Shell command: Permission denied when trying to issue a settings command

[Mikael Lindholm]

Hello all,

I'm new to Automate so please excuse the noob question:

I would like to run a shell command when the Android device is pulled of the USB power, and I managed to create a flow that reacts to that (that was super easy, thanks to dev for that!).

The challenge I have is that I'd like to run the following command:

"settings put global overlay_display_devices 0"

I get a permission denied error message. I've tried also the Super User shell command, but didn't have high hopes since my rooting my device is not an option.

I also tried ADB Shell command, but a connection refused message there, and I would really prefer to use shell command since I would need the ADB connection for something else. (Doing ADB

Many thanks for any hints in advance!

Mikael

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

Just use the System setting set block, but as the documentation say, "Modifying a setting in the Global or Secure category isn’t officially supported and may require the “modify secure settings” or “modify private settings” privilege, may not work on all devices."

[Mikael Lindholm]

Thanks for the tip Henrik! I must be blind, but as the setting has to be selected from a drop down box, I couldn't find anything that matched what I needed to do. It seems like all Categories offers the same  settings names, is that how it should be?

Many thanks again,

Mikael

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

Click the fx icon next to Name then write "overlay_display_devices" (including quotes), choose Global as Category, and set Value to 0

[Mikael Lindholm]

Thanks Henrik - that worked but then rights apparently was not enough or something (I gave it rights to system and private settings) as it produced an exception.

I guess this will not solve my challenge, but I want to thank for the support and the app in itself seems like a very capable and well designed one!

Many thanks again!

Mikael