testsAndMisc/focus_owner
Krzysztof kuhy Rudnicki f33fd03a16 focus_owner: keep the unhide path reachable, never hide the enforcer
setApplicationHidden drops a package from the default PackageManager
enumeration even though it stays installed=true, so a sweep querying
with flags 0 could never see anything it had already hidden. That made
packagesToShow permanently empty: measured on device, a pass following
one that hid three apps reported "hid 0, restored 0" and left them
hidden with no way back. Query with MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES instead.

Hiding the enforcer itself is the other unrecoverable case, since it
takes the escape hatch and the trigger with it. The exporter now injects
com.kuhy.focus_owner into both the day and night allowlists so the
decision layer cannot propose it, and the runner keeps its point-of-use
skip to cover a policy asset rendered before this fix or hand-edited.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YQLwdquDCNmWtvgi3Lk72J
2026-08-10 15:33:18 +02:00
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android focus_owner: keep the unhide path reachable, never hide the enforcer 2026-08-10 15:33:18 +02:00
assets focus_owner: keep the unhide path reachable, never hide the enforcer 2026-08-10 15:33:18 +02:00
docs focus_owner: keep the unhide path reachable, never hide the enforcer 2026-08-10 15:33:18 +02:00
lib Run enforcement from exact alarms, and re-arm it before first unlock 2026-08-09 21:50:58 +02:00
scripts Provision home coordinates out of git; layer the workout signal; drop the test hook 2026-08-09 21:42:20 +02:00
test Provision home coordinates out of git; layer the workout signal; drop the test hook 2026-08-09 21:42:20 +02:00
.gitignore Make focus policy and blocklist usable without root; fix workout CDN unblock 2026-08-05 09:15:02 +02:00
.metadata Make focus policy and blocklist usable without root; fix workout CDN unblock 2026-08-05 09:15:02 +02:00
analysis_options.yaml Make focus policy and blocklist usable without root; fix workout CDN unblock 2026-08-05 09:15:02 +02:00
pubspec.lock Make focus policy and blocklist usable without root; fix workout CDN unblock 2026-08-05 09:15:02 +02:00
pubspec.yaml Exempt the generated policy asset from prettier 2026-08-05 09:40:44 +02:00
README.md Make focus policy and blocklist usable without root; fix workout CDN unblock 2026-08-05 09:15:02 +02:00

focus_owner

Device Owner companion app for unrooted focus mode. Currently inert: it can be provisioned as device owner, but it applies no restrictions.

Why the escape hatch ships first

dpm remove-active-admin does not work on a device owner. The only exit that avoids a factory reset is DevicePolicyManager.clearDeviceOwnerApp(), callable solely by this package on itself. An app that locks the device down before proving it can let go leaves a soft-brick recoverable only through fastboot — painful on a locked bootloader, and impossible to reach if DISALLOW_FACTORY_RESET is ever set.

So: DevicePolicyBridge.releaseDeviceOwner() is implemented, unit-tested, and reachable from the app's main screen with no PC attached. Enforcement is added only after that path has been exercised on a provisioned device.

Provisioning (NOT done yet — requires a factory reset)

dpm set-device-owner refuses to run while any account exists on the device. The Pixel 6a has 6, so provisioning means a wipe. See ~/.claude/projects/-home-kuhy-testsAndMisc/memory/device-owner-not-root-banking-works.md for what does and does not survive that, and for the Google Wallet open risk.

Once wiped, before adding any account:

adb install -r build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-debug.apk
adb shell dpm set-device-owner com.kuhy.focus_owner/.FocusDeviceAdminReceiver

Then immediately verify tap-to-pay and banking apps, while the release button is still reachable.

Build and verify

cd ~/testsAndMisc/focus_owner
flutter analyze && flutter test
flutter build apk --debug
adb -s 23181JEGR08034 install -r build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-debug.apk
adb -s 23181JEGR08034 shell am start -n com.kuhy.focus_owner/.MainActivity

The status screen reads live state over the platform channel; "Android SDK 36" confirms the Kotlin bridge is working.

Still to do

  • Consume the policy JSON from python_pkg/focus_policy (export.py).
  • Add enforcement (setApplicationHidden, addUserRestriction, setAlwaysOnVpnPackage) — only after the release path is verified on-device.
  • Verify setApplicationHidden survives a reboot. pm suspend and pm disable-user both do NOT; do not assume the DPM equivalent behaves the same until measured.