import android.accessibilityservice.AccessibilityService;
import android.provider.Settings;
import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent;
import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
import androidx.core.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat;
import java.util.List;
public class WhatAppAccessibilityService extends AccessibilityService {
@Override
public void onAccessibilityEvent (AccessibilityEvent event) {
if (getRootInActiveWindow () == null) {
return;
AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat rootInActiveWindow = AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat.wrap (getRootInActiveWindow ());
// Whatsapp Message EditText id
List<AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat> messageNodeList = rootInActiveWindow.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId ("com.whatsapp:id/entry");
if (messageNodeList == null || messageNodeList.isEmpty ()) {
return;
// check if the whatsapp message EditText field is filled with text and ending with your suffix (explanation above)
AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat messageField = messageNodeList.get (0);
if (messageField.getText () == null || messageField.getText ().length () == 0
|| !messageField.getText ().toString ().endsWith (getApplicationContext ().getString (R.string.whatsapp_suffix))) { // So your service doesn't process any message, but the ones ending your apps suffix
return;
// Whatsapp send button id
List<AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat> sendMessageNodeInfoList = rootInActiveWindow.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId ("com.whatsapp:id/send");
if (sendMessageNodeInfoList == null || sendMessageNodeInfoList.isEmpty ()) {
return;
AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat sendMessageButton = sendMessageNodeInfoList.get (0);
if (!sendMessageButton.isVisibleToUser ()) {
return;
// Now fire a click on the send button
sendMessageButton.performAction (AccessibilityNodeInfo.ACTION_CLICK);
// Now go back to your app by clicking on the Android back button twice:
// First one to leave the conversation screen
// Second one to leave whatsapp
try {
Thread.sleep (500); // hack for certain devices in which the immediate back click is too fast to handle
performGlobalAction (GLOBAL_ACTION_BACK);
Thread.sleep (500); // same hack as above
} catch (InterruptedException ignored) {}
performGlobalAction (GLOBAL_ACTION_BACK);
}