![]() Maybe you want the phone to take a photo when there is a failed login attempt on your device. Maybe you want an application to launch when your device first boots up. Or you could have it so that an action is taken(like WiFi being disabled) when you disconnect from WiFi. I highly suggest going through these screenshots and looking at all of the triggers that you can set.įor example, you could have it so that an action is taken(like airplane mode activated) when the Battery Level reaches a certain amount. So we have things like Airplane Mode Changes, Android Wear, Applications Installed/Uninstalled/Launched/Closed, Battery Level, Bluetooth Event, Calendar Event, Call Active/Ended/Incoming/Outgoing, Cell Tower Changes, Data Connectivity Changes, Day/Time, Daydream On/Off, Device Boot, Device Docked/Undocked, Dial Phone Number, Failed Login Attempt, Flip Device and on and on and on. Remember, Triggers are the first thing that the phone looks out for when figuring out what action needs to be taken. So here we have a list of all the Triggers that you can choose from when creating your very own macros. ![]() Just as the word suggests, Constraints let you add in a little extra restrictions when looking for triggers. So that GPS would only activate/deactivate when Google Maps was launched/closed when my smartphone is connected to a Bluetooth device(like my car). Or, I could set the Constraint as something like ‘when Bluetooth is connected’. This way, if I launched Google Maps while it was a Saturday or Sunday, then the GPS would not activate/deactivate. For instance, I could set a constraint for this macro to only happen on Monday through Friday. You could then set another macro that says when I ‘close Google Maps'(which is the trigger), then it should ‘disable GPS'(which is the action).Ĭonstraints add an additional rule to the macro. The action in this example would be to enable GPS. Using the GPS example that I talked about earlier, a Trigger could be set as ‘launch Google Maps’, so that when I manually launched the Google Maps application, an action would happen. Triggers are things that, you guessed it, trigger an action that is set to happen. There are three sections here: Triggers, Actions and Constraints. When you tap on the Add Macro button within the main menu of MacroDroid, you’ll get your first blank macro template. Besides enabling root, turning off the persistent notification, disabling analytics, and wanting to try out the experimental features, there wasn’t much that I messed with in the settings. ![]() You can read through the settings from these second two screenshots here but they are straight forward things that you can set. MacroDroid creates a persistent notification but you can easily disable that in the settings page here. MacroDroid doesn’t require root access but checking this box at the top will allow you to do more powerful automated tasks and I’ll get into which ones require root access later in the article. Launching the settings page will show a huge list of various options that you can set. I’ve been able to set up some basic macros so far and it has all been free but if you want to do some of the more complicated things then you’ll need to pay. You can use it all you want but it will cost you $2.99 if you want to have an unlimited number of macros, an unlimited number of triggers per macro, an unlimited number of actions per macro, an unlimited number of constraints per macro or if you want to import/export some macro lists. MacroDroid is free but it is somewhat limited in its functionality. For me I turn the back light off and use it for playing music to my airplay systems whilst I put my MacBook Air back on the shelf.When you first launch the application, you are shown 6 icons with options like List Macros, Add Macro, View Templates, Settings, Forum and Upgrade. So what a fun evening!!! Now still want to find a programme that will keep mac on whilst I shut the lid. Perhaps it would have worked if I had reloaded Lion, but didn't go for this option. So just spent the last 5 hrs reformatting my system. I then restarted my Mac by holding down the Command key and the R key (Command-R), then for me luckily I have a Time Capsule. It completely locked up my system, there is a name for it (can't remember) when you get the "shut down using power button" in 5 different languages, no matter what I did when the system turned back on it went into the same screen with no backlight and no ability to move mouse and lots of coding over the screen with the words "Insomnia T" on, the screen was dead (no back light) and I had to use a torch shone on the screen to do all the work. Not having a go at the person who left this post, but do not be as silly as me and install InsomniaT with Lion.
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