Forest

September 11, 2025 · View on GitHub

Track your daily step count, stay healthy and fight the climate change, one step at a time.

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🌳 Inspiration

A couple of years ago together with my friends, I took part in a programming competition. The objective was to build a mobile app that solves a global problem. We didn't win, but the app we built quickly spread in our families.

🥕 Features

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  • Track your step count, burned calories, distance traveled and CO₂ saved
  • Get rewarded by completing your daily goal and stay motivated
  • Get handy notifications when your daily stats get updated
  • View a daily history of your progress
  • View a detailed summary of your overall progress

🐻‍❄️ Installation and First Launch

  1. Download the latest stable application binary (.apk file) from Releases.
  2. Tap on the downloaded file and temporarily allow installation from unknown sources, if prompted (turn it back off after installation).
  3. On some devices you may encounter a Play Protect warning, but don't worry — the app is safe to use and open-sourced. I'm just an unverified developer.
  4. Click “Install” and wait for the app to install.
  5. You are now good to go 🚀.

Caution

On most devices you'll need to turn off the app battery optimizations for the app to count steps accurately. Forest uses a minimal amount of power and it won't impact your battery life.

  • Xiaomi devices running MIUI 14
    1. Go to Settings > Apps > Manage apps > Forest > Battery saver.
    2. Select "No restrictions".
  • Devices running Lineage OS 22.2
    1. Go to Settings > Apps > All apps > Forest > App battery usage > Allow background usage (tap on the setting name to enter another menu).
    2. Enable “Allow background usage”.
    3. Change battery optimizations to “Unrestricted”.

🪴 Technologies

  • Kotlin
  • Flows and Coroutines
  • Room
  • Shared Preferences
  • Navigation Component
  • AndroidX Preference Library
  • MVVM Design Pattern
  • Clean Architecture
  • Material You Dynamic Theming

🐌 Resources

https://www.notion.so/bartek537/Forest-223bc0c0f5be80bcbb4cc738eefe1ddd