What is a constraint?

Constraints in MacroDroid are optional tools that allow you to control when a macro or a specific action is triggered.

They are based on certain conditions that must be met to allow or prevent the execution of macros and actions.


Apply to entire macros:

You can apply constraints to an entire macro (at the bottom of the 'Constraints' tab).

This means that the macro will only be activated if the conditions set by the constraints are met.

Restrictions on Triggers and Individual Actions:

As well as being applied to an entire macro, constraints can be added directly to individual triggers and actions.

This is done from the 'Edit Macro' screen by selecting the trigger or action and selecting 'Add Constraint'.

Nesting constraints

If you need more sophisticated logic applied to constraint there is a special AND/OR/XOR/NOT constraint that can be used.

Any constraints nested under the logic constraint will have that logic operator applied. It's also possible to nest multiple logic constraints to create complex logic. For example:


AND
 | - Constraint 1
 | - OR
     | - Constraint 2
     | - Constraint 3

In the above example, Constraint 1 must always be true AND at least one of (Constraint 2 OR Constraint 3) must be true.

List of Constraints

ADB Hacked

Airplane Mode

AND / OR / XOR / NOT

Application Running

Auto Rotate

Auto Sync

Battery Level

Battery Saver State

Battery Temperature

Bluetooth State

Brightness

Calendar Entry

Call State

Category Enabled/Disabled

Cell Towers

Clipboard content

Compare Values

Dark Mode

Day of the Month

Day of the Week

Device Facing

Device Locked/Unlocked

Device Orientation

Floating Button

Floating Text

Geofence (Location)

GPS State

Headphone Connection

IP address

Is Roaming

Light Sensor

Location Mode

Macro Running

Macro(s) Enabled/Disabled

Macro(s) Invoked/Not invoked Recently

MacroDroid Invocation Method

MacroDroid Mode

MacroDroid Variable

Mobile Data On/Off

Mobile Service Status

Month of the Year

Music Active

NFC State

Notification Present

Notification Volume

Phone Ringing

Power Connected

Priority Mode / Do Not Disturb

Proximity Sensor

Quick Tile State

Ringer Volume

Roaming Enabled

Rooted Device

Screen On/Off

Speakerphone On/Off

Stopwatch

Sunrise/Sunset

System Settings

Time of Day

Time Since Boot

Torch On/Off

Trigger Fired

Volume Level

VPN State

Wifi HotSpot State

Wifi State