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It took me a moment to find, but Alertly claims to do something similar while being open-source. Last commit was made two years ago though. https://f-droid.org/packages/com.example.notificationalerter https://github.com/lightningcpu/Alertly

What about this? https://f-droid.org/packages/co.adityarajput.notifilter

If you're feeling skeptical and just want to be sure, you can use this NetGuard https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard to block internet access for any app.

TIL! What a find. Thanks mate! I might actually try this now.

Here is a fun story. Just like you, I too live in a “gated community”, and we also default to MyGate. We have a founders group in there, and the things with MyGate and its irritations would sometimes come up. We all would wink and go about our days. The founder of MyGate is in the group and is one of the neighbors. We sometimes teased that we would just camp out outside his home, asking him to fix these excessive notification issues and bugs, and to add/edit features. ;-) Another founder friend lives in a different mid-sized community and was using MyGate. He got pissed not just at the ads but at the massive data gathering—contacts, camera, flashlight, and everything. He ended up creating https://dobermanapp.com

Android (at least on Pixel) recently added a notification spam detection system, under the name "Notification Organizer". Unfortunately they don't let you block the spam, only deprioritize it. So it won't make noise, but you still have to manually dismiss it from the notification drawer. The PMs almost had the right idea... Luckily on Android you can use Tasker and the AutoNotification plugin to block specific notifications that bug you. And I guess this app is now another alternative. I don't know how iOS people live without the ability to do this. My wife, who uses iOS, is constantly complaining about annoying notifications and there's nothing I can do to help her.

Step 1: Within the Facebook App (Most Important) Open the Facebook app. Tap the Menu icon (three lines/your profile picture) > Settings & Privacy > Settings. Scroll to Notifications (under "Notifications and Permissions"). Tap Notifications, then select Push notifications. Toggle off all notification types (Comments, Likes, Tags, Birthdays, etc.) and turn off the main Push Notifications toggle. Check Email & SMS Notifications and Mobile Push Notifications to disable any lingering alerts there. Step 2: In Android System Settings Open your phone's Settings app. Go to Apps, Apps & notifications, or Applications (depending on your Android version). Find and tap on Facebook. Tap Notifications. Turn the main All Facebook notifications toggle OFF (it should turn gray). Step 3: For Browser-Based Notifications (Pop-ups) Open your browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) on your phone. Go to Settings > Site Settings > Notifications. Find Facebook in the allowed list and block it, or remove it entirely. If They Still Persist (Advanced) Check for app updates: Sometimes updates reset settings; re-apply Step 1 and 2. Use a third-party blocker: Apps like Freedom or similar tools can block the app or its notifications at a system level. Restrict Background Data: In Android Settings > Apps > Facebook > Mobile data & Wi-Fi, you can restrict background data usage.

I use an app called BuzzKill on Android for achieving this and many more things. I usually keep my notification bar at an absolute minimum when it comes to the number of notifications, but this app allows me to set rules for notifications based on their content. By default, all apps that I use have notifications turned off by default and they also get into deep sleep mode. So I'm sure they are not even running after a while. Only apps like WhatsApp, Slack, Signal can receive notifications. And by using the rules on Buzzkill, I am also able to automatically discard marketing notifications and useless notifications from these apps as well. For an app like Google Maps though, I completely turned off notifications because there's really no need for me to have them. If you go into the notification settings through the Google Maps app, it's a big shitshow because it has some 40 categories that you will have to manually manage and I'm sure this was designed for the very purpose of letting users become tired after looking at them and then leave things as is. Similarly, I do think the vast majority of the apps that we use don't need to send us any notifications at all. Thanks to Android for adding this feature to block all notifications from apps some four years ago, I guess.

I second Buzzkill. My comment was going to be "What does this do that Buzzkill doesn't?"

Honestly I did not know about Buzzkill. I suppose the big differentiator is that DoNotNotify is absolutely free.

Well yeah, it's great that you made a free app that can do similar things, I was just pointing at an alternative that folks can try.

Glad there are other options! Before Buzzkill I used another app that stopped being maintained and then stopped working on newer Androids. I had to deal with notifications for a year before I found Buzzkill.

there is a very similar app with much bigger history and (obviously) greater reputation: BuzzKill. [0] it's paid, available on Google Play, has tons of features and then some. also, I bet that Android platform forbids you from requesting the internet permission if you use some "dangerous" permissions, e.g. reading notifications. EDIT: added link. [0]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston....

A couple years back I was looking for this sort of solution and ended up paying money to buy FilterBox which I've found to be good. There are certain apps that I would love to be able to uninstall but have to keep for one reason or another, so I really appreciate apps like these which prevent attention-stealing notifications from making it through :)

The Before Launcher for Android has a notification filter as well, and is a great simple launcher. It doesn't let you create rules, but you can enable/disable each app's notification, choose what kind of notification it gives, and you can enable/disable categories of notifications (call, navigation, event, alarm, progress, system, car_emergency, stopwatch, missed_call, reminder). You swipe right on the launcher and it shows you the pending notifications.

I used to use Spren app. It later disappeared. I still use an old apk that I preserved. Works great! This app looks great. Will try!

AutoNotification app can block persistent notifications if I understand correctly what it is. Hides things like "Wifi Calling" that you can't normally disable, swipe. Doesn't require root. So there might be the way. It became less reliable on latest samsung phones, but works on pixels afaik.

For samsung users I think good lock can do something similar.

If you really need an app, e.g. for work, put in a separate user profile (sorry iOS users, your phone is gimped).