About this app
MacroDroid is the easiest way to automate tasks on your Android smartphone or tablet. Via the straightforward user interface MacroDroid makes it possible to build fully automated tasks in just a few taps.
A few examples of how MacroDroid can help you to get automated:
# Auto reject incoming calls when in a meeting (as set in your calendar).
# Increase safety while commuting by reading your incoming notifications and messages (via Text to Speech) and send automated responses via email or SMS.
# Optimize your daily workflow on your phone; switch on bluetooth and start playing music when you enter your car. Or switch on WiFi when near your house.
# Reduce battery drain (e.g. dim screen and switch Wifi off)
# Saving on roaming costs (automatically switch off your Data)
# Make custom sound and notification profiles.
# Remind you to do certain tasks using timers and stopwatches.
These are just a few examples out of limitless scenarios where MacroDroid can make your Android life a little easier. With only 3 simple steps this is how it works:
1. Select a Trigger.
The trigger is the cue for the macro to start. MacroDroid offers over 80 triggers to start your macro, i.e. location based triggers (like GPS, cell towers, etc), device status triggers (like battery level, app starting/closing), sensor triggers (like shaking, light levels, etc) and connectivity triggers (like Bluetooth, Wifi and Notifications).
You can also create a shortcut on the homescreen of your device or run using the unique and customizable Macrodroid sidebar.
2. Select the Actions you like to automate.
MacroDroid can perform over 100 different actions, that you typically would do by hand. Connect to your Bluetooth or Wifi device, select volume levels, speak text (like your incoming notifications or current time), start a timer, dim your screen, run Tasker plugin and many more.
3. Optionally: Configure Constraints.
Constraints help you to let the macro fire only when you want it to.
Living near your work, but only want to connect to your company's Wifi during work days? With a constraint you can select specific times or days that the macro can be invoked. MacroDroid offers over 50 constraint types.
MacroDroid is compatible with Tasker and Locale plugins to expand the range of possibilities even further.
= For beginners =
MacroDroid's unique interface offers a Wizard that guides step by step through the configuration of your first macros.
It is also possible to use an existing template from the template section and customize it to your needs.
The built-in forum allows you to get help from other users, allowing you to easy learn the ins and outs of MacroDroid.
= For more experienced users =
MacroDroid offers more comprehensive solutions like the use of Tasker and Locale plugins, system/user defined variables, scripts, intents, advance logic like IF, THEN, ELSE clauses, use of AND/OR
The free version of MacroDroid is ad-supported and allows you to configure up to 5 macros. The Pro version (a small one time fee) removes all adverts and allows an unlimited amount of macros.
= Support =
Please use the in-app forum for all usage questions and feature requests, or access via www.macrodroidforum.com.
To report bugs please use the built in 'Report a bug' option available via the troubleshooting section.
= Automatic file backup =
It's simple to construct macros to backup/copy your files to a specific folder on the device, an SD card or an external USB drive.
= Accessibility Services =
MacroDroid makes use of accessibility services for certain features like automating UI Interactions. use of accessibility services is entirely at the users discretion. No user data is ever obtained or logged from any accessibility service.
= Wear OS =
This app contains a Wear OS companion app for basic interaction with MacroDroid. This is not a standalone app and requires the phone application installed.
App Permissions
Allows an application to retrieve state dump information from system services.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to receive SMS messages.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to set the wallpaper.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
Allows an application to send SMS messages.
Allows an application to see the number being dialed during an outgoing call with the option to redirect the call to a different number or abort the call altogether.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to disable the keyguard if it is not secure.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to modify the current configuration, such as locale.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows modification of the telephony state - power on, mmi, etc.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to read the sync settings.
Allows applications to write the sync settings.
Allows an application to call killBackgroundProcesses(String].
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Must be required by an AccessibilityService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Allows an application to update device statistics.
This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.
Allows an application to read the user's call log.
Allows an application to write (but not read] the user's call log data.
Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to write the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to collect component usage statistics
Declaring the permission implies intention to use the API and the user of the device can grant permission through the Settings application.
Permission an application must hold in order to use ACTION_REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS.
Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.
Allows an application to read or write the secure system settings.
Allows an app to use fingerprint hardware.
Allows the app to answer an incoming phone call.
Allows an application to request deleting packages.
Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
Allows applications to pair bluetooth devices without user interaction, and to allow or disallow phonebook access or message access.
Allows an application to read SMS messages.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
