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An Android app blocker that only triggers on one WiFi network (no root)
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An Android app blocker that only triggers on one WiFi network (no root)

DEV Community: kotlin·Weavri·6 days ago
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I kept losing the first hour of every workday to my phone. Not because I lack discipline in general — but because the office WiFi is exactly where my worst habits live. Home is fine. The train is fine. The moment I sit at my desk and connect to Office-5G , my thumb goes to the same three apps.

Most app blockers treat "blocking" as a global switch. I wanted something contextual : an app blocker that only asserts itself on one specific network .

The idea: a WiFi-triggered attention guard

Instead of blocking everything forever, define a rule:

Target WiFi SSID → Office-5G

Target app → the app you keep opening

When both match — you're on that network and that app comes to the foreground — you get a loud, hard-to-ignore nudge: a sound, a notification, and a full-screen overlay. Leave the network and everything is normal again.

It's not a hard block (I don't want to fight my own phone). It's a tripwire.…

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