Hinge Auto-Liker

Automates Hinge swiping on an Android emulator. Uses Gemini vision to evaluate profiles, pick the best photo/prompt, and send witty comments.

Requirements

• Android emulator (AVD) with Hinge installed and logged in
• adb in PATH
• GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable (Gemini 2.5 Flash recommended)
• Python 3.8+
• Java (for Android emulator)

Setup (First Time)

1. Install Android command line tools (via Homebrew: brew install --cask android-commandlinetools)
2. Create an AVD: avdmanager create avd -n HingePhone -k "system-images;android-34;google_apis;arm64-v8a" -d pixel_6
3. Boot the emulator with a window, install Hinge from Play Store, and log in manually
4. Set GEMINI_API_KEY in environment

Running

# Set environment
export PATH="\x3Candroid-tools-path>/platform-tools:\x3Candroid-tools-path>/emulator:$PATH"
export GEMINI_API_KEY="your-key-here"

# Boot emulator (windowed for video, add -no-window for headless)
emulator -avd HingePhone -no-audio -no-metrics -gpu swiftshader_indirect &

# Wait for boot
adb wait-for-device
while [ "$(adb shell getprop sys.boot_completed 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')" != "1" ]; do sleep 2; done

# Launch Hinge
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n co.hinge.app/.ui.AppActivity
sleep 10

# Optional: start screen recording
adb shell screenrecord --time-limit 300 /sdcard/hinge_session.mp4 &

# Run the liker
python3 scripts/hinge_android.py --likes 8 --user-desc "a 25yo tech guy in SF who's fit and active"

# Pull recording + kill emulator
adb shell pkill -INT screenrecord; sleep 3
adb pull /sdcard/hinge_session.mp4 ./recordings/session.mp4
adb emu kill

Script Options

Environment Variables

Output

The script prints a session report to stdout with:

• Total profiles seen, liked, skipped
• For each profile: who they are, why it liked/skipped, the comment sent, which content was liked

JSON logs are saved to logs/ directory.

Scheduling as a Daily Cron

Set up via OpenClaw cron for daily automated runs. Key notes:

• Hardcode GEMINI_API_KEY in the cron payload — cron shells don't source ~/.zshrc
• Use am start to launch Hinge, not monkey (more reliable)
• Compress videos before sending via iMessage (16MB limit): ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec libx264 -crf 28 -preset fast -vf scale=720:-2 output.mp4

After Each Session

Send the user a text report including:

1. How many profiles seen / liked / skipped
2. For each liked profile: who she is, why the AI liked her, what comment was sent
3. For each skipped profile: brief reason why
4. Any errors (paywall, API failures, etc.)
5. Video recording if available (compressed for messaging)

Troubleshooting

• Paywall/out of likes: Free likes reset ~24h after last batch. Schedule runs accordingly.
• Gemini empty responses: Increase maxOutputTokens, check API key/quota.
• Can't find buttons: Hinge UI changes periodically — check find_all_hearts() and find_skip_button() patterns.
• Emulator crashes: Check disk space (df -h), try -gpu swiftshader_indirect.