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

See Also

• Trigger: Notification
• Action: Popup Message
• Trigger: Screen content