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SnapFade

Screenshots go to the clipboard, not the gallery, and expire on a timer
New in version 0.4
First F-Droid release.

- No accessibility service any more: a plain Turn on button starts a quiet foreground service
- Save / Share popup at the bottom right, clear of the system's own screenshot preview
- Black and white UI, visible icons, segmented expiry picker
- Service restarts after reboot and after app updates
Most screenshots are throwaway: a quick share, a reference, a one-time paste. SnapFade makes them temporary by default and permanent only when you choose.

Take a screenshot the normal way. SnapFade moves it out of your gallery into its own private cache and puts it on the clipboard, so you can paste it straight into any app that accepts images. A small popup offers Save and Share. If you do nothing, the screenshot is deleted after the time you pick (1, 3, 6, 12 or 24 hours) and the clipboard entry goes dead with it.

How it works

  • Uses the default screenshot shortcut. No new gesture to learn.

  • Watches the media store for new screenshots and removes them from the gallery.

  • The clipboard holds a content URI; the image lives in the app's private cache until it expires.

  • Every pending screenshot is listed in the app with a countdown. Copy again, save, share or delete from there.



Permissions

  • All files access: to delete the original from the gallery without a prompt each time.

  • Display over other apps: for the Save / Share popup. Optional.

  • A quiet foreground service keeps it running; its notification is silent and minimised.



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  • Version 0.4 (4) suggested Added on Oct 25, 2026

    This version requires Android 11 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "specialUse"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "specialUse"
    • android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • This app can appear on top of other apps
      This app can appear on top of other apps or other parts of the screen. This may interfere with normal app usage and change the way that other apps appear.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • app.snapfade.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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