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Pocket Button with screen off

LiveSam Ruston7 apps · 1.7M installsTools$1.99com.samruston.pocketbutton

Turn your volume buttons into shortcuts that work from your pocket

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Total installs
7
exact · Play shows 5+
Installs / day
~0
est. · lifetime avg over 15 days
Rating
—★
— ratings · — reviews
Released
27 Sept 2026
15d ago
Last update
7 Oct 2026
v1.0.1 · 5d ago
Countries
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Install history

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • No data shared with third parties
  • No data collected

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

12 in 3 groups
5 Sensitive2 Notable5 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Record sound using your phone's microphone
  • See all events in your calendar, including details like guests, places and notes
  • Add, change or delete calendar events and email guests, without telling the calendar owner
  • Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are using
  • See which apps you use and how often, if you allow usage access
CalendarSensitive2

Access to your calendar events and their details

  • See all events in your calendar, including details like guests, places and notesread calendar events plus confidential information · READ_CALENDAR
  • Add, change or delete calendar events and email guests, without telling the calendar owneradd or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge · WRITE_CALENDAR
MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

  • Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO
OtherSensitive9

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are usingdraw over other apps · SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
  • See which apps you use and how often, if you allow usage accessupdate component usage statistics · PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
  • Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Pull down or close the notification panel at the top of your screenexpand/collapse status bar · EXPAND_STATUS_BAR
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
  • Set an alarm in your phone's clock appset an alarm · com.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARM
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
Your phone's volume buttons are always there, even when it's in your pocket. Pocket Button turns them into shortcuts you can use with the screen off, without unlocking or looking at your phone. Hold volume up to turn on the flashlight. Double press volume down to silence your phone. Hold volume down to record a voice memo while you walk. You choose what each button does. Pocket Button is only triggered when the screen is off, keeping your volume buttons functioning as normal whenever you're using the phone. It's designed for scenarios where you just want to do that one quick thing and get back to your life. Rather than having to unlock your device and be distracted by a bunch of notifications and then dig around to find what you want. ACTIONS • Toggle the flashlight • Set the ringer to sound, vibrate or silent, or toggle Do Not Disturb • Play/pause, next and previous track, skip forward or back in a podcast • Record a voice memo or type a quick note • Dictate a message and send it to any app • Open any app, app shortcut or search inside an app • Start a timer, open the camera, the dialler or your assistant • Open a menu of your favourite actions and pick one with the volume keys • Run Tasker tasks and MacroDroid macros • Send web requests and custom Android intents • Control Home Assistant: lights, switches, fans, locks, scripts and more LAUNCHPAD A fast search screen that opens over your lock screen • Open apps and start conversations with people you message • Set timers and alarms ("10 min", "7am") • Add calendar events ("dentist friday 2pm") • Do sums and convert units and currencies • Look up word definitions • Play a song or podcast in your music app • Control Home Assistant devices • Show your favourite widgets and quick action tiles NEWSFLASH A short, hands-free report of what's changed since you last looked: new notifications, your next event, alarms, timers, what's playing, new memos and widget updates. Take a peek at your phone to get clued up on what's happened and then put your phone away to carry on with your day. MEMOS Quickly record memos with your voice or keyboard to get a thought down without having to unlock your device. Memos are kept inside the app and can be looked up later on. PRIVACY • No accounts, no ads, no analytics • Memos and notifications never leave your phone • Built-in offline mode blocks every network request from the app WHY ACCESSIBILITY? Pocket Button uses Android's Accessibility API only to detect volume button presses while the screen is off, turn the screen off again after an action, and run system actions you choose. It does not read, collect or share anything on your screen. Notification access is optional. It lets the Launchpad and Newsflash show your notifications, find the people you message, and show running timers and what's playing.

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