The short version. Dashline collects no personal data, has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. The only data that ever leaves your device is an approximate location sent to a weather service so the app can show local weather — and that is optional.
Information the app uses
Location
- What: your device's approximate or precise coordinates, from the Android location service.
- Why: solely to fetch the current weather and forecast for where you are.
- Where it goes: to Open-Meteo, a free weather API, as part of a weather request. Nothing else is sent with it — no device identifiers, no account information.
- Retention: the app does not store your location. Coordinates are used for the request and discarded.
- Optional: you may decline the location permission. The weather panel then shows "Weather unavailable" and every other feature continues to work.
Open-Meteo's own terms are at open-meteo.com/en/terms.
Media playback information
If you enable Notification access, the app reads the currently playing track's title, artist and artwork from whichever media app is playing, so it can display them and offer playback controls.
- This information is read on the device and displayed on screen only.
- It is never transmitted anywhere and never stored.
- This access is optional and off by default. You can revoke it at any time in your device's system settings.
Installed applications
The app lists the applications installed on your device so it can show them in the app drawer and let you launch them. This is inherent to being a launcher. The list is read on the device, is never transmitted, and is never stored.
Information stored on your device
Your settings — chosen language, theme, colour scheme, default apps, favourites, hidden apps, and how often you open each app — are saved locally in the app's private storage. They never leave your device and are deleted when you uninstall the app.
Data sharing
No personal data is sold, rented or shared with third parties. The only outbound network request the app makes is the weather lookup described above.
Children's privacy
The app is not directed at children and collects no personal information from anyone.
Permissions
| Permission | Purpose |
|---|---|
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATION |
Fetch local weather. Optional. |
INTERNETACCESS_NETWORK_STATE |
Request weather data; show the Wi-Fi indicator. |
QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES |
List installed apps for the app drawer. Required for a launcher. |
BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE |
Read now-playing media info. Optional, off by default. |
Open source
Dashline is open source under the MIT licence. You can review exactly what it does at github.com/metehankaygsz/dashline.
Changes
Any changes to this policy will be published on this page with an updated date.
Contact
Questions about this policy: open an issue at github.com/metehankaygsz/dashline/issues.