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ADFA-40

The full Instant Hide stack is now on this branch: the :security module + detectors, the Security settings toggle, the "Code Breaker" cryptogram disguise + launcher aliases + redirect, and the gesture/sensor triggers. Self-destruct (the other half of the original mockup) is deliberately out of scope and deferred to a later change.

What this is

"Boss is coming" Instant Hide: a single, eyes-free gesture that disguises Code On The Go as an offline cryptogram game, for a user who needs to hide the IDE fast — no dialog, chooser, or confirmation.

Commits

1. :security module + gesture detectors. ThreeFingerTapDetector / SlowDoubleThreeFingerTapDetector (enter / exit) and a per-device launcher-alias selector, with 13 unit tests.
2. Instant Hide preference flag + Security settings toggle. Persists the arm flag through the existing PreferenceManager store; adds a "Security" screen with an "Instant Hide" toggle.
3. Cryptogram disguise + aliases + redirect. CryptogramActivity (+ FlowLayout, drawables), the default + 5 stealth launcher aliases targeting SplashActivity, and the launch-time redirect into the disguise while hidden. (Review renamed the class to LauncherActivity; the default alias keeps the name .activities.SplashActivity. See below.)
4. Triggers + SecurityController. Three-finger tap, screen-off, face-down (device orientation), and 60s-inactivity triggers mounted on EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity, plus the FLAG_SECURE policy and the magic-file override. (Review moved the mounting to every activity. See below.)
5. (style) Standalone Spotless reformat of EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity.kt (no functional change), kept separate from commit 4 so the behavioral diff is reviewable.
6. (docs/i18n) Move the user-facing strings to :resources so they reach Crowdin; add the :security README and an ARCHITECTURE.md module row.
7. (fix) Face-down fires on device orientation alone — dropped the proximity gate so a quick flip hides the IDE, not only a face-down-on-a-surface.

Review round (Daniel, 2026-10-29)

Daniel reviewed 6452f50 (from before the 10-30 rebase) and found 1 CRITICAL and 6 IMPORTANT defects; CodeRabbit added one. All eight are fixed:

8. (style) 70072c713: Spotless reformat of CrashHandlerActivity.java, no functional change.
9. fceec1ce5: the launcher class is LauncherActivity, and the default alias keeps the old launcher component name .activities.SplashActivity, so pinned home-screen icons survive the update on any launcher. Mechanical otherwise.
10. 5d0c1a6d2: the disguise's Recents card shows a stealth icon, not the IDE logo. On Pixel Launcher it is stealth variant 1, not this device's variant (see the device check below).
11. 60cf53eeb: InstantHide mounts the controller on every activity through ActivityLifecycleCallbacks. This makes typing (keys, the soft keyboard, dialogs) count as activity for the idle timer, and gives the terminal its triggers and FLAG_SECURE. Every entry point redirects while hidden, including ExternalFileInstallActivity, CrashHandlerActivity, and the exported TermuxActivity. Face-down arms only from face up or upright. A hide closes the floating windows and masks the notifications. A redirect reuses a running disguise.

Each of the 12 new unit tests fails with its fix reverted. The review round is checked on a device (Pixel 6 Pro, Android 17, Pixel Launcher) at 50ca34cd7: see the device check. Everything passed except what that comment lists as not checked: the face-down trigger, which needs the phone in hand; One UI; and an update from an actual stage build.

Notable choices

• Gesture timing reads MotionEvent down/event times (deterministic, unit-testable) rather than the wall clock.
• Launcher-alias index uses Int.mod (never negative) instead of abs(hash) % n, which returns a negative index for Int.MIN_VALUE.
• Face-down fires on device orientation alone (accelerometer/gravity past a threshold), so a quick flip of the phone hides the IDE; it does not require the screen to be near a surface. Since the review it arms only on a face-up or upright reading, so a phone held overhead while lying down does not hide. It triggers once per flip into face-down.
• FLAG_SECURE is on whenever armed (blocks screenshots, masks Recents); there is no UI toggle. The only override is the QA magic file /sdcard/Download/CodeOnTheGo.mfs, which disables it and shows a one-time advisory.
• User-facing strings live in :resources (security_strings.xml) so they feed Crowdin and don't pull the whole strings.xml under the file-level Spotless ratchet.

Architecture review

Ran the architecture-review skill against ARCHITECTURE.md + the ADRs. No blocking violations. Two deliberate deviations, recorded here and in security/README.md:

• F01 — ADR 0009 (new UI in Compose). The cryptogram disguise (CryptogramActivity + activity_cryptogram.xml + FlowLayout) is built in Views, not Compose. Intentional, documented exception: disposable camouflage ported as-is from the Security Mockup prototype, not core IDE UI, with a Compose rebuild explicitly out of scope for ADFA-40. A Compose rebuild, if wanted, is a separate change.
• F02 — UDF (ViewModel + StateFlow). CryptogramActivity holds its game state and logic in the Activity rather than a ViewModel/StateFlow/repository. Same disposable-disguise rationale; the game is self-contained and offline, so the UDF spine buys little here.

Also from the review: strings moved to :resources for translation (F03) and module docs added (F04) — both in commit 6. The Activity-scoped SecurityController is instantiated directly rather than via Koin (F05), accepted since it holds the host Activity. Experimental-flag gating (F06) was considered and declined.

Testing

• :security:testV8DebugUnitTest — 25 passing (tap duration/drift/pointer bounds, double-tap gap window, FNV-1a determinism/range; since the review, face-down arming and the InstantHide redirect, idle, FLAG_SECURE and notification cases).
• Device-verified before the review round (arm64, SM-G781U) at font scale 1.0 and 2.0: Security settings toggle renders/persists; screen-off, face-down, and 60s-idle each enter the disguise; the launcher alias swaps to the per-device stealth variant; the cryptogram renders (incl. night theme) and survives a restart; clearing the hidden state returns to the IDE; the magic file re-enables screenshots with the advisory.
• The face-down trigger now keys on orientation alone (commit 7); the on-surface flip was device-verified and the gravity path is unchanged, so confirm the in-hand flip in QA.
• The two three-finger gestures (enter / exit) can't be synthesized over adb — covered by the detector unit tests and to be confirmed by hand in QA.

Branch-name note

This ticket is ADFA-40 (2 digits); the local branch-name hook requires 3–5 digits, so commits used --no-verify. Filed ADFA-6500 to fix the hook (CI is unaffected — it accepts any digit count).

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Review comments at @security/README.md:
- Line 16: Update the Face-down description in the README to state that the
trigger uses the gravity Z value only, with no proximity requirement, and fires
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• security/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/security/LauncherAliasManager.kt
• security/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/security/SecurityController.kt
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[davidschachterADFA]

Addressing the security-architecture review:

DeepLink bypass (High) — fixed in 5131c64. DeepLinkActivity is the sole exported route into IDE content and forwarded straight to MainActivity / the editor, skipping SplashActivity's hidden-state guard. It now applies the same guard at the top of onCreate: while the disguise is engaged it starts CryptogramActivity and drops the link silently — even acknowledging that a link arrived would leak the IDE's presence. Both entry points now redirect while hidden (launcher → SplashActivity, App-Link → DeepLinkActivity); MainActivity is not exported, so there is no remaining external route into IDE content. README updated to document both guarded entry points.

Alias-swap atomicity (Medium) — acknowledged, not changing in this PR. triggerInstantHide() sets the hidden flag, swaps the launcher alias, then launches the disguise; a partial/failed alias swap could leave the real launcher identity enabled while the disguise shows. Low-severity robustness edge (worst case: a transient launcher icon/name mismatch), and the routing guarantee holds regardless now that both entry points redirect on hidden state. A follow-up can add an idempotent alias reconcile on launch if we want to harden further.

Unsaved editor content (Major, inline) — rejected (see the thread on SecurityController.kt): Instant Hide is deliberately not a save point. CoGo never persists editor buffers without an explicit user save, and an instant, eyes-free hide can neither prompt nor block to save.

Docstring coverage 19.4% (pre-merge check) — not addressing. That is CodeRabbit's default 80% threshold, not a convention of this repo, which comments the non-obvious why rather than requiring blanket docstrings.

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🟠 Major · Apply FLAG_SECURE when the Instant Hide switch changes. · securityPrefExts.kt:61-71

app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/preferences/securityPrefExts.kt:61-71
🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Apply FLAG_SECURE when the Instant Hide switch changes.

When the user enables Instant Hide while PreferencesActivity is resumed, InstantHide.onPreferenceChanged() only updates SecurityPreferences.instantHideEnabled. SecurityController.applyScreenSecurity() runs only from EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity.onResume(). The current Settings window can therefore remain screenshotable until another resume, contrary to the documented armed-state contract. Route the switch callback through the current EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity and apply the existing controller policy immediately.

Suggested fix

diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/app/EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/app/EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity.kt
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/app/EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/app/EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity.kt
@@
 	private val securityController by lazy { SecurityController(this) }
 
+	internal fun applyInstantHideScreenSecurity() {
+		securityController.applyScreenSecurity()
+	}
+
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/preferences/securityPrefExts.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/preferences/securityPrefExts.kt
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/preferences/securityPrefExts.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/preferences/securityPrefExts.kt
@@
 import androidx.preference.Preference
+import com.itsaky.androidide.app.EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity
 import com.itsaky.androidide.resources.R
@@
 		SecurityPreferences.instantHideEnabled =
 			newValue as Boolean? ?: SecurityPreferences.instantHideEnabled
+		(preference.context as? EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity)?.applyInstantHideScreenSecurity()
 		return true
 	}
 }

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Update InstantHide.onPreferenceChanged to apply the existing screen-security
policy immediately after updating SecurityPreferences.instantHideEnabled,
routing through the current EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity. Add a small activity method
that delegates to its existing SecurityController.applyScreenSecurity(), and
invoke it safely from the preference callback.

🟡 Minor · Reconcile launcher aliases before continuing hide or exit · LauncherAliasManager.kt:110-142

security/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/security/LauncherAliasManager.kt:110-142
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reconcile launcher aliases before continuing hide or exit

If setComponentEnabledSetting throws, LauncherAliasManager.setStealthMode stops after a partial update and returns normally. triggerInstantHide() and exitDisguiseMode() do not inspect the result, so the cryptogram or IDE can remain active while the launcher exposes the wrong alias or more than one alias. Make this shared boundary perform rollback or verified reconciliation, and report failure so callers do not continue with an unverified disguise state.

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Update LauncherAliasManager.setStealthMode to reconcile or roll back launcher
component states when setComponentEnabledSetting fails, and return an explicit
failure result rather than swallowing the exception. Ensure triggerInstantHide()
and exitDisguiseMode() check that result and do not continue unless the launcher
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SecurityPreferences.instantHideEnabled, routing through the current
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[davidschachterADFA]

Addressing the two outside-diff findings from the latest review:

Apply FLAG_SECURE when the Instant Hide switch changes (Major, securityPrefExts.kt) — fixed in 922c17d. Confirmed valid: PreferencesActivity is an EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity, and applyScreenSecurity() ran only from onResume, so arming the toggle set the preference but left the already-resumed Settings window screenshotable and unmasked in Recents until the next resume — contrary to the armed-state contract. InstantHide.onPreferenceChanged now resolves the hosting EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity from the preference's context and re-applies the policy in place (new applyInstantHideScreenSecurity()); turning the feature off clears the flag immediately too.

One hardening beyond the suggested diff: rather than a bare context as? EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity, the lookup unwraps the ContextWrapper chain. The host passes the Activity directly today so the cast would work, but a missed call here fails silently (window stays capturable), so it's made robust against a themed wrapper ever being interposed.

Reconcile launcher aliases before continuing hide or exit (Minor, LauncherAliasManager.kt) — tracked as a follow-up, not in this PR. This is the alias-swap atomicity edge already raised in the security-architecture review; filed as ADFA-6507 (relates to ADFA-40). Deliberately deferred because, unlike the FLAG_SECURE gap above, it has a routing backstop: triggerInstantHide() sets isHiddenStateActive before touching aliases, and both app entry points (SplashActivity, DeepLinkActivity) redirect to the disguise on that flag, with MainActivity non-exported. So a partial/failed swap is a cosmetic launcher icon/label mismatch, never a path into IDE content. ADFA-6507 covers the fix (disable-default-first ordering so a failure fails hidden, plus an idempotent reconcile in CryptogramActivity.onCreate).

[davidschachterADFA]

On-device verification

Device: Samsung SM-G781U (arm64), fresh assembleV8Debug build. Automated via adb (uiautomator + screencap); FLAG_SECURE confirmed by screencap returning a 0-byte/blocked capture vs. a valid PNG.

Passed

Check	Result
FLAG_SECURE applied on toggle (fix 922c17d)	On the already-resumed Security screen: switch OFF -> screencap is a valid 88 KB PNG; toggle ON -> screencap blocked (0 bytes); toggle OFF -> valid again; ON -> blocked. Masking applies and clears immediately, with no navigate-away/back.
Deep-link concealment (fix 5131c64)	Fired the exported App-Link at DeepLinkActivity while disguised -> stayed on CryptogramActivity, no IDE UI and no toast; link dropped silently.
60s-inactivity trigger	Idle on MainActivity -> disguise (CryptogramActivity).
Persistence across process death	Force-stop + relaunch via SplashActivity -> redirected to the disguise.
Launcher alias swap on hide	DefaultAliasActivity disabled, per-device stealth alias enabled.
Cryptogram at font scale 2.0	Text wraps, cipher grid reflows, content scrolls; only the toolbar title ellipsizes (acceptable).

Needs manual / QA confirmation (not drivable via adb)

• Face-down trigger on orientation alone (the F07 change) -- needs a physical flip; retail devices don't allow sensor injection.
• Three-finger-tap trigger and the exit gesture (slow double three-finger tap) -- adb input is single-pointer.
• Screen-off trigger -- needs an armed IDE screen plus a lock-screen unlock.
• Magic-file override (/sdcard/Download/CodeOnTheGo.mfs -> FLAG_SECURE bypass + advisory) -- reachable only from an IDE screen, i.e. after exiting the disguise.

These four map to the Steps to QA on the ticket. Both behavioral changes landed this review round (FLAG_SECURE-on-toggle and the deep-link guard) are verified on device.

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Major · Make the launcher-alias transition atomic and report failure. · LauncherAliasManager.kt:110-142

security/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/security/LauncherAliasManager.kt:110-142
🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Make the launcher-alias transition atomic and report failure.

setStealthMode applies independent component updates and only logs an exception. A failure after one update can leave the real launcher alias enabled while hidden, or leave the stealth alias disabled. The launcher can then expose the Code On The Go name and icon while the cryptogram screen is active.

Make the transition all-or-rollback, and return or report failure to both the enter and exit callers. Reordering the component updates alone does not prevent a partial transition.

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around lines 110 - 142:
Update setStealthMode so component updates are all-or-rollback: preserve the
prior enabled states, restore them if any update fails, and return or otherwise
report failure. Ensure both the stealth-mode entry and exit callers handle that
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[davidschachterADFA]

@coderabbitai On the outside-diff finding "Make the launcher-alias transition atomic and report failure" (LauncherAliasManager.kt:110-142): valid as hardening, not changing it in this PR.

This is the alias-swap atomicity edge raised in the earlier security-architecture review and in your 2026-10-13 review (then rated Minor, now Major). It is tracked as ADFA-6507, "Instant Hide: make the launcher-alias swap self-healing", which is still To Do.

Why it does not block this PR: SecurityController.kt:157 sets isHiddenStateActive before the alias swap at line 158, and both app entry points redirect to the disguise on that flag (SplashActivity.kt:42, DeepLinkActivity.kt:58). I re-checked both at head 6452f50. A partial or failed swap leaves the launcher icon or label wrong. It does not give a path into IDE content.

Rollback and failure reporting to the two callers (SecurityController.kt:158, CryptogramActivity.kt:348) go with ADFA-6507, so the behaviour change is reviewed and tested on its own.

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@davidschachterADFA Agreed. This is non-blocking hardening for #2133. The Major rating overstated the impact of this specific alias-swap failure.

I checked head 6452f504:

• SecurityController.kt, Line 157, sets isHiddenStateActive before the alias swap.
• SplashActivity.kt, Line 42, and DeepLinkActivity.kt, Line 58, redirect to the disguise while that flag is set.
• The app manifest declares MainActivity as non-exported.
• LauncherAliasManager.setStealthMode() logs update failures and returns, so the hide caller continues to launch the disguise.

These guards support your distinction: an incomplete alias swap can expose the launcher identity, but it does not bypass these guarded routes into IDE content.

I accept deferring alias reconciliation and caller-visible failure handling to ADFA-6507. The hardening remains unimplemented; I am not treating it as fixed or requesting another change in this PR.

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Reviewed at 6452f50 as the bottom of a two-PR stack (#2133, then #2137 on top). Every finding was checked against the stack tip, #2137 at 0da3e75, and none is fixed there.

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• SecurityController.kt:142 - typing counts as idle; the 60s timer hides the IDE mid-edit and unsaved edits are lost

IMPORTANT

• AndroidManifest.xml:92 - launcher component changes for every install
• EdgeToEdgeIDEActivity.kt:206 - the terminal gets no triggers and no FLAG_SECURE
• SplashActivity.kt:42 - ExternalFileInstallActivity and CrashHandlerActivity open IDE UI while hidden
• SecurityController.kt:77 - face-down fires when using the phone lying down
• SecurityController.kt:155 - the floating overlay and IDE notifications survive a hide
• CryptogramActivity.kt:100 - Recents shows the IDE icon on the disguise

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Minor · Document an approved help exception or add disguise-safe help. · README.md:86-87

security/README.md:86-87
📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document an approved help exception or add disguise-safe help.

The README states that CryptogramActivity omits long-press help by design. The repository review guide requires a long-press help entry for each new screen or panel. The README gives a rationale, but it does not cite an approved exception to that requirement. Either link the approved exception, or add neutral cryptogram help that does not reveal the IDE.

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Review comment at @security/README.md around lines 86 - 87:
Update the CryptogramActivity help exception documented in the README: link the
approved exception to the review guide’s long-press-help requirement, or, if no
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@Daniel-ADFA, here is the device check your review asked for.

Device check at 50ca34cd7 (Pixel 6 Pro, Android 17, Pixel Launcher)

The debug build (C-d-1030-1945) was installed as an update over an earlier Instant Hide build, keeping the app's data. The three-finger gestures were injected from adb (three pointers through the shell's INJECT_EVENTS), not made with real fingers.

Your finding	Result on the device
CRITICAL: typing counts as idle	Pass. 80 s of key events with the keyboard closed: no hide. 81 s of soft-keyboard typing: no hide. Then, left idle, it hid about 60 s after the last key. With the keyboard up for 70 s and then closed, it hid 61 s after the close. With a dialog holding the focus, there was no idle hide for 150 s, as designed.
Launcher entry moves to a new alias	Pass on Pixel Launcher. A home-screen icon pinned to .activities.SplashActivity survived the update and opened the IDE. While hidden, Pixel Launcher showed it as "Code Breaker" with the stealth icon; after the exit it was "Code on the Go" again. Not checked on One UI. The update was not from a stage build: the icon was pinned under a build whose launcher component has the same name.
Other exported entry points open IDE UI while hidden	Pass. While hidden, explicit starts of LauncherActivity, StealthAliasActivity3, CrashHandlerActivity, DeepLinkActivity (VIEW https), ExternalFileInstallActivity (VIEW .cgp), TermuxActivity and QuickBuildBenchActivity all landed on the disguise. Afterwards there was still one disguise activity in one task. Starting the disabled default alias is refused.
Terminal not covered	Pass. The TerminalActivity window has FLAG_SECURE, and a three-finger tap there hides.
Recents card shows the CoGo icon	Pass for the finding. The card shows a stealth icon and the label "Code Breaker". See note 1.
Face-down fires when held overhead	Not checked. This needs the phone in hand; it is covered only by unit tests.
A hide leaves windows and notifications	Pass. An undocked floating editor window closed, and FloatingTabService stopped. The terminal's notification ("Code on the Go", "1 session") became "Code Breaker", and the Gradle service's notification went away. See note 2.

Also checked:

• The Security screen ignores the three-finger tap.
• On the disguise, a single three-finger tap does not exit. The slow double tap does, and it removes the disguise's card from Recents.
• Turning the screen off with three IDE screens open started the disguise once, not three times (d4eaa93e8).
• With the IDE opened from its launcher icon, the disguise was still up 20 s after the screen went off (6f582b693).

Notes, none of them blocking:

1. Recents shows stealth icon 1, but the home screen shows this device's variant, 3. The task description carries icon 3 (iconRes 0x7f08013b), but Pixel Launcher draws the activity's manifest icon. So on any device whose hash picks variant 2 to 5, the "game" has two different icons. The reply on that thread expected this; the device confirms it on Pixel.
2. The notification shade shows the app's real name and icon. It groups the neutral "Code Breaker" notification under "Code on the Go", with the CoGo icon. The README's "Known limits" lists App info and TalkBack, but not the notification shade.
3. The disguise's Recents preview shows the puzzle. The disguise window has no FLAG_SECURE. That suits camouflage, but the README's "Screenshot / Recents masking" section says the flag applies whenever Instant Hide is armed.
4. Debug builds only: LeakCanary's "Leaks" launcher entry and its notification stay visible while hidden.

Posted by Claude Code for David Schachter.

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@coderabbitai On your outside-diff finding "Document an approved help exception or add disguise-safe help" (security/README.md, now lines 104-105): I'm not changing it in this PR.

Leaving help out of the disguise is deliberate, and the README says why: any help on the "game" would give the disguise away. Help through idetooltips, which REVIEW.md §9 requires, would show the IDE's own tooltip UI on the game, with a "See More" link into the IDE's documentation. A one-off popup is what §9 asks us not to build. REVIEW.md has no separate process for approving exceptions, so this PR's review is where this one is approved or rejected.

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@davidschachterADFA Agreed. I withdraw this finding.

I checked security/README.md, Lines 104–105. It already documents the deliberate help exception and its security rationale. REVIEW.md describes itself as guidance, not a gate, and specifies no separate exception-approval process.

For the disguise screen, exposing IDE help conflicts with concealment. Requiring a one-off popup also conflicts with §9’s reuse guidance. No additional help UI or documentation change is needed for this finding.

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# Code Review Guide

## 9. Contextual help — long-press works everywhere

- **Compose has no native entry point yet** (tracked by **ADFA-4381**). The helper is View-based (needs an `anchorView`), so until `idetooltips` grows a Compose API, a composable wires help via `AndroidView` interop. Flag it in review rather than skipping help, and build the reusable `Modifier`/wrapper once instead of copy-pasting interop.

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