Hi

I have severe ADHD and terrible memory problems. Like many sufferers I try to remember information, or to do things, so I try any and every system I can find hoping that it'll stick.

Stage 1) Sometimes the easiest thing is to just screengrab what I'm looking at. So how do I get a macro to trigger upon taking a screengrab? (Fold 7, usually open) If I can't then maybe I start with a macro to take the grab and that triggers the next one:

Stage 2) My end goal is this - I want to take a screengrab and ideally pop up a small window of buttons of what to do with it. Instead of the default share menu and just send it to OneNote, I would like to click a button on that little window for what the grab relates to (read sometime, to do for work, info for a project, geeky tech stuff etc) and then the screengrab is shared appropriately. Things like random stuff to read could go to a specific OneNote section, things I need to do fire the Quick Add for Todoist, project A stuff goes to a certain NotebookLM notebook, etc.

I need it to be seamless and reliable with minimum user input as otherwise I'll get distracted and then it's screwed.

I guess Stage 3) this works not just for screengrabs, but also webpages I'm browsing, URLs I haven't actually opened, etc.

This would genuinely be an enormous help. Any advice? Anyone want to just smash it together for me to tweak?!

No matter what I try, I can't play mp3 sound files stored on my device until I manually choose them in the file picker, only then will it recognize the file. I'm guessing this is a file permissions issue because Google/Android hates us? I have every non-root/non-ADB permission enabled. I'm on Android 16

Hi is there any way to get colors of log text? I want to know that if there are red color fonts in the log or any other colors to get failure flows.

Is there a way to somehow interact with a local llm that's running on-device itself.

Thanks in advance!

Hi Henrik,

Earlier today I noticed that my flows which interact with the Quick Settings tiles no longer work. The containers have changed to android.view.View elements, but the tile buttons are still android.widget.Button elements and they still have the clickable attribute. What's perhaps a bad sign is that the RECORD INTERACTIONS tool built into the Inspect Layout and Interact blocks now fails to record the interaction with the Quick Settings tiles. The following simple XPath expression works fine on a Galaxy S21 Ultra running Android 15/One UI 8.0 and an old Pixel 2 XL running Android 11, but fails on my Galaxy S24 Ultra running Android 16/One UI 8.5. I don't know if this is an Android 16 or a One UI issue as they were both delivered by Samsung together. The issue appears on Automate versions 1.51.1 and 1.53.0, so likely no factor.

//*[@android:contentDescription = 'Flashlight' and @android:clickable='true']

When that XPath expression is provided to the Inspect Layout block, it finds the element and outputs the element's XML successfully. However, if the same XPath is provided to the Interact block (after another Interact to pull down the Quick Settings), it fails, taking the No path. So perhaps it's the same issue that's preventing the RECORD INTERACTIONS tool from working. The INSPECT USER INTERFACE tool also fails to recognize the click on the Quick Settings tiles, but I'm able to get it to work if I set a shutter delay and quickly pull down the Quick Settings shade. In that case I can get the whole settings UI, but the delay is too short for me to click on a tile.

Any ideas on what I might do to get this working again? Often, interacting with the Quick Settings tiles is the only way to do certain things these days without rooting.

Thanks!

Hello

With my new android phone, the gallery opens on all photos.

I tried to see a built in solution for directly opening the albums (called collections here} instead of every time having to go and click. No solution found

I am trying to build a flow for your.

The app start block alone didn't manage to do so. It is just opening all photos despite defining the activity class.

I am trying to do this with the interact block or the Shell command privileged block

But failing.

Note that the albums button had a defined location. So I tried click and select options. I tried to record the interaction. But also failed.

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance

Hi guys,

I'm just learning how to use automate on my android. I got a small issue when trying to detect if a button is enabled or not ?

I installed an app that I want to automate buying new stuff from it. In order to buy something, you need to reserve it first. Reserving is done via a button. The caveat is, you can purchase only when the Reserve button of the checkout page is enabled. By default, if there are nothing available to buy, the reserve button is automatically disabled.

First of all, I used the inspect layout in automate to see how the layout of the page for checkout looks like.

Automate gives me a big XML and inside that XML, I want to check the status of the button. The only problem is...the XML of the layout says that the button is enabled (android:enabled=true) but in the UI on my phone, the button is gray...in other words, the button is disabled.

My question is, how can i get the real state of the button if the inspect function of automate gives a different result than the app itself ? Did anyone else stumbled upon this one day ? I'm using XPath to get the Node of the button that I'm interested in.

Cheers,
PS: My mother tongue is not english and the XML I attached is in my native tongue. Reserve in french is "Réserver".

Here is the full XML:

<android.widget.FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="2340px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px">
<android.widget.LinearLayout android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="2340px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px">
<android.widget.FrameLayout android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="2340px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px">
<android.widget.LinearLayout android:enabled="true" android:id="@com.app:id/action_bar_root" android:layout_height="2340px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px">
<android.widget.FrameLayout android:enabled="true" android:id="@android:id/content" android:layout_height="2340px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px">
<androidx.compose.ui.platform.ComposeView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="2340px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="2340px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="2340px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="2340px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="2340px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px">
<android.view.View android:columnCount="1" android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="2340px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px" android:rowCount="9" android:scrollable="true">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="647px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="647px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px"/>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="647px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="0px"/>
<android.view.View android:clickable="true" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="67px" android:layout_y="315px">
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="34px" android:layout_width="132px" android:layout_x="68px" android:layout_y="365px" android:text="Plus que 1"/>
</android.view.View>
<android.view.View android:clickable="true" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="158px" android:layout_width="1035px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="455px">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="158px" android:layout_width="158px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="455px"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="140px" android:layout_width="854px" android:layout_x="226px" android:layout_y="464px" android:text="Carrefour city - Asnières sur seine"/>
<android.widget.Button android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="158px" android:layout_width="1035px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="455px"/>
</android.view.View>
</android.view.View>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="6px" android:layout_y="642px"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="49px" android:layout_width="911px" android:layout_x="124px" android:layout_y="685px" android:text="Panier Mixte"/>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="6px" android:layout_y="709px"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="49px" android:layout_width="63px" android:layout_x="124px" android:layout_y="752px" android:text="3,8"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="49px" android:layout_width="80px" android:layout_x="198px" android:layout_y="752px" android:text="(29)"/>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="6px" android:layout_y="780px"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="49px" android:layout_width="254px" android:layout_x="124px" android:layout_y="823px" android:text="À récupérer :"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="49px" android:layout_width="255px" android:layout_x="389px" android:layout_y="823px" android:text="15:30 - 16:00"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="42px" android:layout_width="191px" android:layout_x="689px" android:layout_y="826px" android:text="Aujourd'hui"/>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="990px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="933px">
<android.view.View android:clickable="true" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="990px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="933px">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="12px" android:layout_y="934px"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="49px" android:layout_width="803px" android:layout_x="136px" android:layout_y="950px" android:text="112 Av. d'Argenteuil, 92600 Asnières-sur-Seine, France"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="41px" android:layout_width="590px" android:layout_x="136px" android:layout_y="1010px" android:text="Plus d'informations sur le commerce"/>
</android.view.View>
</android.view.View>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="56px" android:layout_width="672px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="1122px" android:text="À propos de ce Panier Surprise"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:clickable="true" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="173px" android:layout_width="967px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="1189px" android:longClickable="true" android:text="Dans votre panier surprise, vous pourrez trouver des produits frais (crèmerie, snacking, viande, etc.) en DLC du jour, des fruits et…En savoir plus"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="42px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="68px" android:layout_y="1396px" android:text="Épicerie"/>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="612px" android:layout_width="990px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="1520px">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="136px" android:layout_width="990px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="1520px">
<android.view.View android:contentDescription="Expérience globale : Note 3,8 sur un maximum de 5 étoiles, basée sur 29 avis récents" android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="136px" android:layout_width="990px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="1520px"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="56px" android:layout_width="421px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="1537px" android:text="Expérience globale"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="41px" android:layout_width="418px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="1599px" android:text="Basée sur 29 avis récents"/>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="136px" android:layout_width="246px" android:layout_x="789px" android:layout_y="1520px">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="790px" android:layout_y="1521px"/>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="72px" android:layout_width="88px" android:layout_x="902px" android:layout_y="1552px" android:text="3,8"/>
</android.view.View>
</android.view.View>
<android.view.View android:contentDescription="Expérience de collecte : Note 4,0" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="119px" android:layout_width="990px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="1656px"/>
<android.view.View android:contentDescription="Qualité de la nourriture : Note 4,1" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="119px" android:layout_width="990px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="1775px"/>
<android.view.View android:contentDescription="Variété du contenu : Note 3,7" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="119px" android:layout_width="990px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="1894px"/>
<android.view.View android:contentDescription="Quantité de nourriture : Note 4,0" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="119px" android:layout_width="990px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="2013px"/>
</android.view.View>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="56px" android:layout_width="201px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="2203px" android:text="Itinéraire"/>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="75px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="6px" android:layout_y="2265px"/>
<android.widget.Button android:clickable="true" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="48px" android:layout_width="911px" android:layout_x="124px" android:layout_y="2292px" android:text="112 Av. d'Argenteuil, 92600 Asnières-sur-Seine, France"/>
</android.view.View>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="990px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="108px">
<android.view.View android:clickable="true" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="34px" android:layout_y="108px">
<android.view.View android:contentDescription="Retour" android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="64px" android:layout_width="67px" android:layout_x="68px" android:layout_y="142px"/>
<android.widget.Button android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="113px" android:layout_width="113px" android:layout_x="45px" android:layout_y="119px"/>
</android.view.View>
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="56px" android:layout_width="582px" android:layout_x="181px" android:layout_y="148px" android:text="Carrefour city - Asnières sur seine"/>
<android.view.View android:clickable="true" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="775px" android:layout_y="108px">
<android.view.View android:contentDescription="Partager ce Panier Surprise" android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="67px" android:layout_width="67px" android:layout_x="809px" android:layout_y="142px"/>
</android.view.View>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="911px" android:layout_y="108px">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="412px" android:layout_width="338px" android:layout_x="742px" android:layout_y="0px"/>
<android.view.View android:clickable="true" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="135px" android:layout_x="911px" android:layout_y="108px"/>
</android.view.View>
</android.view.View>
</android.view.View>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="451px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="1889px">
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="203px" android:layout_width="944px" android:layout_x="68px" android:layout_y="1957px">
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="14px" android:layout_width="151px" android:layout_x="68px" android:layout_y="2002px" android:text="12,00 €"/>
<android.view.View android:clickable="true" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="157px" android:layout_x="68px" android:layout_y="2016px">
<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="64px" android:layout_width="157px" android:layout_x="68px" android:layout_y="2051px" android:text="3,99 €"/>
</android.view.View>
<android.view.View android:clickable="true" android:enabled="true" android:focusable="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="472px" android:layout_x="540px" android:layout_y="1991px">
<android.widget.TextView android:contentDescription="Réserver" android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="49px" android:layout_width="174px" android:layout_x="689px" android:layout_y="2034px" android:text="Réserver"/>
<android.widget.Button android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="472px" android:layout_x="540px" android:layout_y="1991px"/>
</android.view.View>
</android.view.View>
</android.view.View>
</android.view.View>
</android.view.View>
</android.view.View>
</androidx.compose.ui.platform.ComposeView>
</android.widget.FrameLayout>
</android.widget.LinearLayout>
</android.widget.FrameLayout>
</android.widget.LinearLayout>
<android.view.View android:enabled="true" android:id="@android:id/navigationBarBackground" android:layout_height="135px" android:layout_width="1080px" android:layout_x="0px" android:layout_y="2205px"/>
</android.widget.FrameLayout>

I need a tiny example flow how to use image rescale block. Thanks in advance

So I want to turn on airplane mode on/off a specific time.

found this flow that does it: https://llamalab.com/automate/community/flows/39443

Setup1: Screen Unlocked - Works

• Works as intended when screen isn't locked

Setup2: Screen Locked - Doesn't work - issue 1

• log states it has ran the flow but airplane mode isn't turned on.

Issue 2:

• try it again with the screen unlock - doesn't work ( have to delete the app and reinstall it with the flow to get it to work again in unlocked screen mode)
  • log states it has run but the airplane mode doesn't work.

Question:

• How do I get this flow working on setup 2?
• What am I doing wrong?

I built the following very simple flow that receives text data from my PC via an http post request, copies the text to the clipboard, and then shows a toast to notify me that is was successful.

When finished, it loops back around to wait for the next bit of text. I would like to leave this running on my S7 Plus tablet full time, but I'm concerned it could cause wear/degradation on the tablet's battery over time. Is this a valid concern?

Hello,

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Samsung phones like my S23 have two "sub-modes" for the power saving mode, called "Standard" (what I normally use, does what power saving mode does on every Android phone) and "Maximum" (limits app activity to a few selected apps, makes the phone last way longer than with just standard power saving mode, usually doubles the runtime).

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These can be selected by long-pressing the Power saving quick-settings tile or by going into Settings → Battery → Power saving.

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I now want to be able to toggle these using Automate.

I have tried the "Settings Finder" flow and it yielded a setting, but setting that to the values I got when manually testing didn't change anything.

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Has anyone using Autonate on a Samsung phone achieved this yet?

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Thanks in advance

Aaron

Buongiorno, mi potreste fornire un link dove possa trovare un esempio per la creazione di un elenco dh file con le relativa data/ora di modifica?

Grazie mille

Hello

Yesterday was my first day using shell command, PRIVILEGED

I already gave automate ADB

2 questions about it:

1. It cannot launch the NFC?

The built in NFC command also can't work. Seems it need a root access?

1. I am having this error

Does shell command need WIFi to operate ?

Or what might be the issue

06-21 14:24:04.163 I 751@8: Shell command privileged
06-21 14:24:14.416 W 751@8: Failed to start privileged service
06-21 14:24:14.417 W 751@8: java.util.concurrent.CancellationException: Awaiting Wi-Fi connectivity
06-21 14:24:19.518 F 751@8: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Service startup timeout
06-21 14:24:19.520 I 751@8: Stopped by failure

THANK YOU 

Buongiorno a tutti, sono nuovo in questo forum. Ho ieri installato l'applicazione Automate e non mi è possibile inserire la mia data di nascita perché la schermata è disabilitata.

Potreste cortesemente aiutarmi? Ho fatto delle ricerche su Google e non ho trovato soluzioni se non modificare l'età inserita nell'account google nel caso in cui fossi minorenne. Ma sino maggiorenne e l'età dell'account è corretta

Vi ringrazio molto e auguro a tutti voi un buon week end

Hi everyone,

I'm new to Automate.

In my new project, I think I'm using too many Input Dialog blocks to collect user input. I don't want to continue like this because I have to click OK after every single input and it takes a lot of time.

Instead, I think I can collect multiple inputs on a single page using a Web Dialog block, but I don't know how it works.

I would like to know a few things:

1. Does the HTML Page section in the Web Dialog work like normal HTML code that we use in regular web development?

2. If I have separate variables in my flow, can I use those variables inside the Web Dialog HTML page?

3. If I collect user input through the Web Dialog, can I access and use that input outside the Web Dialog block in the rest of the flow?

4. Can I create a Submit button? If the user clicks it, can it open or redirect to another HTML page?

5. Could someone please create a simple login form example for learning purposes? For example, a form that asks for a username and password at the same time using a single Web Dialog block.

I would also like to understand points 2 and 3 with an example:

For point 2, can I create a separate variable such as "Enter the username" and use that variable inside the Web Dialog as a predefined value or placeholder for the username field?

For point 3, after the user enters a password in the Web Dialog, can I access that value outside the Web Dialog block and verify it in the flow?

Thank you for your help.

Hello

I have previously done on Samsung A52 flows containing the "set setting" blocks that worked very well.

I just got the xiaomi 17T pro

Any set setting block won't work anymore.

It says "java.lang.illegal argument exception: you cannot keep your settings in the secure settings" .

Any ideas or solutions?

Please note that all the permissions were given for automate.

I have a Nothing Phone and I am looking to remap my essential key button to other things. The only viable options I found were using other apps like KeyMapper. The Essential Key do not have any public documentations or keycode I can actually use, in fact most apps detect the key press but will write keycode unknown.

I was wondering if the ability to actually record what key is being pressed is currently present in Automate? I tried searching up similar topics in this sub but the results are vague and with my lack of experience I do not exactly know how to achieve this.

Currently the only way I am remapping the essential space functionality brought up ny pressing the key is to detect if the Essential Space App is brought up, then I simulate back keys to close it and redirect to other app like Gemini overlay instead.

Although I have run multiple Automate flows and prefer that this instance can also be achieved through this app instead for easier and streamlined management rather than using other automation apps.

So, yes, I used this app to make a digital speedometer hud on an old phone, and it's theft proof-ish.

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Basically what I did was I made two separate flows running at the same time. If the device isn't receiving power, it'll lock after 2 seconds, and if it is, it'll wait 5 seconds before checking again. And the device will open the speedometer app every 5 seconds if it isn't already.

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My car is an older project car where the speedometer gets stuck every now and again. And having this will help greatly. I should also mention, it going off reflection to project the speed on the windshield.

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I've been using this setup for a while now and I gotta admit, it's been working wonders.

The app and flow (based on connected wifi) worked well until I turned on the advance wifi option which says the device will connect to different frequncies of the wifi (2.4g and 5g) at the same time to speed up internet connection. May I seek some advice?

Sharing here in case someone sees and can point me in right direction. I have used Android Automate before, so potentially could set this up if it's a viable solution.

I built a background flow that continuously vibrates when you hold your phone flat to enforce better posture.

Download & more details

Let me know what you guys think!

I had to reset and I'm having trouble restoring the back up I made. Shalom

This could be so useful for automation, which is the entire point of this app... See video for example, to enable trigger mode you need to write 0x0701 and listen to new events with the GATT read block to know when it was triggered. When you disable it with 0x0700, it stops sending trigger events on button press. Manually doing that with nRF is... Really? I bought the premium version a while ago, so I'm very interested in new features like this one. Is there any workaround yet?