AeThex OS - Mobile Native Features

🚀 Implemented Features

✅ Core Integrations

Camera & Photos
- Take photos with device camera
- Pick photos from gallery
- Both support editing before save
- Returns base64 data for easy upload
File System Access
- Save files to Documents directory
- Read files from storage
- JSON export/import support
- Auto-toast notifications on save
Share API
- Share text to other apps
- Share URLs to social media
- Native share sheet integration
- Haptic feedback on share
Push & Local Notifications
- Request notification permissions
- Send local notifications
- Schedule notifications
- Push notification support (requires backend)
Geolocation
- Get current location (lat/long)
- Watch position changes
- High accuracy mode
- 10s timeout for quick response
Network Status
- Real-time connection monitoring
- Connection type detection (wifi/cellular)
- Online/offline status
- Auto-updates on network change
Clipboard
- Copy text to clipboard
- Paste from clipboard
- Auto-toast on copy
- Haptic feedback
Screen Orientation
- Lock to portrait/landscape
- Unlock orientation
- Useful for video/game apps
In-App Browser
- Open URLs in native browser
- No need to leave app context
- Auto-returns to app
Native Toasts
- Short/long duration
- Bottom positioned
- System-native styling
Haptic Feedback
- Light/medium/heavy vibrations
- Impact on all interactions
- Native-feeling UI
Device Info (Already integrated)
- Device model & manufacturer
- Unique device ID
- Platform detection
Status Bar Control (Already integrated)
- Hide/show status bar
- Overlay mode
- Color customization
Keyboard Management (Already integrated)
- Show/hide detection
- Auto-adjust layouts
- Smooth transitions

🎯 Quick Actions FAB

Floating Action Button with instant access to:

📷 Camera
🔗 Share
📍 Location
🔔 Notifications
📋 Clipboard
💾 Save Files
🌐 Browser
📡 Network Status

🔐 Biometric Authentication (Prepared)

Scaffolding ready for:

Fingerprint authentication
Face ID support
Device credential fallback
Secure session management

Note: Requires @capacitor-community/native-biometric plugin to fully enable.

📦 Future Enhancements

To add later:

Contacts API: Import/share contacts
Bluetooth: Device pairing & communication
NFC: Read/write NFC tags
Motion Sensors: Gyroscope & accelerometer
Flashlight: Toggle device torch
App Badge: Show unread counts
Background Sync: Data sync when app closed
Deep Links: aethex:// URL scheme

🛠️ Usage

All features are accessible through hooks:

import { useNativeFeatures } from '@/hooks/use-native-features';

function MyComponent() {
  const native = useNativeFeatures();
  
  // Take a photo
  const photo = await native.takePhoto();
  
  // Share content
  await native.shareText('Hello!');
  
  // Get location
  const pos = await native.getCurrentLocation();
  
  // Copy to clipboard
  await native.copyToClipboard('Some text');
}

📱 Permissions

App automatically requests permissions for:

Camera (on first use)
Location (on first use)
Notifications (on first request)
Storage (on first file access)

All permissions are requested just-in-time with clear context.

🎨 UI Integration

Quick Actions FAB on all mobile screens
Native haptics on all interactions
Toast notifications for feedback
Network status indicator
Location display

🔧 Configuration

See capacitor.config.ts for plugin configurations:

Splash screen settings
Notification icons
Push notification options
Deep linking schemes (coming soon)

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