Hinge Auto-Liker

Automated Hinge dating profile liker using Android emulator + Gemini vision AI. Scrolls through full profiles, analyzes attractiveness with AI, likes the bes...

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="<android-tools-path>/platform-tools:<android-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

Flag	Default	Description
--likes	8	Max likes per session
--adb	adb	Path to adb binary
--user-desc	generic	Description of the user for AI matching

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
GEMINI_API_KEY	Yes	Google Gemini API key
GEMINI_MODEL	No	Model name (default: gemini-2.5-flash)
ADB_PATH	No	Full path to adb binary
HINGE_WORK_DIR	No	Working directory for screenshots/logs

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.