NetX is a lightweight Android application that allows you to monitor your real-time internet speed with a floating overlay and dynamic notification.
NetX also intelligently calculates and stores your Wi-Fi and Mobile Data usage separately, ensuring you have full insights into your data consumption.
- Real-time Speed Monitoring: Monitor download and upload speed instantly.
- Dynamic Icon Overlay: Floating overlay icon that changes dynamically based on your current internet speed.
- Data Usage Tracker: Separately logs and displays Wi-Fi and Mobile data usage.
- Persistent Notification: Fixed notification displaying live internet speed and data usage details.
- Optimized Performance: Runs efficiently in the background with minimal battery and memory usage.
- Clean UI: Simple, native design without heavy libraries.
- Download the latest release from the Releases section.
- Install the APK on your Android device.
- Grant the required Overlay Permission to allow NetX to display speed on top of other apps.
- Enable background running permission (if required by your device brand).
SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW→ Required for displaying floating overlay speed indicator.INTERNET→ To monitor network traffic.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE→ To check active network status.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE→ To track Wi-Fi data usage.READ_PHONE_STATE→ To detect mobile data usage accurately.FOREGROUND_SERVICE→ To run persistent notification and monitor speed in background.
NetX continuously monitors the network traffic and calculates the real-time upload and download speed. The floating overlay displays speed in a compact dynamic icon, while the persistent notification provides a detailed breakdown of network usage. Data usage is stored separately for Wi-Fi and Mobile networks, so you always know how much you’ve consumed.
- Dark mode support 🌙
- Customizable notification style 🎨
- Data usage history & export option 📑
Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to open a pull request or start a discussion in the issues section.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.