Blanket for ANDROID - Listen to different sounds and Relax.

Thanks to Mattias Vinberg for build for Android - https://github.com/vinberg88 - Thanks to Rafael Mardojai CM for the original Blanket application - 2026 - https://github.com/rafaelmardojai

Listen to different sounds

Description - Blanket

Improve focus and increase your productivity by listening to different sounds. Blanket can also be used to help you to fall asleep in a noisy environment.

Description

I use ubuntu 24.04 to build blanket APK file - 2026

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HOW TO BUILD BLANKET FOR ANDROID - 2026 - Ubuntu 24.04

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First Thing update all.

sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade

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Install some programs for Android and Ubuntu.

sudo apt install kotlin gradle bash git wget curl npm jet* cmake* openjdk-17-jdk unzip libc6* zlib1g*

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install OpenJDK - JAVA for ANDROID - extra install.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

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Install Android SDK (CLI) for WSL - Ubuntu 24.04

mkdir -p ~/Android/Sdk cd ~/Android/Sdk

wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-11076708_latest.zip unzip commandlinetools-linux-*.zip

mkdir -p cmdline-tools/latest mv cmdline-tools/* cmdline-tools/latest/

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Add this to bashrc file...

sudo nano ~/.bashrc

export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk

export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest/bin

export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

Last Activate the changes....

source ~/.bashrc

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Time to build Android files for Ubuntu 24.04 and Blanket.

Copy and paste....

sdkmanager --licenses

Press y - All SDK package licenses accepted...

Next install all....

sdkmanager
"cmake;4.1.2"
"platform-tools"
"platforms;android-34"
"build-tools;36.1.0"
"cmdline-tools;latest"
"ndk;29.0.14206865"

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CD out from DIR - files.... cd

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Clone Repo from GitHub - Blanket

git clone https://github.com/vinberg88/blanketforandroid.git blanket

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Build so Ubuntu can find Sdk...

cd /home/adolf/blanket

sudo nano local.properties

sdk.dir=/home/adolf/Android/Sdk

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REBOOT UBUNTU - REBOOT UBUNTU - REBOOT UBUNTU - REBOOT UBUNTU

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Time to build app - Build (command line) so we have an APP. Choose which one suits you...

Copy and Paste: cd /home/adolf/blanket

Debug APK: Build: sudo ./gradlew :app:buildBlanketApk Output: dist/blanket.apk

Installable APK for testing (debug-signed): Build: sudo ./gradlew :app:buildBlanketInternalApk Output: dist/blanket-internal.apk

Release APK: Build: sudo ./gradlew :app:buildBlanketReleaseApk Output: dist/blanket-release.apk Note: release signing is not configured by default; for production you should add a real keystore.

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Android - What it looks like =)

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Build from source (Android) A few more facts

This repository is an Android Studio-ready Gradle project (Kotlin + Jetpack Compose).

Requirements

• Android Studio (recommended) or a working Android SDK + JDK setup
• Android SDK available via local.properties (sdk.dir=...) or ANDROID_SDK_ROOT

Build (command line)

• Debug APK:

  • Build: ./gradlew :app:buildBlanketApk
  • Output: dist/blanket.apk

• Installable APK for testing (debug-signed):

  • Build: ./gradlew :app:buildBlanketInternalApk
  • Output: dist/blanket-internal.apk

• Release APK:

  • Build: ./gradlew :app:buildBlanketReleaseApk
  • Output: dist/blanket-release.apk
  • Note: release signing is not configured by default; for production you should add a real keystore.

Useful tasks

• Show signing configs: ./gradlew :app:signingReport
• Compatibility signing validation: ./gradlew :app:validateReleaseSigning

Install

Third Party Packages

Distribution	Package	Maintainer
Alpine Linux (edge)	blanket	mio
Arch Linux (extra)	blanket	Balló György
Fedora (Copr)	Copr: tuxino/Blob, package: blanket	Tuxino
NixOS	blanket	onny
openSUSE	blanket	Michael Vetter
Ubuntu (PPA)	Stable Releases, Daily Builds	Archisman Panigrahi
MX Linux	blanket	SwampRabbit

Build from source for linux

IF you use LINUX look here.

You can clone and run from GNOME Builder.

Requirements

• Python 3 python
• PyGObject python-gobject
• GTK4 gtk4
• libadwaita (>= 1.5.0) libadwaita
• GStreamer 1.0 gstreamer
• Meson meson
• Ninja ninja

Alternatively, use the following commands to build it with meson.

meson builddir --prefix=/usr/local
sudo ninja -C builddir install

Translations

Blanket is translated into several languages. If your language is missing or incomplete, please help to translate Blanket in Weblate.

Credits

Developed for Linux Rafael Mardojai CM and contributors.

Thanks to Jorge Toledo for the name idea.

Thanks to Mattias Vinberg for blanket for Android

For detailed information about sounds licensing, check this file.

Related Projects

• Blankie - Native macOS app inspired by Blanket
• feeltheblow - Web App inspired by Blanket
• Soothing Noise Player, Napify - Android apps inspired by Blanket
• Blanket Web - Web clone of Blanket

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.

Sounds Licensing

Sound	Author	Editor*	License
Birds	kvgarlic	Porrumentzio	CC0
Boat	Falcet	Porrumentzio	CC0
City	gezortenplotz	Porrumentzio	CC BY
Coffee Shop	stephan	-	Public Domain
Fireplace	ezwa	-	Public Domain
Pink noise	Omegatron	-	CC BY-SA
Rain	alex36917	Porrumentzio	CC BY
Summer night	Lisa Redfern	-	Public Domain
Storm	Digifish music	Porrumentzio	CC BY
Stream	gluckose	-	CC0
Train	SDLx	-	CC BY 3.0
Waves	Luftrum	Porrumentzio	CC BY
White noise	Jorge Stolfi	-	CC BY-SA
Wind	felix.blume	Porrumentzio	CC0

(*) Editing implies making the sound meet this guidelines.

Related Projects

• Blankie - Native macOS app inspired by Blanket
• feeltheblow - Web App inspired by Blanket
• Soothing Noise Player, Napify - Android apps inspired by Blanket
• Blanket Web - Web clone of Blanket

Thank you! ❤️ for watching - Regards Mattias Vinberg - Ubuntu - Android - Blanket - Stockholm - Sweden - 2025