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

• Action: Clear Notifications
• Action: Display Notification
• Constraint: Notification Present