Open source app blocker?

Does such an application even exist?

It would show a screen lock before letting you interact with the application AND is open source.

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jet@hackertalks.com · 7 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Android work profiles will do this for you.

Set a factor to unlock your work profile and you will have to "unlock" each time you open a work app.

Look at fdroids shelter

glibg10b@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

This is more secure than the feature some launchers provide, since that can be bypassed by launching apps through the settings app

JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y

It would ironically probably make the app blocker harder to get past if it is open source, so it would be more effective than these commercial solutions.

BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 3y (7 replies)
Ogygus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (6 replies)

Doesn't work anymore, sadly.

Even with the root mode

BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 3y (5 replies)

It defintely works as I'm using it with Android 12. Try with EdXposed or LSPosed modules.

Ogygus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (4 replies)

I don't wanna install Xposed just for one application. Is LSPosed any different?

When I install It in non-xposed method it asks for accessibility settings, but the system won't allow me to activate it:

BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 3y (3 replies)

LSPosed is updated framework of Xposed with the same functionality.

Restricted accesibility settings is Android 13 security feature. You can bypass it on app-by-app basis if you want with the guide here or consider using LSPosed.

Ogygus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

The guide mentions the three dots top right.

But on lineage they aren't there: 😐

BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Not familiar with Lineage ROM, sorry. I would ask about it on XDA https://forum.xda-developers.com/c/lineageos.6080/

Ogygus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

It's allright, you have helped a lot. I just wish there was a less fucky solution

CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

This is adjacent to what you're asking about, but check out TrackerControl.

Vexz@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

TrackerControl can do this? Afaik it just blocks trackers and/or ads in apps.

CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y

Hence it being adjacent. It blocks trackers, ads, and other network calls on a granular level but does not actually block apps.