Holey Light

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Emulates notification LED on Samsungs/Pixels around the in-screen camera

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Total installs
630,798
exact · Play shows 500,000+
Installs / day
+9
7-day avg · last day +9
Rating
3.6★
345 ratings · 25 reviews
Released
2 Mar 2021
5.6y ago
Last update
2 Mar 2021
v1.00 · 5.6y ago
Countries
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not checked yet

Installs per day

gain of the exact counter
05101520253011 Oct12 Oct13 Oct

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Install history

exact counter from Google Play
630,740630,760630,780630,800630,82010 Oct12 Oct13 Oct
0250K500K750K2 Mar 202110 Oct 202613 Oct 2026

Dashed: estimate from the release date (no daily data before 10 Oct 2026) · time axis compressed before that day

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Change timeline

Full history

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Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

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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

2 in 1 group
1 Sensitive1 Notable0 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Act as an accessibility tool that, once enabled, can read and control your screen
OtherSensitive2

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

  • Act as an accessibility tool that, once enabled, can read and control your screenbind to an accessibility service · BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK

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
Samsung and Google Pixel only! 100% Free - 100% GPLv3 Open Source - No ads - No tracking - No nags - Optional donation Holey Light is a LED emulation app. It animates the edges of the camera cut-out (AKA punch-hole) as replacement for the sadly missing LED on many modern devices. Additionally, it provides a notification display for when the screen is "off", replacing - or working in conjunction with - the Always-On Display feature. As this display is not around the camera hole, it is aptly named the Unholey Light. Supports all Samsung devices with in-screen camera hole, and several Google Pixels. Features - Emulates notification LED - Four different display modes: Swirl, Blink, Pie, Unholey Light - Configurable animation size, position, and speed - Customizable color for each notification channel - Selects initial notification color by analyzing dominant color of app icon - Displays during screen "off", sub-1% battery use per hour in Unholey Light mode - Separate configuration modes for different power and screen states - Ability to mark notifications as seen based on various triggers - Respects Do-Not-Disturb and AOD schedules - Can hide AOD completely, partially, and/or keep the clock visible Source Source code is available on GitHub. Setup Initial setup can be a bit tricky for a first-time user, but a setup wizard is included that guides you through the process. Permissions This app absolutely requires several permissions to be able to function. If you are concerned about that, you can always check out the source code (or not use the app). - Accessibility: the app needs an accessibility service to render the emulated LED on-screen, and track the correct position to display in screen "off" mode. - Notifications: a notification service is needed to be able to know about the notifications before we can show them - Companion device: in a weird quirk of Android, this permission is required to be able to read the wanted LED color of notifications - Battery optimization exemption: without this, Android would randomly disappear our emulated LED - Foreground service: both an accessibility and notification service are used as described above - Wake lock: you decide when and how the app draws on the screen, sometimes this requires making sure the CPU isn't sleeping - All package access: we render other app's icons and access some of their base information to be able to differentiate different notifications from each-other

What's new

Support for Android 11, many new Samsung devices, and some Google Pixels! Full release notes and changelogs here: https://github.com/Chainfire/HoleyLight/blob/master/docs/notes_100.md

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