I can't see UI interaction, please help

Barabba

New member
Hi, I need to do a very smple thing, turn on the visualization on an RTSP stream at certain time and switch it off later.
I'm a bit unlucky, there is a fantastic app (developer on github) that can open and visualize the rtsp as it's launched, I can install it on my phone but unfortunately not on android box (Android 11.1). So I need to switch on VLC and manually tap the playlist, but Macrodroid doesn't support UI interaction, how can I simulate a tap?
I've enabled already the accessibility permission under settings, but no changes. Please help!
 

Endercraft

Moderator (& bug finder :D)
Hi, I need to do a very smple thing, turn on the visualization on an RTSP stream at certain time and switch it off later.
I'm a bit unlucky, there is a fantastic app (developer on github) that can open and visualize the rtsp as it's launched, I can install it on my phone but unfortunately not on android box (Android 11.1). So I need to switch on VLC and manually tap the playlist, but Macrodroid doesn't support UI interaction, how can I simulate a tap?
I've enabled already the accessibility permission under settings, but no changes. Please help!
Do you mean you are unable to find the UI Interaction action ? If this is the case, search it using the magnifying glass icon.
If you mea UI Interaction doesn't work in VLC, well unless you got some intent, I don't know how to do this.
 

Barabba

New member
I can't find UI Interaction action, maybe they named it in a different way? How it's possible it's missing? This is the most important feature for a macro, everything could be teorically made by that. I've enabled acessibility and rebooted all.
 

Barabba

New member
It should'nt be that hard to find
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Thanks for posting. I have another image on the Android box, it's a list of options and there are really a lot, and I assure you there isn't UI Interaction, I've checked carefully and different times.
I repeat that I enabled the Accessibility permission, but nothing changed also after reboot.
Is this a limitation with Android 11? What can I do?
 

Dimlos

Well-known member
Is Android Box an Android TV Box? Is it not a normal Andorid smartphone, but a special environment or an emulator that runs on a PC?
If so, it is easy to imagine that there is no UI interaction or that it does not work.
 

Barabba

New member

Snurre, I'm sure in your phone the app works, but have you tested it on a Box with Android 11.1?

Pasting name I can't write with the calssic font, sorry for this, I don't know how to set it.
I've installed version 5.30.7, probably for Android box is not active, this is because the resolution may change anytime, depends what is connected to the HDMI, and the UI interaction uses exactly points o screen. On phone the resolution never changes

 

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MacroDroidDev

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I've looked over the code and there is no reason I can see why UI Interaction should be excluded from any device.

Your screenshot show that the Configure Quick Tile is also not displayed when searching for "ui" so clearly something else is going on here. Did you get the APK directly from Google Play or somewhere else?
 

Qarboz

Well-known member
Maybe the UI interaction action requires touchscreen hardware (not only keyboard and mouse)?
 

Dimlos

Well-known member
We have confirmed that UI Interaction exists and works on Android-x86, though not on Android Box.
Maybe you were using a mod, since you didn't answer @MacroDroidDev's question.
 

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MacroDroidDev

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There is no known reason why this action should not appear if you are running the latest unmodified version of the app. There is no specific handling whatsoever for this action that will result in it being hidden.
 

Barabba

New member
HI mates, thanks for your kind answers! Sorry for my delay.
I've Android arm7a version 11.1, and I've downloaded the package from apkpure, if somebody is particulary interested to that package I report here the exact link masquerated h**ps://apkpure.com/macrodroid-device-automation/com.arlosoft.macrodroid

Sorry I haven't use google play, I hope the version is the same, the reason is this box I just use for that purpose, I need only macrodroid and the stream visualizer, I won't install anything else there, and I'm a bit bored for the google registration, when you have only the mouse, and it counts one more device to your phne number: when you really need to register a google account in future you can't because you reached already the maximum number of devices.
This is why I've downloaded apk on a USB dongle and executed them simply.

My platform is not x86 and has not the touchscreen, so this is why probably that option is not present
 

Dimlos

Well-known member
The screenshot I uploaded is Android-x86 installed on a laptop, not a touchscreen, but UI interaction is working.
 

Jacob L

Moderator (Lawsonator)
h**ps://apkpure.com/macrodroid-device-automation/com.arlosoft.macrodroid
 
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