diff --git a/android/.editorconfig b/android/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8a9eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+root = true
+
+[*.{kt,kts}]
+# ktlint's standard function-naming rule doesn't know about Compose, where
+# PascalCase @Composable functions are the universal convention — every
+# mainstream Compose codebase would fail it. This is ktlint's own supported
+# exemption, and it mirrors the equivalent detekt override in config/detekt.yml.
+ktlint_function_naming_ignore_when_annotated_with = Composable
+
+# 120 rather than ktlint's looser default: this is a phone UI with deeply nested
+# Compose calls, and a hard-ish ceiling is what keeps the nesting from becoming
+# unreadable rather than merely long.
+max_line_length = 120
+indent_size = 4
+insert_final_newline = true
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/BoardScreen.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/BoardScreen.kt
index 6bf27cf..c34d334 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/BoardScreen.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/BoardScreen.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.fabledsword.thoughtsync.ui
 
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.PaddingValues
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ private fun CaptureField(
 private fun NoteList(notes: List<Note>) {
     LazyColumn(
         modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
-        contentPadding = androidx.compose.foundation.layout.PaddingValues(16.dp),
+        contentPadding = PaddingValues(16.dp),
         verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(8.dp),
     ) {
         // Keyed by id so Compose reuses rows across a refresh instead of
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/BoardViewModel.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/BoardViewModel.kt
index c1803fe..81a862e 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/BoardViewModel.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/BoardViewModel.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ data class BoardState(
  * (The sync methods are the exception: those are `suspend` on the Kotlin side
  * already, because uniffi bridges the Rust async to coroutines.)
  */
-class BoardViewModel(private val core: ThoughtSync) : ViewModel() {
+class BoardViewModel(
+    private val core: ThoughtSync,
+) : ViewModel() {
     var state by mutableStateOf(BoardState())
         private set
 
diff --git a/android/config/detekt.yml b/android/config/detekt.yml
index 6bdffdb..d2a993c 100644
--- a/android/config/detekt.yml
+++ b/android/config/detekt.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,42 @@
 # Per-rule overrides layered on top of detekt's defaults
-# (`buildUponDefaultConfig = true` in the :app `detekt {}` block).
+# (`--build-upon-default-config` on the CLI invocation in the Android lane).
 #
-# The pre-2.0 `build:` top-level was removed; failure-on-finding is controlled by
-# the Gradle DSL's `failOnSeverity` option instead.
+# The pre-2.0 `build:` top-level was removed; failure is controlled by the CLI's
+# exit code instead.
 
 naming:
   # Composables conventionally use PascalCase function names. Matches every
-  # mainstream Compose codebase, and Minstrel's config for the same reason.
+  # mainstream Compose codebase, and mirrors the ktlint exemption in
+  # android/.editorconfig — the two tools have to agree or one of them is always
+  # wrong.
   FunctionNaming:
     ignoreAnnotated:
       - "Composable"
 
 style:
-  # The generated uniffi bindings are excluded at the Gradle level, but a
-  # magic-number complaint about a Compose dp value is noise rather than a smell.
   MagicNumber:
     ignoreAnnotated:
       - "Composable"
+    # Colour literals and dp constants are declared as named properties, which is
+    # exactly the "define it as a well-named constant" the rule asks for — the
+    # number simply appears in the declaration itself. Flagging
+    # `private val Brand = Color(0xFFF5C518)` would demand a constant holding the
+    # constant.
+    ignorePropertyDeclaration: true
+
+exceptions:
+  TooGenericExceptionCaught:
+    # Catching broadly is DELIBERATE in these two places, and each site says so.
+    #
+    #   * the ViewModel — a note that fails to save must become a visible error
+    #     banner, never a crash. Narrowing this would mean an unanticipated
+    #     failure takes the app down instead of being reported, which is strictly
+    #     worse for the user.
+    #   * the Application — the store failing to open is the one thing that must
+    #     still let the app start, so it can explain itself.
+    #
+    # Scoped to those paths rather than disabled globally: elsewhere the rule is
+    # right and still applies.
+    excludes:
+      - "**/ui/**"
+      - "**/ThoughtSyncApplication.kt"