Feature request: external trigger (Intent / App Shortcut / QS Tile / Widget) to start/stop Walkie-Talkie "Auto" mic (center button)

[Alexei-WLU]

Summary
Walkie-Talkie mode now includes manual mic controls; the center mic performs automatic bilingual detection/translation. Please expose a public, user-initiated hook to programmatically press/toggle this center mic from outside the app (e.g., via launcher gesture, hardware button mapper, Tasker/Automate), using one or more of: explicit Intent, App Shortcut, Quick Settings tile, and/or App Widget. The goal is hands-free, single-tap operation without UI automation. (Manual mic controls were added in v2.1 per README; WT mode runs with screen off/in background.)

Expected behavior

1. User taps the shortcut/tile/widget (or a launcher/hardware button mapped to the Intent).
2. RTranslator starts Walkie-Talkie Auto mic if idle; stops it if already active.
3. Show a minimal toast/snackbar and update tile/shortcut state.

[niedev]

Hi, the problem with your proposal is that, to run, the models need to be loaded in RAM first, and this operation require 5/6 seconds (the time needed to load the app at first start).

[Alexei-WLU]

What I am actually trying to achieve is to start the hands-free walkie-talkie mode by a visually impaired (and disabled) person who is not able to see and tap little icons.

The person can press a hardware button (or widget) once or twice and can wait for any number of seconds.

I tried to use Llamalab Automate to 'click' on the walkie-talkie button on the bottom left, but it did not work:
https://groups.google.com/g/automate-user/c/RP-ES6RrREk

So the person needs to be able
(1) to start the hands-free walkie-talkie mode with a hardware button or widget or shortcut
and
(2) to quit the mode (or to turn mic OFF) with a hardware button or widget or shortcut

[niedev]

Ok now I get it. It doesn't seem an easy feature to implement but I will do my best 🚀. But I warn you that it will not be done quickly, because I have a lot of feature to implement. So I suggest you to find a third party way in the meantime, maybe with tasker there are options to automate a button click, via coordinates or simulating a tab button press to select the WalkieTalkie button and then enter to click it.