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(1) I'd like to create a persistent notification that displays the date. I'm trying to avoid installing a specialized app. Is it possible with AutoMagic?

(2) Is there an action that immediately turns off the screen? I saw 'set screen timeout' and that's almost what I'm looking for. I want to the screen to turn off immediately every time I set put it upside down in my pocket, or facedown on a desk, etc.

Hi,

1) You could use action Notification on Statusbar with title set to {triggertime,dateformat,dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss} (see menu->Select Variable for other examples to format date/time). Also check Ongoing. You'd have to execute the action every few minutes or once a day to update the displayed time by using a trigger Periodic Timer. Deactivate Wake device... to reduce battery usage.

2) As a side effect action Lock Device turns off the screen. The action does more or less the same thing like pressing the power button. Android 6 seems to have a bug where unlocking by fingerprint does not work when Lock Device was used to turn off the display.

Regards,
Martin

Thank you Martin!