TheNotch - Dynamic Island

TheNotch is a Dynamic Island for Android. A live pill wraps your front camera to show your music, call or timer. Tap for full controls; swipe to switch activities.

It reads your camera cutout's position from Android, centered or off to one side. No cutout? You get a centered pill.

FREE ON THE ISLAND

• Music and podcasts: artwork, play/pause, skip, seeking and extra buttons on a pull down

• Calls: status, duration and Silence

• Charging: battery level and time to full

• Flashlight with a strength slider

• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, headphones, hotspot, airplane mode, ringer and Do Not Disturb changes

• Low battery, mic/camera in use and screen recording

• Standby pills for your next event, steps and next alarm

FREE GESTURES

• Hold the pill and slide sideways for volume, ringer or track skipping

• Set tap, double-tap and swipe actions on the pill or camera, such as opening an app or flashlight

• Swipe up or down anywhere to turn the card stack

THENOTCH PRO ADDS

• Messages from any app: photos, Reply and Mark as read

• Timers, stopwatches and alarms in the status bar, with Stop and an extra minute

• Navigation, rides, deliveries and Android 16 Live Updates

• Downloads, payments and one-time codes you can copy

• Other notifications as generic cards

• Hold the camera for flashlight, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, brightness, ringer and Do Not Disturb controls

• Island on your lock screen

• Per-app rules and 7-day notification history on your phone

• Every palette, size, corner, music player and button layout

Pro is yearly or lifetime with one payment.

THE BALL PACK

Two floating balls at the screen edge. Use either or both, with or without the island.

• Notification ball: collects notifications so they don't cover your app. Tap for a list or card stack

• Shortcut ball: apps, folders, switches, combos, volume and brightness sliders in a turning wheel or half-circle fan

• With both on, tap for notifications and swipe for shortcuts

• Themes and solid colors

A separate one-time purchase. Included with yearly Pro.

MAKE IT YOURS

• Styles and an editor for color, shape, size, font, position and motion

• Three expanded looks: wrap the camera, open a card below, or drop the pill as a card

• Switch activities from a row below the open panel

• Choose allowed apps, hide their Android popups or hide the island in selected apps

PRIVACY

No accounts, ads or analytics. Notifications are processed on your phone, never sent anywhere. Live activities stay in memory until they end. The optional 7-day history stays on your phone and can be cleared. To confirm purchases, my server receives your app version, phone model and Play purchase details.

PERMISSIONS

Optional permissions are requested only when you enable a feature that needs them.

• Overlay, notification access and foreground service: run the island

• Accessibility (optional): place it over the status bar and detect full-screen apps. Sees which app is open; can't read your screen

• Phone state: call status; never contacts or call logs

• Usage access: hide the island in excluded apps

• Modify system settings and Do Not Disturb access: quick controls

• Nearby devices, location, calendar and physical activity: Bluetooth device/Wi-Fi names and standby pills only

• Audio recording: Spectrum player bars. The microphone stays closed

Android 12 or newer. Overlays vary by phone brand. I build TheNotch on my own; if something looks wrong, email me your model and Android version.