Nightbell

What version 3.0.5 is allowed to do once installed. Highlighted entries reach outside the app’s own sandbox and are worth a second look.

• Access Network State

  See whether you are online and on which type of network.

  android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

• Access Notification Policy

  No description available for this permission.

  android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY

• Dynamic Receiver Not Exported Permission

  No description available for this permission.

  me.river.nightbell.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

• Foreground Service

  Keep running in the background with a visible notification.

  android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE

• Foreground Service Special Use

  No description available for this permission.

  android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE

• Internet

  Send and receive data over the internet.

  android.permission.INTERNET

• Post Notifications

  Show notifications.

  android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS

• Post Promoted Notifications

  No description available for this permission.

  android.permission.POST_PROMOTED_NOTIFICATIONS

• Receive Boot Completed

  No description available for this permission.

  android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED

• Request Ignore Battery Optimizations

  No description available for this permission.

  android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS

• Use Full Screen Intent

  No description available for this permission.

  android.permission.USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT

• Vibrate

  Use the vibration motor.

  android.permission.VIBRATE

• Wake Lock

  Keep the device awake while working in the background.

  android.permission.WAKE_LOCK

1. v3.0.5Latestbuild 27Scanned

   Released

   25 Aug 2026

   Size

   2.1 MB

   Requires

   Android 8.0+

   3.0.5 Answers a security review of 3.0.4 on the F-Droid merge request. The verdict was pass with recommendations, so nothing here was a defect, but three of the four were worth doing. The cleartext policy moved out of the manifest into res/xml/network_security_config.xml. It still permits cleartext, because a lot of what people monitor has no certificate and never will: a NAS on a LAN address, a container on a homelab box, a printer. What changed is that the policy is now a file you can read a

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