• Weekly Analytics: View comprehensive weekly usage patterns with interactive charts
• Home Screen Widget: Quick access to your screen time via Jetpack Glance widget
• Usage Stats Integration: Leverages Android's UsageStatsManager API for accurate tracking
• Smart Caching: Efficient Room database caching for optimal performance

🎨 User Experience

• Material 3 Design: Modern UI following Material Design 3 guidelines
• Dark Theme Support: Beautiful dark purple theme (#1a0b2e)
• Animated Splash Screen: Smooth splash screen with branding (Android 12+)
• Responsive Layout: Adapts to different screen sizes and orientations
• Intuitive Navigation: Bottom navigation bar for seamless screen transitions

⚙️ Advanced Features

• Widget Customization: Configure widget update intervals and appearance
• Battery Optimization: Smart WorkManager-based updates (30-60 min intervals)
• Efficient Updates: Widget reads from cached data, not live queries
• Boot Persistence: Automatically reschedules widget updates after device reboot
• ProGuard/R8: Code obfuscation and optimization for release builds

🏗️ Architecture

Tech Stack

• Language: Kotlin
• UI Framework: Jetpack Compose
• Architecture: MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel)
• Dependency Injection: Manual DI with repository pattern
• Database: Room (SQLite)
• Background Tasks: WorkManager
• Widget Framework: Jetpack Glance

Key Components

app/
├── data/
│   ├── local/              # Room database, DAOs, entities
│   └── UsageRepository     # Data layer abstraction
├── system/
│   └── usage/              # UsageStatsManager wrapper
├── ui/
│   ├── components/         # Reusable UI components
│   ├── home/               # Daily usage screen
│   ├── weekly/             # Weekly analytics screen
│   ├── settings/           # Widget configuration
│   └── about/              # About screen
├── viewmodel/              # ViewModels for state management
└── widget/                 # Glance widget implementation

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Android Studio Hedgehog (2023.1.1) or newer
• JDK 17 or higher
• Android SDK API 26-36
• Gradle 8.7+

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/abhi9vaidya/AppUsageTracker.git
cd AppUsageTracker

2. Open in Android Studio

   • Open Android Studio
   • Select "Open an Existing Project"
   • Navigate to the cloned directory
   • Wait for Gradle sync to complete

3. Run the app

   • Connect an Android device or start an emulator (API 26+)
   • Click the "Run" button (▶️) in Android Studio
   • Grant "Usage Access" permission when prompted

Required Permissions

The app requires the following permission:

• PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS: Access app usage statistics (user must grant via Settings)
• RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: Reschedule widget updates after device reboot

📦 Building for Release

Quick Start

For detailed deployment instructions, see:

• START_HERE.md - Simple step-by-step guide
• QUICK_DEPLOYMENT_CHECKLIST.md - Quick reference checklist
• DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md - Comprehensive deployment documentation

Build Commands

Generate Debug APK:

./gradlew assembleDebug

Generate Release APK:

./gradlew assembleRelease

Generate Release Bundle (for Play Store):

./gradlew bundleRelease

Signing Configuration

1. Copy keystore.properties.template to keystore.properties
2. Update with your keystore credentials:

storePassword=YOUR_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD
keyPassword=YOUR_KEY_PASSWORD
keyAlias=your-key-alias
storeFile=path/to/your/keystore.jks

⚠️ Important: Never commit keystore.properties to version control!

📱 App Screens

Home Screen

• Current date display
• Total screen time for today
• List of apps with usage duration
• Pull-to-refresh functionality
• Navigation to other screens

Weekly Screen

• 7-day usage overview
• Interactive bar chart visualization
• Daily breakdown with total hours
• Average daily usage calculation
• Color-coded usage levels

Settings Screen

• Widget update interval configuration
• App theme preferences
• About section with version info
• Privacy policy link

Widget

• Compact home screen widget
• Shows top 3 most used apps
• Total daily screen time
• Customizable update frequency
• Battery-efficient background updates

🔒 Privacy & Security

• Local Storage Only: All data stored locally in Room database
• No Network Access: App does not connect to the internet
• No Analytics: Zero third-party tracking or analytics
• User Control: Users can clear data anytime via Android Settings
• See: PRIVACY_POLICY.md for details

🛠️ Development

Dependencies

Key libraries used in this project:

• Jetpack Compose: Modern declarative UI
• Room: Local database with SQLite
• WorkManager: Background task scheduling
• Glance: Widget framework
• Material 3: UI components and theming
• Lifecycle & ViewModel: State management
• KSP: Kotlin Symbol Processing for Room

See gradle/libs.versions.toml for complete dependency list.

Code Structure

• MVVM Pattern: Separation of concerns with ViewModels
• Repository Pattern: Abstracts data sources
• Dependency Injection: Constructor injection for testability
• Kotlin Coroutines: Asynchronous programming
• StateFlow: Reactive state management

Build Variants

• Debug: Development build with debugging enabled
• Release: Production build with ProGuard optimization

📝 Version History

Version 1.0 (Current)

• Initial release
• Daily and weekly usage tracking
• Home screen widget
• Material 3 design
• Battery-optimized background updates
• ProGuard/R8 optimization

🤝 Contributing

This is a personal project, but suggestions and feedback are welcome!

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is available for personal and educational use. Please provide attribution if you use significant portions of the code.

👨‍💻 Author

Abhinav Vaidya

• GitHub: @abhi9vaidya

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with Android Jetpack libraries
• Inspired by Digital Wellbeing apps
• Material Design 3 guidelines
• Android developer community

📞 Support

For issues, questions, or suggestions:

• Open an issue on GitHub
• Check existing documentation in the repo
• Review the deployment guides for common problems

🗺️ Roadmap

Future enhancements being considered:

• Custom time range selection
• App category grouping
• Usage goals and alerts
• Export data to CSV
• Comparison with previous weeks
• Focus mode integration
• Dark/Light theme toggle