System Setting Change trigger does not work with foreground app name

[Shajirr]

Phone is Samsung Galaxy S10e
MacroDroid version is whatever the latest on Playstore

If I set System Setting Change trigger to monitor the foreground app name changes via {fg_app_name}, the trigger never fires.
Not even once.

If I read the {fg_app_name} variable myself, its always returned correct, it does change when foreground app changes.
So its just the trigger that's not working.

Same thing with foreground app package, also doesn't work.

 

[Dimlos]

{fg_app_name} is magic text and not a system setting, so it will not fire in the system setting change trigger.

 

[Shajirr]

{fg_app_name} is magic text and not a system setting, so it will not fire in the system setting change trigger.

Well its in the list of what I can select for this trigger.
How do I know then what from that list will work and what won't work?

Basically I wanted to fire a trigger when foreground app changes, how do I do it then without making it just a timer that checks {fg_app_name}

 

[Endercraft]

Well its in the list of what I can select for this trigger.
How do I know then what from that list will work and what won't work?

Basically I wanted to fire a trigger when foreground app changes, how do I do it then without making it just a timer that checks {fg_app_name}

That's the list of magic texts so you can use different keys dynamically, use the system setting action to find out available keys.

 

[Dm114]

Well its in the list of what I can select for this trigger.
How do I know then what from that list will work and what won't work?

Basically I wanted to fire a trigger when foreground app changes, how do I do it then without making it just a timer that checks {fg_app_name}

You can achieve that very easily. When foreground app changes, store new one's name in a string variable and use this content change as a Trigger!

 

[Shajirr]

When foreground app changes, store new one's name in a string variable

To do that I already need a trigger which reacts to foreground app change, which is the whole point

 

[Dm114]

To do that I already need a trigger which reacts to foreground app change, which is the whole point

Use Application Launched... trigger

 

[MacroDroidDev]

The {fg_app_name} should work anywhere it's used but it does require the standard MacroDroid accessibility service to be enabled for it to work. Do you have this enabled?