element-hq / element-hq/element-android

[Request] Add Intents to Open Doors to Scripting

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I believe it would be a great addition to its feature set if Element added intents, so it can be manipulated from other apps or scripts.

You can implement a rudimentary Matrix client by using a shell script using cURL on Termux, following [this guide](https://matrix.org/docs/guides/client-server-api). However, implementing message receiving naively by polling is likely to lead to battery drain because it is not "blessed" with FCM.

The Play Store version of Element does this anyway. Why not let other apps/scripts piggyback on it? It will open up a whole world of opportunities --- I believe.

I hope the developers will consider this.

Thanks!

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