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This trigger will fire when certain textual content appears on screen or is removed (as configured).

Note

That this trigger may not work for all apps/screen content as often text will be non-readable (for example if rendered within a game).

Supported configurations

Applications

  • For optimal performance please select specific applications and do not use the 'All Applications' option.
Select one or more applications to search for content on the screen.
  • On Screen: Only IF Text/ID is present on the display.
  • Off Screen: Only NO Text/ID is present on the screen.

Match Option

  • Text content:
It will search for the match by text.
  • View id:
Find the match by identifier, you can find the ids with actions e.g. Read Screen Content, Check Text To Screen.

See also: Read Screen Contents, Check Text To Screen.

Text to match

Text to match, supports the use of wildcards and magic text.

See also: Magic Text.

Checkbox

  • Enable regular expression matching
Regular expression matching (or regex matching) is a technique for finding patterns within text using a specialized syntax known as regular expressions.
It's a powerful tool for text processing and pattern recognition.
  • Case insensitive
It will ignore the use of upper and lower case in title and detail.
  • Include overlays (Pro Only)
An overlay is like an additional layer that is placed on top of other applications on your device.
It can be a pop-up window, a banner or even a small icon.

Read Screen Update Rate

The frequency that the device will query the screen contents.
With intervals of 0.1 sec up to a maximum of 5 sec.
More frequent updates may cause higher battery drain.

  • Don't read when MacroDroid is open
Enabling this option will prevent reading the screen contents when MacroDroid is the foreground app.
This can prevent laggy behaviour when using the app.