Zenity alternative for Android

Question

Is there any Zenity alternative available for Android?

I am trying to do something like this using a Bash script in my Android device:

1. Show a pop-up message
2. Play a notification tone
3. Show a pop-up window with text (or number) input box;
4. Add item to notification panel;
5. Show toaster message?

Is it possible to do this without using any external tool (or with only lightweight external tool)? If not then please name some command-line tools for this purpose.

Expected usage scenario, from command line:

$ ANWSER=$(android_show_message --buttons OK,Cancel "Do you really want ...?" )
 (android_show_message script brings up a tiny apk app using `am start`)
 (android_show_message communicates with the app to configure what it want to do)
 (android_show_message waits until the app tells it to exit)
 user presses "OK", android_show_message exits successfully, printing "OK";
$ if [ "$ANSWER" == "OK" ]; then android_show_message --toast "Operation completed"; fi
 (a toast message is shown)

Answer 1

Installing a command line tool will need a terminal app to be installed on your device. Instead you can use following third-party tools

Tasker can do these things for you.

Just a little heads-up. It is a paid app and a trial version is available. Please test it before you buy. It needs little advanced understanding.

There is also Trigger

Simple, free but has limited workings Let us know which one you choose.

Answer 2

This is doable with termux and the termux-api (apk) extension which exposes among other commands the termux-dialog:

confirm - Show confirmation dialog
    [-i hint] text hint (optional)
    [-t title] set title of dialog (optional)

checkbox - Select multiple values using checkboxes
    [-v ",,,"] comma delim values to use (required)
    [-t title] set title of dialog (optional)

counter - Pick a number in specified range
    [-r min,max,start] comma delim of (3) numbers to use (optional)
    [-t title] set title of dialog (optional)

date - Pick a date
    [-t title] set title of dialog (optional)
    [-d "dd-MM-yyyy k:m:s"] SimpleDateFormat Pattern for date widget output (optional)

radio - Pick a single value from radio buttons
    [-v ",,,"] comma delim values to use (required)
    [-t title] set title of dialog (optional)

sheet - Pick a value from sliding bottom sheet
    [-v ",,,"] comma delim values to use (required)
    [-t title] set title of dialog (optional)

spinner - Pick a single value from a dropdown spinner
    [-v ",,,"] comma delim values to use (required)
    [-t title] set title of dialog (optional)

speech - Obtain speech using device microphone
    [-i hint] text hint (optional)
    [-t title] set title of dialog (optional)

text - Input text (default if no widget specified)
    [-i hint] text hint (optional)
    [-m] multiple lines instead of single (optional)*
    [-n] enter input as numbers (optional)*
    [-p] enter input as password (optional)
    [-t title] set title of dialog (optional)
       * cannot use [-m] with [-n]

time - Pick a time value
    [-t title] set title of dialog (optional)

An example of a text input (text can be omitted as it's the default widget type):

termux-dialog text -t "Please enter a name"

The result is returned as json so you'd probably want to use something like jq to parse it.

name=$(termux-dialog text -t "Please enter a name" | jq '.text')

echo "$name"

If you put your scripts into the ~/.shortcuts folder then you can run them with a single tap via the Termux Widgets add-on.