# Smart app via routine

**URL:** <https://community.smartthings.com/t/smart-app-via-routine/29088>\
**Category:** SmartApps & Automations\
**Created:** [November 15, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/smart-app-via-routine/29088 "2015-11-15T16:27:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SamB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamB](https://community.smartthings.com/u/SamB)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/smart-app-via-routine/29088/1 "2015-11-15T16:27:00Z")

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Is is possible to have a routine run a smart app?

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**Author:** ![JDRoberts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/jdroberts/32/56577_2.png) [@JDRoberts](https://community.smartthings.com/u/JDRoberts)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/smart-app-via-routine/29088/2 "2015-11-15T16:56:41Z")

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I don’t know if you can do it directly, but it’s easy to have a routine turn on a virtual switch and Have a smartapp subscribe to that switch event. 🕶

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**Author:** ![SamB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamB](https://community.smartthings.com/u/SamB)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/smart-app-via-routine/29088/3 "2015-11-15T17:52:33Z")

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Hello,

Go it thanks, I found another way round. I created a new mode called Romantic and set the SmartApp to run when the mode was changed to romantic (Dims lights and Plays sonos).

Your way also sounds interesting

Thanks  
Sam

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**Author:** ![JDRoberts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/jdroberts/32/56577_2.png) [@JDRoberts](https://community.smartthings.com/u/JDRoberts)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/smart-app-via-routine/29088/4 "2015-11-15T17:55:39Z")

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Whatever works best for the particular use case. If you use a virtual switch, then you aren’t using up a mode. But if the only time you want it to happen is when you’re doing a mode change, then go for It. 😍 It’s easier to make the virtual switch specific to just one smart app. The mode is likely to affect a bunch of things. Both ways are useful.