blockEm: productivity blocker

devlog 2:

Started completely reworking the tracking system, since the old one used math sizes and ratios, which are different on some platforms, it was unreliable and become quickly a mess.
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To make this devlog at least a little bit visually interesting😭🙏 i implemented a startup screen and a scroll history section
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Once im finished with the new system i will finally start implementing other features from just scroll counting, such as: app blocker, app timer, app unlocks per hour…

blockEm: productivity blocker

devlog 1.1:

Decided to take a little break from coding and made this banner in photoshop, it took around 50 minutes. The remaining 30m is some bugfixing after last devlog. Overall im quite happy with how it turned out especially considering that art is my weaker side.

blockEm: productivity blocker

devlog 1:

In this session i made huge progress, i implemented some helpful toggles(see image) and most importantly finally a blocker - after reaching set amount of scrolls it blocks you from scrolling further, its still a bit janky and can be bypassed, but i will work on that later on.
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Also implementing to work the scroll counter across all apps and different types was a huge headache, i switched to math based detection - basically detecting different elements(back button, sent button, navigation bar…) and their sizes. On ig for example we have regualr reel, dm reels, fyp in dms, suggested reels etc. and all have different sizes n stuff - so like allowing first reel in dms and not allowing scrolling further was quite a challenge. Hopefully instagram doesnt chagne it in their next update😭🙏

devlog 0:

implemented basic android app in kotlin, currently just asks for permissions and count the amount of scrolls you do per day(on tiktok, instagram and youtube);

next i will start making some app ui and implementing blocking(scroll limit, app blocking ect.);

also i am planning to soon relese it to public for any feedback so stay tuned

devlog 0.1 - made complete wiring diagram from components i researched in the last devlog, had to add varistor + fuse for protection and resistor with the NTC thermistor to make voltage divider;

currently waiting for components to arrive;

this is just a simple wiring diagram dont look too closely at it😭🙏

devlog 0.0 - spent some time researching specific hardware components to make sure they will work together, some of those were real hassle - next time can i start designing the wire layout

–had to use this boring ah image😭🙏