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Hi Martin,

I am trying to use notification on Statusbar Selected as a trigger for a flow whilst the lockscreen is active.

The flow isn't being triggered whilst the lockscreen is active.

Does the trigger not work whilst the lockscreen is active?

Thanks, Sam

Hi Sam,

This should also work on the lockscreen. Following flow is executed on an Android 5 device when the notification is selected (needs to be pressed twice and PIN needs to be entered before the flow executes):
-trigger Notification on Statusbar selected
-action Vibrate

Does this flow work on your device?

What device model and Android version are you using?

Regards,
Martin

Hi Martin,

That flow works and mine works once the pin has been entered, but i wanted the flow to activate without entering the pin.

Is it possible?

I am using Android 5.0.1 on a HTC One M8.

Thanks, Sam

Hi Sam,

Unfortunately that's the normal behavior enforced by Android. I'm not sure if there's a workaround possible using this trigger.

You could create a custom widget with a clickable action and display this widget when the lockscreen is shown. Something like this could work:
Flow 1
-trigger Display State: On
-condition Keyguard Locked
--> true: action Show Custom Widget Overlay

Flow 2
-trigger User Present
-action Hide Custom Widget Overlay

Regards,
Martin

Thanks Martin, I'll try it that way.

Sam

Hi Martin,

Just letting you know the widget suggestion works great. It executes the flow whilst the phone is locked.

Thanks for your help.

Sam