Is it possible to spoof touchscreen inputs without user interaction? [migrated]

Is it possible to spoof touchscreen inputs without user interaction? [migrated]

Consider the following system:

• Stock Android 9, unrooted
• USB and wireless debugging unavailable
• screen permanently turned off

So basically a headless Android device.

Question: Is it possible to programmatically spoof touchscreen interactions on such a device, e.g. in order to force-close a firewall app without any actual user input?

If yes, how? If no, why not?

Example: The default method to do this manually is from the app info menu, i.e.

Similarly, inactive/background apps can be closed from the developer settings: