V5.45 - Feedback

[MacroDroidDev]

For obvious bugs, please use report a bug in troubleshooting section with a clear description.

For other issue and discussions (related only to this beta), please leave all feedback here.

 

[shlomo]

The build does not contain the latest translations for Hebrew (which of course exist in the localise, but not in the APK)

 

[MacroDroidDev]

That's strange I did update the translation files but maybe I forgot to copy the Hebrew file. I'll make sure it gets updated in the next beta.

 

[JoeReMi]

The "favourite actions" feature seems to consider parts of a loop or if-section to be separate actions. So there's a separate action called "End loop" for example.

Love the feature though! Great update altogether.

 

[Winny57]

Thank you for everything and to all the team well done

 

[Pepy]

Using a number for notification ID can get convoluted real fast. How about a dropdown to select between none (same as the default value currently), this macros ID, or selected macros (shows a list from which you can select which macros you'd like affected)?

 

[MacroDroidDev]

The "favourite actions" feature seems to consider parts of a loop or if-section to be separate actions. So there's a separate action called "End loop" for example.

Love the feature though! Great update altogether.

Thanks for flagging it. I populate the favorites based on the most used triggers, actions, constraints in your macro set but I forgot to filter these to prevent them appearing! I will fix for the next update.

 

[jimmysheng]

Take Scrennshot
In the screenshot function module, when taking a screenshot and sending an email, only the screenshot is taken and the email is not sent. What is the problem?

 

[ARME]

thanks for adding the favourite feature. i can't find the "if clause" action. could you add it ?

edit: for the notification ID i suggest to add a list of already used ID along with a link to their macro (so i don't have to look for which ID was already used)

when was OCR introduced? because i'm noticing it now, but i didn't find it in the history log of recent updates

 

[JoeReMi]

It's a really nice improvement that "Set Variable" now allows multiline entry. However, it does put a spotlight on the small size of the "User Prompt" window. Would you consider tweaking that a bit as well, in a future update?

In the same vein, the "secure variables" feature is welcome, but it's not an option for arrays/dictionaries. As the Read Screen(shot) Contents action writes to these types of variables, it would be nice if they could be set to secure as well.

I feel a bit guilty for putting these feature requests in a feedback topic but they are related at least

 

[Dm114]

In the same vein, the "secure variables" feature is welcome, but it's not an option for arrays/dictionaries. As the Read Screen(shot) Contents action writes to these types of variables, it would be nice if they could be set to secure as well.

Considering this part of your post, let's say that you posted it at the right place as maybe it's something @MacroDroidDev forgot to update...

 

[Dm114]

I have a macro running every day at boot time (from the very beginning) to set MD Drawer Swipe Area. Unfortunately Setting MD Drawer Opacity to 0 (zero) is always reset to 50% at boot time so it's not possible to hide the swipe area automatically anymore.

To do so, I must modify Opacity setting to 0 and use Action Test option. Even after saving this modification, it will be reset to 50% on next boot although it keeps the new value set to 0 untill reboot (i.e. running the macro again during the day will hide the swipe area as it should but won't hide it on next device boot -see below).

 

[MacroDroidDev]

It's a really nice improvement that "Set Variable" now allows multiline entry. However, it does put a spotlight on the small size of the "User Prompt" window. Would you consider tweaking that a bit as well, in a future update?

In the same vein, the "secure variables" feature is welcome, but it's not an option for arrays/dictionaries. As the Read Screen(shot) Contents action writes to these types of variables, it would be nice if they could be set to secure as well.

I feel a bit guilty for putting these feature requests in a feedback topic but they are related at least

It is possible to set secure variables on dictionaries/arrays it's just a bit more hidden right now. If you tap on the name text you can set it there. I will try to make it more obvious in the future.

 

[MacroDroidDev]

thanks for adding the favourite feature. i can't find the "if clause" action. could you add it ?

edit: for the notification ID i suggest to add a list of already used ID along with a link to their macro (so i don't have to look for which ID was already used)

when was OCR introduced? because i'm noticing it now, but i didn't find it in the history log of recent updates

Yeah there are a few issues with missing some actions which should be corrected in the next beta coming soon.

 

[MacroDroidDev]

Take Scrennshot
In the screenshot function module, when taking a screenshot and sending an email, only the screenshot is taken and the email is not sent. What is the problem?

I don't see any issue with the screenshot action not sending the email. Can you please use report a bug in the troubleshooting section of the app.

 

[MacroDroidDev]

I have a macro running every day at boot time (from the very beginning) to set MD Drawer Swipe Area. Unfortunately Setting MD Drawer Opacity to 0 (zero) is always reset to 50% at boot time so it's not possible to hide the swipe area automatically anymore.

To do so, I must modify Opacity setting to 0 and use Action Test option. Even after saving this modification, it will be reset to 50% on next boot although it keeps the new value set to 0 untill reboot (i.e. running the macro again during the day will hide the swipe area as it should but won't hide it on next device boot -see below).

I've found the cause of this so it will be fixed in the next beta.

 

[vladimir-ip]

hi.
OPPO A17
V5.45.1
day/time trigger don't working.

 

[la_custom8]

hi.
OPPO A17
V5.45.1
day/time trigger don't working.

I had the same day/time trigger issue, so I recently filed a bug report from the MacroDroid app.
They found the cause and have informed me that they will fix it in the next v5.45.2.

 

[LF0]

If "Full screen (includes status bar)" is checked in the "Block Screen Touches" action, the "Read Screen Contents" and "Check Text On Screen" actions will be unable to read the text on the screen. Is this a bug?

 

[MacroDroidDev]

If "Full screen (includes status bar)" is checked in the "Block Screen Touches" action, the "Read Screen Contents" and "Check Text On Screen" actions will be unable to read the text on the screen. Is this a bug?

It's happening because MacroDroid then becomes the foreground app so it's trying to read from the blank overlay. I will add a workaround for this in the next update so it should work as normal.