Trigger: Notification

The Notification trigger fires when a notification is received or cleared. You can add filters based on the application the notification came from and the content of the notification text. This is a powerful trigger that can be used to react to notifications from any app, enabling automation based on incoming alerts, messages, and other notification content.

Options

Trigger Event

Notification Received - Fires when a new notification is posted
Notification Cleared - Fires when a notification is dismissed or cleared

Application Selection

Select Applications - Choose specific applications to monitor
Any Application - React to notifications from all installed apps

When selecting specific applications, you can also choose to:

Include - Only trigger for the selected apps
Exclude - Trigger for all apps EXCEPT the selected ones

Text Filtering

You can filter notifications based on their text content:

Single Field Mode:

Any text - Match any notification regardless of content
Matches - The notification text must exactly match the specified text (supports regex)
Contains - The notification text must contain the specified text
Excludes - The notification text must NOT contain the specified text

Separate Title and Message Mode: Enable "Separate title and message" to filter on title and message independently with the same options above.

Advanced Options

Enable regular expression matching - Use regex syntax for pattern matching
Ignore case - Perform case-insensitive matching (disabled when regex is enabled)
Ignore ongoing/persistent notifications - Do not trigger for persistent notifications (like media players or ongoing calls)
Prevent multiple triggers - Prevents the trigger from firing multiple times when apps post rapid notification updates within fractions of a second

Sound Options

Filter by notification sound:

Any value - Ignore sound status
Has sound - Only trigger for notifications that have a sound
Has no sound - Only trigger for silent notifications

Examples

Example 1: Speak incoming text messages

Triggers

Notification Received: Messages app

Actions

Speak Text: New message from {not_title}. {notification}

Constraints

Headphones: Connected

Example 2: Log error notifications

Triggers

Notification Received: Any Application (contains "error")

Actions

Write to File: error_log.txt - {not_app_name}: {notification}

Available Magic Text

When using this trigger, the following magic text values are available:

{notification} - The full notification text
{not_title} - The notification title
{not_app_name} - The name of the app that posted the notification
{not_app_package} - The package name of the app
{not_text_big} - Extended notification text (if available)
{not_channel} - The notification channel ID (Android 8.0+)

Notes

This trigger requires Notification Access permission to be granted to MacroDroid
On Android 15+, there may be restrictions on accessing notification content
The "Prevent multiple triggers" option is useful for apps that update notifications frequently (like download progress notifications)
Magic text allows you to use notification content in your actions
Both the notification title and body text are searched when using text filters

See Also