Trigger: Media Track Changed

This trigger fires when a media player app changes the currently playing track. Track details are available via magic text.

Options

  • No configuration options - the trigger fires whenever the track changes

Magic Text

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

  • {track_name}
  • {track_artist}
  • {track_album}
  • {track_duration}
  • {track_year}
  • {track_number}
  • {track_genre}

Examples

Example 1: Show a now playing notification

Triggers

Media Track Changed
Actions

Display Notification: "Now playing {track_name} - {track_artist}"

Example 2: Log track changes to a file

Triggers

Media Track Changed
Actions

Write to File - Append "{track_name} - {track_artist}" to track_log.txt

Notes

  • This trigger relies on standard Android media notifications and only works with apps that provide them

See Also