Android App Open and Close Intents
I use an application called Macrodroid to automate some things on my Android phone. It's similar to the popular Tasker app. One the routines opens my podcast app, starts playing the next episode in the queue, and then switches over to Waze. I would love to be able to add closing the garage door to this.
Macrodroid can launch an application Shortcut, but it didn't show that the Tailwind app defines any. Macrodroid can launch an application Activity. Tailwind did have some of those, but the available options were mostly navigating to different pages in the app.
Macrodroid can send an Intent, and I'm thinking open and close intents might exist, but Macrodroid cannot detect what the intents in an application are. So...can you tell me...if open and close intents exist in the Android app, what are they?
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Macrodroid can only trigger actions if the Tailwind app exposes public intents, and currently the Tailwind Android app does not publish any open/close garage door intents. The available Activities you see are only UI navigation, not device-control actions. Unless Tailwind adds explicit intent support or a local API, Macrodroid won’t be able to close the garage door directly. The only workaround is using Tailwind’s cloud API (if available) or asking Tailwind support to expose control intents.
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Most Android apps don’t expose “open” or “close” intents publicly — they usually only define activities for screens or actions within the app. If Tailwind doesn’t document any specific intents, there’s likely no official way to trigger open/close via an external automation tool like Macrodroid.
Workarounds:
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Use the app’s Activity that corresponds to the main screen or the specific function you want.
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Check if Tailwind supports Shortcuts in Android 12+; some apps let you trigger actions via shortcuts rather than intents.
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Contact Tailwind support to see if they can provide documented intents or recommend an automation-friendly approach.
Without official intents, Macrodroid can only reliably launch activities or shortcuts the app exposes.
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I’ve used similar Android automation setups before, and intents can be really useful if the app exposes them properly. Sometimes developers don’t document custom intents publicly, so checking Logcat while triggering actions can help identify them. I also use this tool style automation for scheduled tasks where messages or actions run automatically in the background without needing manual input every time.
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