Trigger: Popup Message

The Popup Message trigger fires when a popup message (Toast) is displayed on the device. Toast messages are the small, temporary popup notifications that appear at the bottom of the screen and automatically disappear after a few seconds. This trigger allows you to react to these system and app notifications.

Options

Text Matching

Text to Match - Enter the text that must appear in the popup message for the trigger to fire

Application Filter

All Applications - React to popup messages from any app
Select Applications - Only react to popup messages from specific selected apps

Matching Options

Enable regular expression matching - Use regex syntax for pattern matching
Ignore case - Perform case-insensitive matching (disabled when regex is enabled)

Examples

Example 1: Log when Wi-Fi is connected

Triggers

Popup Message: "Connected to" (All Applications)

Actions

System Log: Wi-Fi connection detected via toast

Example 2: React to specific app notifications

Triggers

Popup Message: "Download complete" (Browser app)

Actions

Vibrate: Short buzz
Notification: Your download is ready

Requirements

This trigger requires Accessibility Service to be enabled for MacroDroid

Notes

Toast messages are different from standard notifications - they are brief popup messages that appear temporarily on screen
Not all apps use Toast messages; some use custom popups that may not be detected
This trigger captures the text content of Toast messages as they appear
Magic text can be used in the text matching field
If no applications are selected, the trigger will monitor all apps
The accessibility service must be enabled and running for this trigger to work

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