Edge lighting while charging S24U - SOLVED

[KDG]

I don't see a way to build a macro that when I plug in (or attach to a charging) I can have the S24u edge lighting turn on while it's charging while the screen is off.

Thoughts?

 

[mapriex]

whats ege lighting? is it the flash of your device?

 

[KDG]

On Samsung phones there's a lighting method that goes all the way around the very edges of the screen. This can be customized in many many ways (colors, style, thickness, pattern, etc).

 

[hsurB]

There are few ways to achieve it.
Create routine in modes and routines app - notification recieved from macrodroid contains charging - edge lightning once.
Create macro in macrodroid that will display and clear notification that contains charging in loop

I am sure you can achieve the same thing using only macrodroid, I am just not sure how to set display notification action properly.
It has to be set to notification action (high priority) or notification action and you need to enable something in phone's settings then you would display notification in loop but it would also display that notification pop up at the top center of the screen so first method seems better looking

 

[KDG]

Thanks! I'd like to just stick to Macdroid app. I'm not interested in this enough to have multiple apps to run the function if I can't do it in macdroid I won't do it but I do appreciate the insight on an alternate method

 

[hsurB]

But you already have this app installed on your phone anyway (its samsung's modes and routines app) and it won't cause any more battery drain + it works flawlessly, but I understand your point

 

[KDG]

My bad, you're correct. I only use Macdroid to do all these kinds of routines I've created so I wasn't even aware of that modes and routines app

 

[KDG]

But you already have this app installed on your phone anyway (its samsung's modes and routines app) and it won't cause any more battery drain + it works flawlessly, but I understand your point

Ok, your tip got me 75% there. And it works. BUT, it only allows the lighting to be triggered 1x. Which is odd. You can pick the style, color, animation method, but it will only trigger 1x (lasts a few seconds) & can't be modified to last any longer.

 

[hsurB]

Thats right. Now try to create macro in macrodroid using action called 'Repeat actions'.
Loop should look something like:
Repeat actions (while/do here you could use system's notification specific to charging phone - notification present, contains: whatever notification says)
1. Display notification - charging
2. Wait 100ms
3. Clear notification - macrodroid - charging
4. Wait 1s

If screen lightning lasts few seconds, it should be enough to keep it up this entire time and when you unplug the phone, system notification specific to charging is gone so loop should stop.

 

[Endercraft]

Thats right. Now try to create macro in macrodroid using action called 'Repeat actions'.
Loop should look something like:
Repeat actions (while/do here you could use system's notification specific to charging phone - notification present, contains: whatever notification says)
1. Display notification - charging
2. Wait 100ms
3. Clear notification - macrodroid - charging
4. Wait 1s

If screen lightning lasts few seconds, it should be enough to keep it up this entire time and when you unplug the phone, system notification specific to charging is gone so loop should stop.

I've tried the same a while ago and clearing the notification quickly seems to prevent this lighting (at least on MIUI).

 

[KDG]

Thats right. Now try to create macro in macrodroid using action called 'Repeat actions'.
Loop should look something like:
Repeat actions (while/do here you could use system's notification specific to charging phone - notification present, contains: whatever notification says)
1. Display notification - charging
2. Wait 100ms
3. Clear notification - macrodroid - charging
4. Wait 1s

If screen lightning lasts few seconds, it should be enough to keep it up this entire time and when you unplug the phone, system notification specific to charging is gone so loop should stop.

Like this?

 

[hsurB]

I've tried the same a while ago and clearing the notification quickly seems to prevent this lighting (at least on MIUI).

It shouldn't in this case cause lightning is routine's action and not based on appearing notification but it could if we used another method - based on macrodroid's notification. I am not sure tho - has to be tested.

 

[hsurB]

Like this?

Click arrows next to + in actions and drag the end of loop at the bottom, other actions have to be inside the loop

 

[Endercraft]

Like this?

Make sure the while/do loop contains all the actions (click and drag end loop to the bottom using )

 

[KDG]

I figured the loop was closing too early but I honestly didn't know how to move the end function (click arrows) to the actual end of the action. But now I do so I made that change.

 

[KDG]

Ok so... With the routine in Modes & Routines setup & running as previously mentioned + this macro in Macdroid, the edge lighting won't stay on beyond what's set by the Modes & Routines. The process acts like it's ignoring the Macdroid macro.

 

[hsurB]

You are missing action to display notification in your loop that containst the phrase you used in routine's trigger(if) and I am not sure how did you configure 'clear notification' action in macro cause it says something about the trigger

 

[KDG]

You are missing action to display notification in your loop that containst the phrase you used in routine's trigger(if) and I am not sure how did you configure 'clear notification' action in macro cause it says something about the trigger

Isn't that covered with this?

WHILE/DO
notification present
Contains; "charging"

 

[hsurB]

No. Its a condition that ensures the loop is still going (based on systems notification).

 

[KDG]

You are missing action to display notification in your loop that containst the phrase you used in routine's trigger(if) and I am not sure how did you configure 'clear notification' action in macro cause it says something about the trigger

Oh wait... You're saying the "contains" in Macdroid needs to be the title of the action in Modes & Actions? So you're triggering that action to loop?