Table Of Contents
- Latest Update
- Applications Description
- How to install Holey Light (LED emulator for Samsung/Pixel) APK for Android?
- How to install Holey Light (LED emulator for Samsung/Pixel) APK for PC (Windows 7/8/10 or MAC)?
- Holey Light (LED emulator for Samsung/Pixel) Pros & Cons
- Holey Light (LED emulator for Samsung/Pixel) related applications
Latest update [menu]
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
Description [menu]
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
How to install Holey Light (LED emulator for Samsung/Pixel) APK for Android [menu]
Download Holey Light (LED emulator for Samsung/Pixel) APK file (eu.chainfire.holeylight_100_1903939.apk) from SameAPK.com, then follow these steps:
Update Phone Settings
- Go to your phone Settings page
- Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
- Check the Unknown Sources box
- Confirm with OK
Go to Downloads
- Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
- Tap the APK file you downloaded (eu.chainfire.holeylight_100_1903939.apk)
- Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.
How to install Holey Light (LED emulator for Samsung/Pixel) APK on Windows 7/8/10 or MAC PC? [menu]
Download Holey Light (LED emulator for Samsung/Pixel) APK file(eu.chainfire.holeylight_100_1903939.apk) from SameAPK.com to your PC (ex: /Users/xxx/Downloads/(eu.chainfire.holeylight_100_1903939.apk)), then follow these steps:
Using Emulator:
- Download And Install one Emulator Softwares (Ex: Bluestacks, GenyMotion, NoxPlayer)
- Simple install APK on PC by drag and drop file eu.chainfire.holeylight_100_1903939.apk on Emulator screen
Holey Light (LED emulator for Samsung/Pixel) APK Pros & Cons [menu]
Pros
- This app is safe, it's not require high risk permissions
- Compatible with 32 bit device (most Emulator using 32bit arch CPU)
- Compatible with 64-bit device (some android device and current Bluestacks)
Cons
Everything is good.
