Good morning Android users 👋

Version 0.4.3 is now available, introducing a new productivity enhancement while maintaining the UI and structural improvements from previous releases.

✨ What’s New​

🔕 Do Not Disturb Mode (NEW)​

• Rakiz now activates Do Not Disturb mode during Focus sessions.
• Helps eliminate distractions while the timer is running.
• Automatically aligns with productivity workflow.
• Designed to improve deep focus experience.

🔄 Dynamic App Bar​

• The AppBar updates dynamically based on the active session:
  • Focus
  • Short Break
  • Long Break
• Improves visual feedback and session awareness.

🛠 Improvements​

• Timer Typography Adjusted

  • Font size optimized to properly fit inside the circular layout.
  • Prevents overflow on smaller screen sizes.

• Settings AppBar Alignment

  • Title alignment moved from center to start (left-aligned).
  • Improves readability and follows Material Design conventions.

• Timer Settings Refactored

  • Timer duration configuration moved from the Home screen to Settings → Timer.
  • Provides better organization and cleaner Home UI.
  • Improves scalability for upcoming feature expansions.

⚠️ Known Limitations​

The following features are currently UI-present but not fully functional:

• Short Break duration customization
• Long Break duration customization
• Session length
• Timer settings logic (partially implemented)

Currently, only the following are fully functional:

• ✅ Focus set duration
• ✅ Do Not Disturb activation during Focus

These features are staged for full backend logic implementation in upcoming releases.

Thank you for using Rakiz ⏱️

Good morning Android users 👋

Version 0.4.1 is now available, bringing UI refinements and structural improvements to enhance usability and future scalability.

✨ What’s New​

🔄 Dynamic App Bar​

• The AppBar now updates dynamically based on the active session:
  • Focus
  • Short Break
  • Long Break
• Improves visual feedback and session awareness.

🛠 Improvements​

• Timer Typography Adjusted

  • Reduced font size to ensure proper fitting inside the circular layout.
  • Prevents overflow on smaller screen sizes.

• Settings AppBar Alignment

  • Title alignment moved from center to start (left-aligned).
  • Improves readability and follows Material Design conventions.

• Timer Settings Refactored

  • Timer duration configuration moved from the Home screen to Settings → Timer.
  • Provides better organization and cleaner Home UI.
  • Improves scalability for upcoming feature expansions.

⚠️ Known Limitations​

The following features are currently UI-present but not fully functional:

• Short Break duration customization
• Long Break duration customization
• Session length
• Timer settings logic (partially implemented)

Currently, only the following are fully functional:

• ✅ Focus set duration

These features are staged for backend logic implementation in upcoming releases.

Thank you for using Rakiz ⏱️

What's New in 0.3.5​

Bug Fixes & Improvements​

• Timer text now automatically adjusts to different phone screen sizes.
• Dark and light mode preferences are now saved in the app’s storage cache.
• Smooth and simple transitions for dark, light, and system-default themes.
• App license is now clearly displayed under Settings --> About --> License.

UI Changes​

• Navbar is now more minimal and rounded for a cleaner look.
• Settings page has been redesigned to be modern, minimal, and more functional.

Upcoming Features​

• Break functionality for the timer.
• Live notifications.

Navbar Redesign​

A new redesign has been applied to the app’s navigation bar to improve both usability and visual consistency.

This update introduces a cleaner layout and smoother interactions by leveraging a dedicated Flutter package.

Package & Effect​

The navigation bar is now implemented using the Google Nav Bar Flutter package:

👉 https://pub.dev/packages/google_nav_bar

This package provides customizable animations, modern styling, and better feedback for user interactions.

Below is a preview of the updated navigation bar:

Some users reported issues with screen rotation that caused the app’s UI to break. As a result, an urgent hotfix was released to force-disable screen rotation.

This release introduces the following features aimed at improving productivity and usability:

• 🔔 Alert Alarm – Automatically triggers when a focus session ends.
• ⏱️ Time Picker – Allows users to configure focus and break durations manually.
• 🎨 Redesigned Settings UI – Improved layout and usability with a modern, icon-based interface.

⚙️ Possible Integrations

This marks the initial MVP release, intentionally minimal to emphasize core features and help you begin.

• Start, pause, and resume a 25-minute timer
• Reset the timer at any time
• Dynamic theming that follows your system theme (Pixel users, we see you 😉)
• Option to force Light or Dark mode, overriding the system setting
• Simple, clean user interface for distraction-free use
• Responsive layout for phones of all sizes
• Basic notifications when the timer finishes
• Smooth animations when starting, pausing, or resetting the timer

Known limitations

• No history or statistics tracking yet
• Sounds and alerts are basic
• Limited customization options