Trigger: Application Launched/Closed

When is this trigger activated?

This trigger will fire when an application becomes the foreground application (launched) or when it is no longer the foreground app (closed).

Magic Text

This action supports the use of magic text, you can use it in the "Enter package name" option, you can manually define the package name if you know it or by extracting it from some previously defined variable, using the (...) button.
It also has magic output text [app_name] and [app_package] 

More information on the associated magic text.

Supported configurations

Force legacy mechanism:
Try this option if you have issues with the new application launched trigger implementation, or don't want to enable Accessibility access for MacroDroid.

Prevent notifications interfering:
Swiping down the status bar may interfere with this trigger. This option prevents this interference but may cause issues with the trigger on some devices.

More information about this:

Due to changes to Android, there is a faster method with the use of accessibility services, however it is still possible to avoid accessibility services by ticking the box 'force legacy system'
Accessibility can be granted by following the steps in the popup or by pressing the notification that appears from MacroDroid.
Any other issues, please consult the Troubleshooting section under the left hamburger menu from the MacroDroid home screen.

Example Usage 1

When starting YouTube the screen rotation will be activated

Triggers

Application launched (YouTube)

Actions

Enable screen rotation.

Constraints

Example Usage 2

When closing YouTube the screen rotation will be deactivate

Triggers

Application closed(YouTube)

Actions

Disable screen rotation.

Constraints