FrameXX
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Ok.
So I am building an action block and I want to work with some variables only inside that action block, before giving some clear output. So what are my options? None? Well, It seems I am going to settle for messing with my variables inside output parameters/variables area.
Now I want to configure a 'Wait Before Next Action' and use one of these output variables that I need to work with (because only they are editable) as a time value but... OUCH! The spinner chooser thingy doesn't let me choose from output variables, but only from input and global variables. Why?!?
Sorry for this start, but I had a need to describe how uncomfortable/impossible it currently is to work with variables in an action block. So what I wanted to point out:
anyone can overcome this, but what I can't overcome is that:
I know there may be some workarounds for what I am complaining about like using shell to save variables and maybe more..., but I still thing that MacroDroid action block should still be comfortably usable without these workarounds. What about you?
So Jamie please don't leave Action Blocks as a temporary done functionality, because I thing it's still not 100% functionable as it should in it's current state.
EDIT
I also found out that output variables seem to be kind of broken. This action block would always show the right output in toast message, but wouldn't ever give me that output. It just outputs nothing.
So I am building an action block and I want to work with some variables only inside that action block, before giving some clear output. So what are my options? None? Well, It seems I am going to settle for messing with my variables inside output parameters/variables area.
Now I want to configure a 'Wait Before Next Action' and use one of these output variables that I need to work with (because only they are editable) as a time value but... OUCH! The spinner chooser thingy doesn't let me choose from output variables, but only from input and global variables. Why?!?
Sorry for this start, but I had a need to describe how uncomfortable/impossible it currently is to work with variables in an action block. So what I wanted to point out:
- Local scope variables are missing
- Variable spinner doesn't show output variables as an option
I know there may be some workarounds for what I am complaining about like using shell to save variables and maybe more..., but I still thing that MacroDroid action block should still be comfortably usable without these workarounds. What about you?
So Jamie please don't leave Action Blocks as a temporary done functionality, because I thing it's still not 100% functionable as it should in it's current state.
EDIT
I also found out that output variables seem to be kind of broken. This action block would always show the right output in toast message, but wouldn't ever give me that output. It just outputs nothing.
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