This page explains why PeaceBreak declares foreground services and provides short demo videos for review.
PeaceBreak plays audio (music and ambient sounds). When audio is playing or paused, the app runs a media playback foreground service to keep playback stable and to show a persistent system media notification with play/pause/next/previous controls. The notification is visible only while playback is active or paused and is dismissed when playback stops. No video, no PiP, no ads.
When users enable Shake‑to‑Play, the app runs a lightweight foreground service with a persistent notification that reads the accelerometer to detect a deliberate shake gesture and trigger playback. The same service briefly handles user‑initiated timed events like the sleep timer or PeaceBreak reminders by posting app events. No backup/restore, no media transcoding, no file import/export, no location, no analytics, no ads.
Exact alarms are not used. The app relies on inexact scheduling with Android‑compatible fallbacks.
Manifest alignment: mediaPlayback → TrackPlayer service; dataSync → ShakeDetectionService.