Trigger: Screen content

About

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.

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.