Helper App

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Helper App Introduction

Over recent years the Android Operating System has slowly begun to block certain features and prevent apps from performing actions such as enabling/disabling Wifi and Bluetooth. In order to distribute apps on Google Play it is mandatory to update the Android SDK that apps are built against and it is this requirement that prevents these features from working.

To workaround the issue MacroDroid introduced a helper application that was built against a much older Android SDK (Android 5) that is still able to support these restricted features. Instead of making the calls directly, MacroDroid directs the requests to the helper app and the feature can still be supported. Unfortunately Google have now made it difficult to install APKs this old on Android 14 and above. The standard helper file can only be installed on Android 14 via a command line request via a connected PC.

Connectivity Helper

To work around this new limitation a new more limited helper file (MacroDroid Connectivity Helper) has been built that can be installed easily on Android 14 and above. This helper app supports the following features:

Enable/Disable Wifi and connect to specific network.
Enable/Disable Bluetooth and control connections to A2DP devices.
Enable/Disable HotSpot.

The connectivity helper app can be download and installed from here: <todo>

Universal Helper

For users running Android 13 or lower (or for users who are happy to install via a connected PC), the universal helper app should be used. This helper app supports all features from the connectivity helper plus the following: