Features & Capabilities

This app serves a single purpose: to display a notification with the current date and time as efficiently as possible. The goal is to work around several issues in Android 12 as experienced on a Pixel device at the start of November 2021:
- Lockscreen clock looks nicer if there is a notification.
- Current time is not visible when viewing notifications.
- Current date sometimes not visible on lockscreen.
- No AM/PM with status bar clock for 12-hour format.

Notes about efficiency trade-offs:
- Notifications use chronometer mode to display an elapsed time. This allows the app to be active only 2-3 times a day instead of every minute.
- Due to chronometer: No AM/PM label for 12-hour format. Try AM/PM icon style.
- Due to chronometer: No leading zeros visible for 24-hour format. Times like 01:23:45 are displayed like 1:23:45. Times like 00:12:34 are displayed like 24:12:34 (instead of 12:34).

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
covertbagel
Downloads:
154
Rating:
5.00
(9)
Version:
3 Last updated: 2021-12-30
Creation date:
2021-11-13
Email:
mo*****@covertbagel.com
URLs:
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Full description:
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Source:
Google Play Store
Data ingested on:
2025-02-19
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Contact the developer

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Developed by:
covertbagel
Google Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.covertbagel.modernsolution
Email:
mo*****@covertbagel.com

User Reviews

This great little app fixes the ugly Android 12 lock screen clock by showing a permanent notification with the current date and time. It does exactly what it says without ads or any other gotchas. Fixing this modern problem required this Modern Solution 😂
by Br*****, 2022-03-30

Thank the creator... Of this app. The unreadable monstrosity which is the Android 12 lock screen clock is a thing of the past. They need to fire the art school dropout who designed that thing, along with every sycophant who failed to stand up and say "hey, this thing really really sucks. We're not really going to ship this are we?"
by Ja*****, 2022-01-09
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