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Wear brightness control Live

HuskyDev34 apps · 2.9M installsToolsFreehuskydev.android.app.brightnesscontrol

Simple app for changing the screen brightness on your watch with Android Wear

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Total installs
128,466
exact · Play shows 100,000+
Installs / day
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measured after our second crawl (about a day)
Rating
3.8★
515 ratings · 19 reviews
Released
23 Nov 2016
9.9y ago
Last update
25 Nov 2016
v1.00 · 9.9y ago
Countries
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not checked yet

Install history

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125.5K144.1K162.7K181.4K200K10 Oct11 Oct11 Oct
125.5K144.1K162.7K181.4K200K10 Oct11 Oct11 Oct

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Change timeline

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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.

Top countries

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Top chart positions

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App manifest

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Permissions

3 in 1 group
1 Sensitive0 Notable2 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Change device settings like screen brightness, ringtone or screen timeout
OtherSensitive3

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

  • Change device settings like screen brightness, ringtone or screen timeoutmodify system settings · WRITE_SETTINGS
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET

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
This simple application is primarily for using with HuskyDev watch faces. It was created as a consequence of changes in the permission model on devices running Android 6.0. Beginning in Android 6.0 (API level 23), users grant permissions to apps while the app is running, not when they install the app. For adjusting of the screen brightness user must grant special permission "MANAGE WRITE SETTINGS". There is a special system UI for this request on the phone, but on the watches, this system UI is missing. Android Wear platform doesn\'t implement the system UI required for the user to grant these "super-permissions". Solution for this issue is create new standalone application targeting older version of Android, so no need to request permission while app is running.

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