Get your notifications in batches, not every minute.

Batch Notify quietly holds notifications from your apps and delivers them together every 3, 4, 6 or 12 hours. Apps that really matter (like calls or family chats) still reach you right away.

• Fewer interruptions. One batch every few hours instead of dozens of pings.
• Deeper focus. No buzz pulling you out of work, study or rest.
• Less phone checking. Nothing new to see, so less reason to pick up the phone.
• Nothing important missed. Calls, alarms and your chosen apps always come through.
• Nothing lost. Held notifications survive app restarts and phone reboots.
• Private by design. The app has no internet permission. Your notifications never leave your phone.
• Light. Works quietly in the background with minimal battery use.

Requires Android 8.0 or newer. iOS is not supported (Apple doesn't allow apps to manage notifications).

1. Open this repo's Actions tab.
2. Click the latest Build APK run with a green tick.
3. Scroll down to Artifacts and download BatchNotify-apk.
4. Unzip it. You'll get app-debug.apk.
5. Send it to your phone (Google Drive, email, or USB).

If Batch Notify is already installed, uninstall it first. Each build is signed differently, so Android won't install a new one over an old one.

Play Protect doesn't know this app, so it may block it with "App not installed" or INSTALL_FAILED_VERIFICATION_FAILURE.

1. Open the Play Store.
2. Tap your profile picture, then Play Protect.
3. Tap the gear icon (top right).
4. Turn off Scan apps with Play Protect.

Remember to turn it back on after installing (step 5).

Also check, if install still fails:

• Settings, then Security: turn off Advanced Protection if it's on.
• Xiaomi / Redmi / POCO: turn off the security scan before install option.

1. Tap app-debug.apk on your phone.
2. If asked, allow Install unknown apps for that app (Files, Drive or Chrome).
3. Tap Install. If warned, choose Install anyway.

Go back to Play Protect settings and turn Scan apps with Play Protect on again.

1. Open Batch Notify and allow notifications when asked.
2. Tap Open settings on the green card. Turn on access for Batch Notify and confirm.
3. Go back. The green card disappears.
4. Pick your interval: 3h, 4h, 6h or 12h.
5. Tap Important apps and switch on the ones that should always reach you (e.g. Phone, WhatsApp, your bank).
6. Set battery to Unrestricted: long-press the app icon, then App info, then Battery, then Unrestricted.
   • On Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Realme: also turn on Autostart.

That's it. Put your phone down.

• The ring fills up as the next batch gets closer.
• The big number shows how many notifications are waiting.
• Release now delivers everything immediately (your schedule stays the same).
• See waiting lets you peek at held notifications without releasing them.
• Deliver every changes the interval. The timer restarts.
• Batching switch pauses the app. Held notifications are released, and new ones show normally.

Search for an app and flip its switch. Switched-on apps skip batching.

Shows held notifications grouped by app, with times. Tap Release all now to get them.

• Start with 3 hours. Move to 6 or 12 once you're comfortable.
• Keep the important list short. Every app you add is one more interruption.
• Use "Release now" when you take a break, instead of checking each app.

Known limits: batches may arrive a few minutes late (Android saves battery). Summaries show text only, so buttons like "Reply" are not kept.

Stack: Java (core logic) + Kotlin / Jetpack Compose (UI) + WorkManager. Min SDK 26.

Build locally: open the folder in Android Studio, wait for Gradle sync, press Run.

Build on GitHub: every push runs .github/workflows/build.yml and uploads the APK under Actions, then Artifacts.

Quick test from a laptop (phone connected, USB debugging on):

adb shell cmd notification post -t "Test title" test1 "Hello from test"

The notification should vanish and the waiting count should go up.