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[Android Apps and Games] timebandi:
Looking forward for the beta to show up. If the manual edit bug crash still is present for me when beta arrives, I'll try upload logcat to you.
[Android Apps and Games] reanimotor:
In the settings, the text is superimposed on the switch.

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[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I have a paypal account linked to my developer email address. You can see that under "developer contact" in play store.

Yes, the yesterday's releases are still in review. Not sure what's holding the first one: it did not introduce any new suspicious permissions :)

I would be very grateful for that. Though, if 4.81.267 still crashes for you, I could use that logcat as well: for some reason your crash reports never landed in my developer console.

Issue opened. I recall trying to solve this when I first programmed the settings screen, but it wasn't easy then, I suspect it won't be easy now...
[Android Apps and Games] timebandi:
@velis74 Here's a logcat. Hope I have done it right for you. Just tell me if there's more you need.

I just filtered on Velis.

The logcat is for the crash when highlighting text in manual edit.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Hm, I've seen this crash in play store, but I can't make much of it. Can you tell me your phone & ROM / OS version?
[Android Apps and Games] timebandi:
It's a OnePlus 8T, using Nameless ROM, Android 12.

I have a OnePlus 7 Pro with OOS 11 I can try with too.
[Android Apps and Games] timebandi:
Here's the same settings for logcat but on my OnePlus 7 Pro, stock OOS 11.

Same issue on both my phones.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
My 10 Pro doesn't do this (OOS 13). I would appreciate it if you do try on the 7 Pro.
[Android Apps and Games] timebandi:
Having trouble to attach it...

OnePlus 7 Pro, stock OOS 11.

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Had to link to it, can't upload with either laptop or phone ...
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
My friend's 8T crashes using stock Oxygen 13. I will try to duplicate this ASAP.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Yep, same thing. Hopefully having a live crashing device will tell me more about this.
[Android Apps and Games] timebandi:
You will sort it out, I'm sure :)

Let me know if there's something you want me to try or do and I will do my best to assist with help.
[Android Apps and Games] swieder711:
Can we get an early present with the latest beta release posted here?
[Android Apps and Games] Vladisslav:
Where can I download the latest version? (apk file)

In Google Play version 4.81.267
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
4.83 (23.12.2022)​

A release after a VERY long time

Minor notification fixes

Fixes for some crashes

Excluded apps feature Android 11 support

OK, current release is being held back because Google's automated tests keep crashing giving unexpected input. But I think I have now resolved all identified issues in this third iteration. Didn't know Google does these tests until yesterday :) But they are a great tool and I expect they will help me improve the app.

If there's another rejection during this workday (or no publish for any other reason), I will post the .apk here, but I'd much rather just keep it in Play store unless somebody has a Huawei or something.

Note how I dropped the build number from the version number. This will be easier to use, the previous version number was too long for zero additional benefit.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I have finally created the translations project. Crude, but should do the job.

Go here, register an account (if not registered already) and then click either "Join language" on existing language or "Suggest another language" if your language of choice is not yet in the project. Wait a bit for me to approve you and you can start translating.

lease note that the translation app is still an early WiP, so drop me an email to jure (at) velis.si if something doesn't work right for you or if you have a suggestion.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
APK, as promised. The beta is still in review.

Edit, for the fourth time: XDA won't accept the attachment. So here's the link.
[Android Apps and Games] swieder711:
Installed 4.83 and it is working nicely. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] ZTENSKI:
Got 4.83 via app store beta, appears to be working fine. Galaxy S21 ultra, android 13 December patch. Still has issues with the overlay for super dimming preventing touchscreen from working unless unless BLOCK_UNTRUSTED_TOUCHES is disabled via ADB (see

https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/qdunjd
) but I don't use this feature anyways. Update appears to have fixed the status bar as well, it used to stop showing the slider after a few hours.

Thanks for continuing to provide updates to this great software!
[Android Apps and Games] timebandi:
Still crashes when highlighting in manual edit, don't know if that was a try in fix that.

In the exclude apps list, can you add a search button? Not really needed but a faster way to get to the app to check :)

Good work with the app and thanks!

Happy Xmas to you all everyone else.
[Android Apps and Games] reanimotor:
Is there anything you can do about energy consumption? I set 10000 ms in the settings, it does not affect.

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[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Can't really say: the app doesn't even register on my phone as a battery consumer. How much is it using on yours?
[Android Apps and Games] reanimotor:
24% out of 100%

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[Android Apps and Games] THRUSTer:
1. Even with the latest update, the app still crashes when you attempt to select text on the Manual Edit screen.

2. If you "minimize" the notification, it still doesn't display correctly.

3. Thank you for keeping this project alive. I've used this app for nearly a decade.

4. Feature suggestion. I'm not sure how to accomplish this, but maybe if an app manually changes brightness (such as one displaying a QR code for scanning), then Velis should pause for ten seconds. Maybe this isn't actually possible? Or maybe monitor system brightness and see if the value is different from the value Velis last set.
[Android Apps and Games] ZTENSKI:
What phone are you using? I had this once on my samsung, I had to turn the system auto-brightness off in device settings or I saw huge consumtion (velis changes the brightness, system changes it back, etc), may want to check that. Settings > display > auto brightness off, and let velis do the thinking.

Velis makes up 0.2% of the power consumption on average on my phone during average use (5-10 hours active, 10-15 snooze), almost doesn't register in gsam. More than makes up for that in power saved having the screen dimmer, which is why I use it.
[Android Apps and Games] reanimotor:
Phone SamsungM21. The front camera is used for auto brightness. The built-in auto brightness application is frozen. The system says that the brightness control has been transferred to another application (velis).

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Logcat
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
What's the frequency of your camera snaps? (in VAB settings)
[Android Apps and Games] reanimotor:
5 sec (by default)
[Android Apps and Games] Sz.Attila:
Hello! With Realme GT2 and Android 13, the app is slow, is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
What do you mean, "slow"?

@reanimotor : I will look at camera usage after new year.
[Android Apps and Games] Sz.Attila:
It starts a little slowly, but the bigger problem is that it stops after 5 minutes.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
This still doesn't say much. What does it mean that "it starts a little slowly"?

Also, did you enable accessibility service? The "stops after 5 minutes" part is most likely because of this... There should be a toast message (on app main screen) every 10 seconds if accessibility is not enabled.
[Android Apps and Games] Sz.Attila:
I enabled it, but it turns off during standby.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Long time no fix. Did you try with the latest beta?

Since the functions are all obfuscated in the stack trace, I now have the capacity to test where exactly this breaks.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
4.84 (2.1.2023)​

A release after a VERY long time

Minor notification fixes

Fixes for some crashes

Excluded apps feature Android 11 support

Fix for manual curve editor selection crash

Finally the app should no longer crash on manual graph editing screen.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
#1: Should be fixed with today's publish

#2: Sorry, I don't know what "minimising" the notification means. Can you explain?

#3: No problem: it's a great learning project for me, though I think I could also get some designer to "learn" on it too :)

#4: This is not possible, AFAIK. I cannot read that another app changed its window brightness. The only real way to address this is to use the app exclusion settings.

#1: Should be fixed

#2: task opened

You guys are the first recipients of project supporter codes. Expect a PM in your XDA inbox.

I have finally added a way to thank you guys for your support and testing. Occasionally I will give out these codes to thank you. The "Project supporter" store item basically unlocks any premium content in the app, even the ones that are not there yet - pending their creation, of course.

If any of the old supporters / translators are still around, PM me. You are eligible if you made at least 10 posts about bugs, features; or translated to another language. Thank you all and sorry for not knowing how to thank you previously.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
@THRUSTer figured out what minimising the notification means. I have updated your issue with info and it will be fixed "shortly"
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Planned tasks for January 2023​

Labels on settings screen drawing over switches

Support for one-line / small notifications

Add all missing permission notifications to snack message on main form

Settings wizard crashes when screen is rotated

Steady screen crashes if timeout value entered is too high

Steady screen only ever responds to three touches, not to the settings value

Additional brightness when charging doesn't work

Accessibility issue: volume slider stays for too long

Superdim issues on lock screen

Search field in excluded packages list

There are an additional 52 tasks in the backlog.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
This will be fixed with the next release.
[Android Apps and Games] THRUSTer:
Yeah it's basically if you change the notification priority in Android.

Another recent bug is, even if the notification priority is higher but there are no other notifications present, it'll do the same thing. Dr attachment.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I know. Was happening on my pixel. Your report actually helped me find the reason. I had no idea wha Android would "clear" my notification if it was the only one shown 😝 Anyway, it's fixed already and will be available with next deploy.
[Android Apps and Games] swieder711:
I cant seem to find 4.84 on this thread or in the Play store Beta. Any pointers?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
It's still "in review" let's wait until morning, but it looks like I need to update the deploy procedure such that it will also build the .apk and always deposit it at a known location.

But, TBH: the release cadence has been too aggressive these last two weeks. This was a result because we have a bottleneck with one job at work and I'm waiting for that job to complete before I can start working on the code myself. When this happens, VAB will take a slight hit. Still, the announced monthly task list should stick. I am back and fully maintaining this app. 😁

Right now I would appreciate if somebody could take a stab at translations. I'd love some feedback there too 🙏
[Android Apps and Games] swieder711:
Got the 4.84 update from the Google Play store. YEAH!

nit - the changelog that pops up when the app is started needs to be updated too.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Yeah, keep forgetting that. will fix.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
5.00 (4.1.2023)​

Support one-line notifications

Fix for integer settings not being clamped to acceptable ranges

Superdim disabled for android 11 and newer until a fix is found

I should have bumped the version to 5.00 previously, but I'm just plain stupid. Hopefully, the uptake will be fast and I won't have to waste time identifying whether people are using app versions of old or the ones from now...

The release procedure from now on will be:​

beta for one week

if no show stoppers: beta --> production

I will add a permalink to release history soon, but for some reason gradle won't build for me from command line while it builds from IDE...
[Android Apps and Games] madhatter57:
I'm curious if this app would work as a way to provide dc dimming functionality in order to reduce screen flicker? I have been using oled saver, but it's not been actively developed for a long time. Thanks for again developing this app!
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
dc dimming?
[Android Apps and Games] madhatter57:
Check the oled saver app, vab is even mentioned on the xda thread...
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
Also, changing thread title would be nice 😁

Is it possible to make notification collapsed by default?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Thread title fixed.

Notification layouts don't differ for collapsed / expanded. It would make no difference. I didn't yet come up with a good idea how to make the notification smaller, except for simply reducing the size of elements. So I did nothing...
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
Here's what I meanView attachment 5802329
[Android Apps and Games] swieder711:
Updated to 5.00 thru the play store. Working great

Looking good!
[Android Apps and Games] madhatter57:
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https://xdaforums.com/t/app-oled-saver-flicker-free-backlight-dimming-no-pwm.3989677/

guess what i am trying to ask is if that with VAB i can keep the "physical" brightness at a certain value (or at maximum) and the app would dim the screen, avoiding the very harmful (at least for me) flickering issue in OLED screens.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
VAB has something like this. It's called Super Dimming. It has its downsides: statusbar and navbar are both exempt and also, the effect of superdimming is such that at lower brightness levels, colour saturation suffers because more and more of the overlay is visible - and the overlay is black...

Also, a thing of note: I just hid the superdim setting for anything Android 11 and up because there's a new security feature and Android pretty much ignores all screen touches because of the overlay. Until I figure out a proper way to fix that, I can't put it back up.
[Android Apps and Games] timebandi:
Good work with the app!!

It's maybe just me, but a quick toggle in the notification for enable/disable especially excluded apps would be really nice. Using excluded apps more when in dark environments :)

Btw, the excluded apps value settings doesn't work on my OnePlus 8T. Regardless value it's just increases very little.
[Android Apps and Games] timebandi:
Updated to A13 today.

Velis doesn't work now. Can't find light sensor... Hmm. This adaptive brightness is really not good... Velis is way better :)

View attachment 5811365
[Android Apps and Games] timebandi:
@velis74 Have you gone on a vaccination or very busy? It went too quiet :(
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
No, sorry, but I did start working on the code I mentioned that's completely unrelated. The activity at the end of December was excessive in comparison.

I am working slowly towards the goals outlined start of January.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
5.01 (23.1.2023)​

Fix an issue where settings would not activate transparent widget setting on purchase

Fix for triple touch not accepting values higher than 3

Fix for app not receiving notification of charger plugging in / disconnecting

Also, it seems one item fixed itself :)

Fix: Configuration wizard crashes on screen rotate

Uploaded to Play store beta.
[Android Apps and Games] AnonVendetta:
@velis74: glad to see the January 2023 release, and a bug fixed that was in the older version. Which was, I couldn't add user (non-system) apps to the exclusion list. I use apps like VLC and NewPipe, which have their own brightness controls. But since I couldn't exclude them, those controls couldn't work, and Velis kept overriding the brightness changes.
[Android Apps and Games] PhantomApollyon:
FYI - I'm happy to report that following some LOS changes in the latest nightly build, this now works quite well on the OnePlus 8T(kebab) when running LOS 20.0. The only issue I've noticed, which I believe is a known behavior/issue given the January Tasks post, is that when using AMOLED dim the lockscreen brightness isn't always adjusted as you'd expect.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Indeed: superdim is currently hurting. Will try to find a solution for it ASAP.

Especially because my Pixel 7 seems to think it knows better and starts overriding my brightness instructions, particularly at lower brightness levels. So I end up with brightness going down, up, down again, etc. It's a mess. Luckily I switched to Pixel so that I saw this at all...
[Android Apps and Games] PhantomApollyon:
If it helps at all, on closer inspection I would say it's actually not affecting the lockscreen at all. I've noticed that I can actually use the standard auto brightness on the lockscreen and/or adjust it manually. It's certainly less than ideal, in that the lockscreen is always brighter than the home screen, and you see that immediate adjustment when you unlock.

Thanks for supporting/updating! It helps greatly with LOS's poor stock adaptive brightness on this device.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Agreed: I don't think I will ever get it to work on LockScreen again. Maybe if I publish a lock screen app with VAB integration :D But I will attempt to see if there's any chance Android would let me work there too.
[Android Apps and Games] D€INOS:
My screen dims down when I open Settings app. I've tried add settings to excluded apps but it's not working.

Running Evolution X, A13, OnePlus 8T
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
There was an Android version which introduced this "feature". Similar to lock screen ban VAB's getting. Unfortunately, at the time, I wasn't tracking this, so I don't know which android version, but Settings app is not accessible to VAB.
[Android Apps and Games] D€INOS:
Thanks for the quick reply! Well that's a shame. That's Google being Google I suppose.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Well, I expect the reasoning was that they're protecting you from potentially malicious apps that would check battery in your stead :) But more to the point, I suspect they were protecting connections and accounts this way. I don't really know, but I imagine I can see the reasoning behind this particular decision.
[Android Apps and Games] D€INOS:
Good news: I checked the option "Optional update system brightness setting" which have the description of being more estetiskt, but it's actually a great use case. This means that unless I go from a dark environment to a bright while in the settings app, the issue is solved!

Before this , the settings app , as we know, had the manual brightness level and were annoying if you are in a bright environment with the manual brightness low or vice versa.

I dont wanna jinx it but I also wanna share if someone had the same issue.
[Android Apps and Games] swieder711:
Small request. Can you include the version number in the file name for the APK? Helps to make sure I have the latest version in a backup folder.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
I have a feature idea. Automatis (or sheduled) brightness preset, amoled bright for the day, amoled dim for the night. Something like dark/light theme scheduler.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I'm trying to get an automatic build procedure working. Your request would be a side effect automatically taken care of. However, for some reason, right now the command line Gradle build fails for me while building from Android Studio doesn't.

Working on it...

This is currently taken care of with Tasker automation. I'm not entirely sure I want to start playing with schedules and other triggers. While we are developing an engine for stuff like this in the company, I didn't have an intent of using it in VAB. It woud complicate the settings even more.
[Android Apps and Games] xdaTanjiro:
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[Android Apps and Games] xdaTanjiro:
Hi, I have opt in for beta and I'm still seeing v5.00 in playstore. Anything I did wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
It would seem you have not. I have forgotten to promote 5.01 to production.
[Android Apps and Games] EJJEMG:
Hello！Thank you for your application. Do you have any plans to add the phone back photoreceptor function? Many mobile phones have before and after two photoreceptors, the use of the rear photoreceptor will improve the effect
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
There were some plans for that. Do you know of any specific models that might have two light sensors?
[Android Apps and Games] EJJEMG:
This is really too many. There are only phones below 1000CNY（145USD） and many have only one photoreceptor, while phones above 2000CNY(290USD) basically have two photoreceptors.

For example,Redmi note10pro, released in June 2021, priced from 1499CNY, has front and rear photoreceptors.
[Android Apps and Games] halfbytecode:
Would it be possible to get around this limitation using root, as in by adding a root only feature to VAB to do it?

I am a long time user and I am used to VAB working system wide. The root only feature, if possible, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for all the hard work.
[Android Apps and Games] D€INOS:
If possible, that would be awesome. I feel when waking from lock screen, the brightness takes some time to adjust from dark to bright.
[Android Apps and Games] THRUSTer:
I honestly feel like this is a lot of effort for benefit to very few users in very limited scenarios.

I've literally never, ever noticed an issue with the lock screen.
[Android Apps and Games] D€INOS:
If root is added, and as optional, what is the downside for user like you that don't have a problem?
[Android Apps and Games] VictorC666:
Hello @velis74

First of all I want to thank you for a great app and a great job. It was my pleasure to pay to support your work.

I came across your app after I started having problems with the native adaptive brightness of my Xiaomi 13 (fuxi) yesterday. Two identical Xiaomi 13 phones, both same system version (stock eu rom, identical version), both measure the same luminance values (lux) in the control app, but both set the adaptive brightness differently if Auto brightness is on. It was driving me crazy. Especially since in lower light conditions that one phone set the brightness values so low every time that the display was almost unreadable and had to be manually increased. It started happening yesterday 6/7/2023 afternoon, maybe some system app update, I don't know... The only thing I found in the app installation history is the app update "com.xiaomi.discover version 23.05.18.756 6/7/2023 at 2:38 PM". Even restarting the phone doesn't help. However, I ask, is it not possible to influence the behavior of the native adaptive brightness of android in the phone, for example in the developer settings? E.g. by defining the lower limit of brightness, etc.?

Everything works perfectly with your app!

Thanks for the great work!

EDIT:

I will answer myself :-)

Yes, it is possible.

The procedure that fixed the problem, step by step:

- Open the Settings app

- Go to Apps

- Tap See all apps

- Scroll through your app list and tap Device Health Services

- Select the Storage & cache option

- Tap the Manage space button

- Tap the Reset adaptive brightness button

- Select OK to save and confirm your choice

- The feature reverts to the factory default settings

Source: https://www.androidpolice.com/reset-adaptive-brightness-android/
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I don't know of a way. If I did, root would have been added. I use it extensively in other projects.