Extra Life Notifications release v1.0

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Just a fun side project I've thought about for several years. My phone notification has been the Mario coin sound since forever, and a friend once joked about making the 1UP sound after 100 notifications. Never had the time to dig deep enough into Android development but was able to put this together with Gemini and Claude assistance. I started the process to publish it in the Play store, but the 12 tester requirement is too much for a personal project, so feel free to grab it and sideload from Github.



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