the app you opened
FOREGROUND_SERVICE	keeps watching while you use the phone
FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE	the category Android requires for that service
POST_NOTIFICATIONS	the ongoing notice the service is obliged to show
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED	starts again after a restart

The release script halts if a build acquires a permission outside this list, so the check runs on every release rather than on memory.

The script that publishes each new version stops dead if the app has picked up any power outside this list. So the check happens every single release, instead of depending on me remembering.

What it does