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+*******************
+Headphone indicator
+*******************
+Android app that shows a notification icon in the status bar when
+headphones are plugged into the phone.
+
+The app aims to be a tiny as possible.
+
+Runs on Android 4.4+.
+
+
+========
+Building
+========
+::
+
+    $ ./gradlew build
+
+
+=========================
+About headphone indicator
+=========================
+
+Source code
+===========
+Headphone indicators's source code is available from
+http://git.cweiske.de/headphoneindicator.git
+or the `mirror on github`__.
+
+__ https://github.com/cweiske/headphoneindicator
+
+
+License
+=======
+Headphone indicator is licensed under the `GPL v3 or later`__.
+
+__ http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
+
+
+Author
+======
+Headphone indicator was written by `Christian Weiske`__.
+
+__ http://cweiske.de/
+