Get notified every time an app or a service uses camera or microphone
About this app
Privacy Indicator will bring the above Recording Indicators feature of iOS 14 to Android (With more extra features and Customizations). It notifies you every time an app or a service uses your device’s camera or microphone.
• Get Notified every time any third-party app is accessing your Camera.
• Get Notified every time any app is accessing your Microphone.
• You can customize indicator color and its position
• Option to enable Haptic feedback when indicators appear
• You can turn off any individual features in required
More to come. Note that for ''Privacy Indicator'' to work, you will need to enable its service from the Accessibility Settings. The Service then keeps running in the background and automatically starts even if you restart the mobile.
Licensed under MIT, by Nitish Gadangi.
What's New in v2.2
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
Version history
Jul 15, 2021 · 2.1 MB · Android API 24–30 · code 8
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 68303228dd006eaef7803b3d481ed7072b3b42062676101381312c07de35a576
Jul 5, 2021 · 2.1 MB · Android API 24–30 · code 7
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 02659a233ad56362ad2d39047c3fea623100c3b6582042377f18ac863648af53
Will it run on your device?
73%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- ABI coverage is focused on newer 64-bit devices.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
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What the signing certificate proves
Every Android app is signed with a private key that only its developer holds. The fingerprint on this page is a hash of the matching public certificate, and it proves continuity rather than identity: it tells you a build came from whoever signed the earlier ones. Android enforces this at install time — if a package claiming to be com.nitish.privacyindicator is signed with a different key, the system will refuse to install it over your existing copy. A fingerprint that changes between releases is worth pausing on, because a repackaged app that has been modified by someone else cannot keep the original signature.
How to roll back to an earlier version
If the current release misbehaves, 2.1 is the last build before it. Android will not install an older version code over a newer one, so you must uninstall Privacy Indicators first — which clears its local data unless you have a backup. Reinstall the older APK only if its signing fingerprint matches the build you already trust, and check the API range: an older release may target an Android version your device has moved past.
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Source code
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SHA-256 Hash
68303228dd006eaef7803b3d481ed7072b3b42062676101381312c07de35a576
Signing certificate
26232eef7df0dd7ce518b6e6a8b8f6216da889334bb463a9d2a8184fc31e1776
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