feat: introduce Conscious Gate for mindful app pauses - #852
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Hi @thomasborgogno Can you address the comments and also make sure the styling follows the existing app as well?
And also please move the new feature into the Input and Actions category.
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Summary
Adds Conscious Gate: a new feature that shows a brief, dismissible pause screen before opening apps the user has chosen to be more intentional about (e.g. social media), with a "Continue" button that stays disabled for a configurable delay.
checkConsciousGatehook inAppFlowHandler, and a new trampolineConsciousGateActivity.PermissionUtils.openAccessibilitySettings).rounded_*_24icon drawables used by the pause-screen icon picker.Why
Gives users a "speed bump" before opening apps they've flagged as distracting, similar to focus/wellbeing tals' existing permission and detection architecture (no new permissions required).
Testing
./gradlew assembleDebugpasses.ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_DETAILS_SETTINGSrequires a signatur; falls back gracefully to the generic Accessibility screen.