Tasker.

You can use it to automate basically ANYTHING you can think of. Your imagination is the limit.

I've actually gotten better at this by basing my alarms off of several 90-minute intervals and using tasker on my phone to wake me up with a good song. I make sure to change the song frequently so that I don't get ptsd when I hear it anywhere else.

You can use the Tasker app for Android to block calls using wildcards during certain hours. Here's a guide on how to set up call blocking.

I have a similar profile that mutes calls from non-Favorite numbers during certain hours so I can only be contacted for emergencies, etc.

You really can't talk about the power of Android apps without bringing up Tasker. In a nutshell, it allows you to automate just about anything on your phone.

I use it to automatically silence my phone whenever I'm at school or charging overnight. I use it to block calls from first time unknown callers. I use it to enable or disable auto rotate depending on which app I'm in. I've used it in the past to switch between two different launchers based on whether I'm at school or not. I've even set it up to do some wacky things like play the Wii Shop Channel theme whenever I open the Play Store (stole the idea from someone else) and speed up or slow down all system-wide animations based on the amount of light hitting the light sensor.

If you can't tell already, it's insanely powerful and limited really only by your creativity. If you want to try before you buy I think I remember a trial version being on the developer's website. But it really is the best few dollars I've spent on an app.

Sesame Search is a universal search app that integrates seamlessly into Nova launcher and other custom launchers. You can search your Spotify playlists, subscribed subreddits, contacts, and tons more all from the same place. By far the best search solution I've seen on any phone ever and it's what convinced me to use a custom launcher instead of the stock Pixel launcher.

Another part of Android that I enjoy that I haven't seen mentioned are live wallpapers, and Google makes some that are downright sexy. You can sideload any of their Pixel live wallpapers by looking for them on Google. Fracta, Minima, Chrooma, and Material Islands are all quality too and those are available on the Play Store.

Tasker has not been banned from the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&hl=en

They were delisted because they had implemented a function (android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS) that stops the phone from sleeping properly. A function that Google had notified everyone with some advanced notice would not be allowed except for in certain instances which Tasker did not meet. The Tasker Crew cleaned things up and got the app back up in no time.

this is the link to tasker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&hl=en). as for the task i set up, i was using the cell towers around work (because the gps didn't work well in the building) for tasker to know i was in my office. if it connected to my work cell towers between 9-930 it would say "hey baby just got to work, miss you.", or other message randomly chosen from a list, then i had a list of generic nice messages (miss you, can't wait to see you, etc) that would get sent when i would plug the phone in/unlock the screen when i was at work. then when i would leave work and the phone would drop off my work cell towers it would send a message saying "hey baby just left work see you soon" or something along those lines. i had 3 lists of messages, an arrived at work list, left work list, and general nice message list and tasker would randomly pick which message to send to help it not seem so automated.

I don't see why not using the Tasker app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&hl=en_CA

For Android users, there's Tasker and the Tasker Plugin for Tesla. These apps all take advantage of the Tesla API.

I've set up numerous automatons with these such as auto setting the climate before I leave work so that my car is heated up or cooled down based on the weather. Now with V10, I've made it work with the defroster for the winter!

I also have it auto shut off my charging if I am at home at 11am and it's currently plugged in on a weekday. This is because my electricity rates are higher between 11am and 7pm. This is great for days when I work from home, am sick, or it's a holiday.

I've got more. Let me know if there is interest, I can post more info.

An app itself can override rotation lock. If the app - like MFP - does not do this or does not offer the option, you need Tasker or a similar app.

Here is what I do.

1. Download Tasker; This app is a power house of automation for your Android phone. This can be a scary app to get into, but it allows you to do a ton of stuff with your phone. > The app works like this. You setup certain scenarios and assign tasks to them. So the idea is

2. Open the App

3. On the Profiles screen click on the "+" button in the middle.

4. Then you need to select the context, which will be "Application".

5. Select Summoners War from the list. Once selected click on the Tasker Gear in the top left.

6. Click on "New Task"

7. Name Task "Screen Off" or something like that.

8. Click on "+"

9. Now select "Display" from the Action Category

10. Select "Display Timeout"

11. Select a time frame for the display to turn off. So I would select 5-10 minutes just depending on your preference. Once selected click on the Tasker Gear in the top left. >This action it will override the system default for timeout

12. Click the Tasker Gear in the top left

Edit: This may or may not work for your phone. It won't hurt to try.

With your social media apps, have a look for some alternative apps that are often better than the original (i.e. swipe instead of facebook's app etc).

If you are interested in doing some dev work but have no experience, get an app called tasker, head over to /r/tasker and have a poke around. It is a fantastic app which allows you to program without writing/learning stacks of code/api's etc. There are also a whole bunch of plugins to extend the functionality of it which is where tasker really shines. There is a bunch of plugins created by /u/joaomgcd who is active on here and an all round fantastic developer/human!

Also take some time and play around with the customisation aspect of android. Custom launchers and icon packs to change the look and feel of your screen, widgets galore to give you info you want.

Overall, just have fun with it and don't be afraid to try a whole bunch of different apps that do the same thing, at the end of the day, what is the best for one person might not be the best for another.

Welcome to the android ecosystem - It's not a choice, it's a lifestyle!

Tasker

It's an automation app which you can configure to your heart's content. I use it to * silence my phone when different criteria (display face down, specific calendar entries, certain apps are running) are met * start PowerAmp when connected to very specific BT devices * read my WhatsApp notifications when connected to specific BT devices * save my working hours to a Google sheets document * show buttons in the NavBar to skip songs when PowerAmp is running

The app costs 3 € and has a steep learning curve but it's soooo worth it!

Google Opinion Rewards

Answer small surveys to get free money for apps. I use it since about 5 years ago, never noticed any spam or whatever in my Google Account.

If you really want that feature, look at Tasker. It's an automation app which let's your phone react to a wide array of conditions.

As a matter of fact, I have that Flip to Shhh feature since several years ago...

It's a single action, there isn't much to creating it.

1. Invoke Tasker. (If you haven't bought Tasker yet, what are you waiting for? Oh, you can get a 7 day trial but be sure to backup (menu / Data / Backup) before upgrading to the real thing.)
2. Choose the Tasks tab.
3. Press + at the bottom to create a new task.
4. Enter a task name (e.g. Night Mode).
5. Tap + at the bottom to add an action.
6. Display > Night Mode (or type "night" into the filter and select it).
7. Change the Mode to On or Auto, whatever.
8. Tap the Tasker icon at upper left -or- the Back button.
9. Tap the play button at lower left to run it.
10. Enjoy.

Edit: moved a parenthesis.

If you're on Android and want the convenience of this, Tasker is a great little app that allows you to set up rules for your phone; in this case, switch off your Wifi when you leave your house and turn it back on when you return. It can take a little while to learn, but it's absolutely worth your money.

There are many apps in the Play Store that can force Pocket Casts or any app to start playing when you connect to a specific Bluetooth device. Tasker and Trigger (much simpler) come to mind immediately, and I'm sure there are more.

It's complained about often here. You can disable it with automation app like Tasker or Automate.

Fellow Android user here that has also owned three iPhones over the years. My biggest problem with iOS was that apps like Dropbox, Google Photos, and Pocket Cast wouldn't function using background data in iOS whereas in Android, they upload and fetch things without having to open the app and wait around for things to get done.

I like iOS, but I just prefer Android. It's not even so much the customization for aesthetic reasons as much as it is the customization for function (like Tasker).

Just my two cents. But the iPhone 7 sure is a beautiful phone. I had been asking for them to make a jet black version because I missed the blackness of the iPhone 5. I'm currently a Nexus 6P owner though and if I'm sticking to Android, it'll be Nexus (or Pixel) from here on out. Nexus is smooth and buttery, too. I think when manufacturers add their crap on top of Android, it slows things down.

Pure or bust.

I use Tasker to keep the rotation locked the majority of the time, but unlocked when in an app where it's useful (Youtube, Camera, etc).

Yes, I just got this working on Android.

1. Install Tasker.
2. Install Tasker Plugin for Tesla
3. Buy some NFC tags. I recommend NTAG215 but most should work
4. In Tasker, create a new profile. The trigger should be Event -> Net -> NFC
5. When asked for the ID, tap the magnifying glass and scan the tag. Ignore the warning about content, just use the ID.
6. Have the trigger start a new task. The first action should be Tasker Plugin for Tesla.
7. In the Tesla plugin, login, and select your vehicle.
8. The action should be Open and Unlock Charge Port

Save everything and you should be good to go.

My advice:

Download, install and get to know 'Tasker':

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&hl=en_GB

I'm no Tasker expert, but I bet it would be a case of leaving everything as you currently have it BUT set up a tasker task so that when you press answer to answer a phone call, your media player would play your chosen music file through the phone's speaker. I'm not sure if Tasker would be able to further control what happens after that but it's a start!

Tasker can literally do anything. One of my more obscure use cases for it is that I get it to analyze the brightness of on-screen content and adjust the blue light filter accordingly.

It also created that reddit-formatted hyperlink for me.

Another user uses it to analyze his/her calendar and the events location to calculate transit time and set his/her alarm.

I also use it to silence my phone when I unplug my headphones at work.

Edit:
I also use it to remove all of my quick settings tiles except for Bluetooth when my phone is locked. (This should only work on Android 8.1+).

If you don't mind a bit of "programming", Tasker should be able to achieve what you want.

A simple profile that disables screen timeout when app/s of your choice are open should do the job.

Hell yeah, gotta know a tiny bit about HTML and download Tasker, but yeah it's fucking beautiful!

This post got me started.

Hmm, interesting...

If you want to make a "company wide" profile, all the employees has to have Android (obviously). Everyone doesn't need to have <strong>Tasker</strong> though since if you only use actions built in, you can use App Factory to export the task as a seperate app.

I'll think about this though :-}

It is. I use my phone a lot so it may just come in handy! I don't get a ton of calls but I use it for everything else, almost, since I don't like doing non-work related things on my work laptop. The phone just sits around when I'm at home and on my computer, though!

Get the S6. I was an iPhone guy since the original. I had the iphone, the iphone 3g, the iphone 4, iphone 4s, and the iphone 5s. The reason I kept the iphone around was I using the apple eocsystem (macbook pro, apple tv, mac pro, and icloud.) I got a new job and returned had to return the mac pro I was using. I decided to build a new pc instead of buying another mac. I now use Gmail, Kodi, and hangouts instead of their apple counterparts. Forward your icloud email to a gmail account. Export your contacts from icloud and import them to gmail. Use google photos instead of icloud photos. Almost every ios app is avaliable on the google play store for android. I have don't have any issues with crashing. Iphone apps crash just as much as android. There is a bit of a learning curve making the switch. You have to learn where the settings are on android vs where they were on ios, but you can do a lot more on android. You can customize almost everything to suit your needs. Using Tasker to automate things is awesome. I also love the multitasking, back, and home button on the s6. The only reason I'd say not to get an android phone is if you're the kinda of person that doesn't like to tinker with stuff. If you want an out of the box thing you're used to go with the iphone 6. They've finally polished android where it's it's just as good as iOS and you can add your own custom bells and whistles. I didn't lose anything going from iOS, but I gained a few cool things.

Android is the operating system

A computer needs an OS, there's no way around that

What you could do is use some automation program such as Tasker and just create a script that starts RetroArch on start

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

You could also use Nova Launcher to "clean up" the UI and make it more minimal

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher

It is doable, I just haven't done it myself. Start here and find away to trigger frunk open command in an app after reading a specific NFC tag: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_CA

Concerning apps? Look at Tasker!

It's an automation app. It let's your phone do stuff when certain criteria are met. The learning curve is steep but it's so worth it!

Things I use Tasker for: * silence the phone when put display down * silence the phone when there's an entry in one of my calendars with specific keywords * start PowerAmp (music app) when connected to certain Bluetooth devices * read my WhatsApp messages when connectec to my Bluetooth headset * enter my working times into a Google Docs sheet * backup the Tasker configuration to DropBox * show buttons in the NavBar to skip songs when PowerAmp is playing

Best 2,99 I ever spent! Though... I never even spent that money. Go get Google Opinion Rewards. It will ask you to fill out very small surveys from time to time. Each survey gives you some cents to spend on Google Play. I never paid real money there... Yes, I know this is Google asking for more details concerning myself

This can be done! (If you're on Android?)

The app Tasker can do this (possibly with a couple of inexpensive plugins from the AutoApps suite).

There's a bit of a learning curve to using it, but the folks at /r/tasker are usually quite friendly and willing to offer help and advice.

One thing about Waze is that you should have it running all the time when in the car, even when not explicitly navigating, so that it still can record your speed for the traffic conditions. Just because you arrived at your programmed destination doesn't mean you have stopped driving and Waze can't know that, so it stays active and that's why you need to turn it off.

If you happen to use a Bluetooth connection in your car, what you can do is use a automation app (such as Tasker or Automate) to turn off Waze when the Bluetooth connection is dropped.

Check out Tasker

You can set all sorts of automated things through it, including special settings when it connects to your car's bluetooth. You can also just set things based on time of day, or location, or combinations of them.

1. On the volume vibrate thing I use tasker as a work around

2. I don't think I have hit volume down\volume up while trying to hit power or vice versa so I have no clue what to tell you on that one

3.The gps is a bit slow it takes around 30 seconds to locate me sometimes (if that sounds about like what you are experiencing then its probably normal)

Also here is a link to tasker

The same thing is happening to me as well (Samsung S5). I've decided to not even bother with the in game battery saver option since it keeps freezing the game.

I do have a temporary work around though, but it requres Tasker (if you have it). I made a task where everytime my phone is oriented in a certain (upside down, left and right side, and face down) tasker will basically put up a black screen over my phone. My phone hasn't frozen since I've been using this.

I don't think there is a free version of tasker. I think it goes into a 30 day trial or something.

This is tasker. If this is not what you got, you did not get tasker:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

While you're diving in, you should add Tasker integration! The dev has released a lot of docs on how to do so.

Being able to automate tweets would be pretty awesome.

IFTTT was really great for me until they started pricing. I know it's not much and they gave a lot flexible pricing for existing members but I couldn't pay right now.

If you are familiar with with programming I would suggest Tasker It can literally do anything you can think of automating on your phone.

If you are on android you can use Tasker to lower the brightness automatically before you wake up.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

>iOS shortcuts is easy to use and very powerful. I use a couple on daily basis and don’t know if Android has an alternative without a root?

Mostly yes. Automation applications like Tasker and Automate allow you to write similar scripts, and you have access to better flow control, more system settings, raw UI input emulation, among other things. However, since those apps are from 3rd parties and limited by 3rd party API access, some things that are easy to implement by the OS dev are still missing unless you have root. Cellular data switching requires hacky solutions until Android Pie for example. If you need specific shortcut features from existing iOS apps, you may or may not find an Android counterpart.

Note that those Android automation apps are designed for automatically triggering operations in the background without user input. You can set them to do something on a click if you want to, but automation is where the fun is at.

Tasker

Profile: Time Context: Every 2 Minutes

Task: Beep (Go to Alert > Beep > Configure your settings, fairly simple)

You can also include vibration or some flash text.

• Use root-only apps (firewall, backups, etc.)

• Perform extra tasks in Tasker

• Install custom ROMs if that's your thing

• Access to the entire filesystem

• Several other fine-tuning aspects of your phone

I've been having Tasker dial *3282# at 06:30 daily for a long time now. At first I was going to load it into a .csv file and just monitor it via Google Sheets but I figured let's add it into HASS.

Tasker dials *3282#, waits 30 seconds, copies the SMS contents onto the clipboard, then runs a python script via QPython3.

Regex queries are run over the message contents against a dictionary of users/number suffixes. Then the data is dumped into JSON formatted strings and POSTed to my HASS instance.

Next I'll be working on automated Emails or Push Messages to family members who exceed limits.

Sure, it's a little hacky but I can program in Python already. Once I work out a few kinks and sanitize the code I'll be posting the code to GitHub.

I say Tasker. It can replace several apps and make your life easier. I also have other recommendations here if you're interested.

Tasker has by far the largest user base with plenty of support forums (shout-out to /r/tasker), plug-ins, etc. The learning curve can be steep, but it's worth it IMO.

Automate is another good one if you're looking for a more intuitive, flow chart like UI. I actually found it more difficult to use than Tasker, but that might simply be a question of habit.

Big fan of Tasker myself. It's not something I tinker with every day, but it's something that is used every day to automate parts of my life.

• When I wake up in the morning and pull my phone off the charger, it pulls up Haystack (a news app), starts casting it to my Chromecast, which turns on my TV. All I do is unplug my phone, and my TV starts playing recent news items via Haystack/youtube.

• When I plug in my headphones, a menu prompts me to listen to choose either podcasts or music. If I choose podcasts, it launches PocketCasts, rewinds whatever episode was playing by 20 seconds, and then resumes.

• When the wrong PIN is used when attempting to unlock the phone, it snaps a picture from the front camera, updates my GPS, and then e-mails me the picture and a Google Maps location of the phone. (No, I've never needed to use this, but I'm glad to have it in the event my phone is stolen).

• When I launch Hearthstone, play volume is automatically set to 25%. For those of you unaware, the Innkeeper likes to yell really loud greetings at you when you first start the game up, which I'd prefer didn't happen at work.

• Speaking of work, whenever my phone enters a roughly 1 mile radius of my work location, various volumes are set to predetermined levels, and when I leave they are returned to not-work levels.

• If I'm in the middle of a call but need to use my hands for something, setting my phone down on the table automatically turns on speakerphone, and picking it up turns it off.

• When I end a call with an unknown contact, I'm prompted if I would like to add them as a contact.

• When headphones are plugged in texts are read aloud to me.

There's a shitton more you can do with Tasker, what I'm doing only scratches the surface. Check out /r/tasker if you're interested in more.

Congrats! If you're considering adding other types of pre-configured actions, Tasker may be a good source of inspiration: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

It's one of the more popular Android Wear apps, and I don't know of an equivalent for Apple Watch so far, so I think there's an unfulfilled need. Pre-configuring really common actions seems like an ideal use-case for a device like the Watch.

Are you running Android? If so, Tasker might have something you can trigger on. If you get a car dock (that is detected by your phone as such), you can use Tasker to enable BT when you dock your phone. Another option might be NFC tags with apps like Trigger.

Finally, is there any particular reason you don't just leave bluetooth on? It shouldn't drain much battery just being enabled.

If you're a little bit tech savvy, Tasker is a fantastic app for automating tasks. I currently have profiles that:

• Turn on my wifi when I get to work (And turns it off when I leave)

• Mute my phone if it's between 8:30 and 18:00 and I'm at work (And unmutes when I leave/go outside the hours)

• Turn on my wifi when I get hom e(And turns it off when I leave)

• Mute my phone if it's between 22:30 and 6:30 and I'm at home(And unmutes when I leave/go outside the hours)

You can do pretty much anything on your phone. I personally like the passive location data to control audio and wifi, as seen above, but you can do way more powerful things like automatically text your girlfriend and order pizza if you're running late ;)

It's freaking awesome.

IFTTT is more a app that puts the internet to work for you, not so much your device.

For your kind or automation you will need Tasker for android or Activator iOS (jailbreak required)

Looks that way... I think I remember them being comparable at some point in their respective development histories.

Anyway, for the lazy:

Tasker

And, while I'm at it: Llama - Location Profiles handles one part of Tasker's feature set, but for the very agreeable price of $0.

Ho da poco comprato l'app Tasker e la consiglio tantissimo: ha una marea di potenzialità soprattutto se combinata con i vari plugin che trovi sullo Store. Mi ci sto proprio sballando. L'unica cosa che bisogna sapere è che la curva di apprendimento all'inizio è quasi verticale e bisogna cercare di fare le cose con calma a partire da task semplici.

It's not so much the emails being sent by them that bothered me, but it was the fact that when I attempted to unsubscribe from the list, I was required to sign in. First world problems.

For completely unrelated reasons, I started using Tasker instead, and haven't looked back.

Tasker is what you're looking for :)

I actually just have a smartwatch so my phone notification sounds are always disabled. Just have to remember to put the watch in theatre mode if I'm not wearing a jacket.

I do this with Tasker. You can even do this on your phone and make a profile for each person and export them as apps and send it to them.

It's actually pretty easy to do and setup. Just depends on the specific features you want. My setup is that if someone sends me "#SAY words" my phone will say "words". Or if I receive a lot of SMSs then it will make my phone ring.

By default the Pixel has a notification light that IS NOT enabled. To enable it => settings => apps & notifications => notifications => "blink" (I guess that's something like that in english).

For the apps, I suggest Tasker , which you can configure to automate things. (For example, during night time, it automatically switches to Do Not Disturb and disables key vibrations, or it automatically unlock the rotation of the phone when I open the photos app, etc....)

I would suggest you to try out Nova launcher, but if you're coming from IOS, the default launcher (which handles your homescreen / app list) won't be disturbing to you

You can use a combination of Tasker and a MQTT publisher plugin. I use this to turn off lights when I start sleep tracking, but you can use it for any other kind of trigger that tasker has available.

Missed your other question. Lux lite is what redshift is (another commenter noted that redshift is on droid too), but for android. Theres tons of different variants, but i chose lux lite since it integrates with Tasker (which can interface with a number of 3rd party apps)

Heres the links for them:

Tasker

Lux Lite

You can do it using Tasker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

You can also probably do it by using IF: (but I'm not 100% sure because I've never used it) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ifttt.ifttt

You just create a recipe that customizes when you want the WiFi on/off. For example, WiFi Off when opening an app or keeping WiFi on from 8AM to 9PM and then turning if off at night.

But if this is to save battery life, your N7 2013 should already have Marshmallow 6.0.1 and Doze should do a better job at saving battery life.

Nope, Tasker doesn't require root at all. Just works out of the box.

You can see a list of stuff it can do on the Play Store page: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

I understand that jailbroken iOS offers many of the features that Android offers, but whole point here is that Android does this stuff without needing root access or anything like that. I much prefer iOS and would never switch back, but there's some stuff Android just plain does better -- and automation is definitely one of them.

EDIT : Completely forgot about Greenify.

I think that Tasker would be the easiest solution to your problem. It can control when your apps open or close based on what cell tower you are connected to, time of day, wifi connectivity, amongst many other variables.

It is a very powerful application, and difficult to learn. Once you do though, you'll never believe the level of automation allowed.

/r/tasker

I think it depends on your budget and what your SO wants to do with the phone. iOS (compared to Android) is a 'closed' system. There is not much you can change about its appearance and apps like Tasker or Nova Launcher don't exist. iOS pretty much comes 'as is' and has a 'straight forward' UI. That makes it a good system for people who are not tech savvy or simply don't want to modify the looks or functionality of their device.

Android, on the other hand, is an open OS which allows the user to modify a lot of its functionality and looks (e.g. Taker, Nova). Android also runs on a lot of different devices, produced by a lot of different manufacturers. That means the system comes in a lot of different flavours with all their own pros and cons.

TL;DR: It depends on what you want to do with the phone. I'ld recommend you to look into a Nexus 5 or Nexus 6 if you want the openness and easiness of Android. If you don't want an open system and don't want to thinker a lot, get an iPhone.

Edit: Spelling

Combine it with Tasker and AutoVoice and you can literally do whatever.

Most G3 specific answers were already said, so here's a general Android app you can find in the Play Store: Tasker.

It allows the user to create unlimited tasks to perform when a certain action is taken. For example, when I connect to my home network, I set it to turn on Bluetooth, turn up volume, and more. Then, when I exit the network it reverses it.

There are plenty more options than just that, as that is very simple.

Another example of what I use Tasker for most is screen rotation lock. If I go to YouTube, camera, or Netflix, it turns on screen rotation. When I leave those apps, it reverses.

Check it out, it's definitely worth the money.

Tasker can do this - and a lot lot lot lot more.

If you're not into programming, it might be too confusing. I don't recall Llama doing schedules but if b49 says so you should try that first.

I had the same concern when the lollipop update came out. The only solution I could think of was using Toggle Network Type 5.0 and Tasker. I've made a tasker profile which shifts the network to 2G when the screen is off and to 3G when I open certain apps. (Basically similar functionality to that of intelli3G)

For automation you can install Tasker on any phone.

It's hard to recommend phones these days because there are a lot of chinese brands with ethical issues(you're sponsoring the CCP's atrocities if you buy Huawei, Honor, Xiaomi, Oppo/OnePlus, Lenovo/Motorola, or any other 100% Chinese device) so you're left with Samsung(crappy UI) and Nokia. I'd probably buy a Nokia since their devices come with stock Android, which looks nice, runs well and frequently gets updates. Samsung is also an option if you can deal with the bad UI or are willing to root and install custom ROMs like LineageOS. Google's Pixel lineup is also worth a look, tho they are overpriced.

You want to leave the flashlight on for 8 hours straight?

Tasker has flash / torch actions which work on an S21. It's very device specific so you'll have to try it out.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Yes, but I will argue that your phone's internal storage is MUCH more reliable than any external SD card (not considering physical destruction here). I've had plenty of Micro SD cards fail throughout the years - I've never once had an internal memory of any phone fail on me.

You can automatically move the images using Tasker BTW, just set a periodic task that moves the files from local storage to the micro SD card, it'll do it in the background when the phone's in your pocket and you wouldn't have to worry about it at all. Tasker is a paid app, I know, but it's worth it IMO, fairly complex though, certainly not for everyone (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm).

This can easily be solved with tasker.

&#x200B;

The tasker profile that disables auto face unlock while charging.

Could Tasker accomplish what you need? Not sure which plugin would do it or if it can be done with the basic app.

There are guides on that for Tasker - an awesome app that can do a lot more as well. Here's an example, although you should probably find a more recent guide.

Not the only reason, but one of the main reasons is access control is too limited on iPhones.

That means you can't use Tasker on an iPhone.

Should be able to do this with Tasker.

It has a "state" trigger of incoming call. Give it access to your contacts, then make an If statement, if number <> in contacts, End call.

Requires some setup, but this way you won't be sending your info to a shady third party.

grab the Tasker app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

add a new profile, choose Application, then your Camera app, then go back

choose to add a new task, give it a name

tap + to add a new action to the task, search for "do not disturb" and tap it

default mode is "none" which is probably what you want

hit back to save

Tasker é um aplicativo pra android que permite você automatizar basicamente tudo do celular.

Complicado explicar rápido, mas é possível fazer o que o /u/Klein-Bottle disse ali: Você configura o Tasker pra quando você abrir o Whatsapp e não estive com fone de ouvido conectado, abaixar o volume da mídia, por exemplo.

Comecei a usar semana passada e, até o momento estou com 3 "profiles":

• Quando abrir a câmera, automaticamente aumentar o brilho da tela pra 100%.

• Abaixar o volume do celular quando abrir alguns aplicativos e

• Ativar a rotação automática quando abrir o YouTube/Netflix/Google Photos

e: word

You might find tasker useful. There are plenty of guides on YouTube for how to set it up (I'd help you out more and talk you through it but I don't have an android phone at the moment and I can't remember the steps).

Note: I'm not guaranteeing that it will work, but given the problem you outlined it would be my first consideration. My theory is that you could program a script that tapped for you if you were to input a command (like pressing volume up/down or something like that).

Good luck!

Tasker

/r/tasker

Gets a bit technical but it is very versatile, but it's exactly what you're looking for. I.e. - walk into your house, detects home wifi or location and automatically takes your phone off vibrate mode.

I use Tasker for this. As soon as my phone connects to my car's bluetooth it disables WiFi, starts Waze, turns the phone's volume to max (although Bluetooth audio settings are apparently separate from system volume, but that's a different topic), and then starts playing my podcasts.

This is better suited for Tasker if you're on Android. IFTT is not suited for IF/AND conditions.

Any reason you can't just set a regular alarm that says "Leave for the bus in 2 minutes!" ?

Um, if you have Android 5 or 6 then you have this feature integrated, its called smartlock and has an option to choose safe locations where security will be disabled until you leave. I understand its not exactly what you are sking for, it "unlocks" on location not wifi but it works the same pretty much.

Otherwise if you can set up Tasker to work, you can program it to do exactly what you want.

Rooting shouldn't be too complicated with SGS5, depending on the software and carier you've got on it, one click root using towelroot should work. With root you can get what you're looking for many different ways.

You may want to look into the apps Tasker and Trigger, or those like them. They support all sorts of triggers that allow for actions in response.

NFC tags are a microchip with an antenna embedded in stickers or keychains. The antenna allows data on the chip to be read wirelessly - through "taps." The idea is you put the tags in specific places, tap your phone to the tag, and a pre-set task will run on your phone.

The tag can be programmed to automate some simple, tedious everyday things. Why? Because technology.

Some tags I have:

• Work - tap to mute all sounds at work (so I don't get in trouble)

• Wifi password - guests can just tap the on tag and automatically connect to my home wifi

• Night/sleep - tap at night to mute notifications and set screen brightness to 25%, tap again in the morning to unmute and put brightness back to 50%

• Car - one tap to turn up notification and media volume, tap again to turn it down. It also adjusts screen brightness depending on the time of day.

• Kitchen - I have a tag by the oven that just opens the clock app. I use it when I need to set an alarm or start a timer.

There's lots of other uses that exist to save you a few seconds of your time. Combine NFC with Tasker and it opens up many more controls and more refined conditions (like brightness based on time of day).

The cost of an NFC tag can range from from $.50 to $3 depending on the specific type of tag and the design (waterproof, larger memory, etc.) The extra Compass tickets just let me put duplicate tags in more places.

Tasker.

On my device it handles (among other things) file transfers, backups, connectivity automation, weather updates, photo geotagging, security measures, todo lists, location history, quick launching, blue light filtering, notification handling, activity tracking, clipboard syncing, remote controlled task launching, photo EXIF-data manipulation, location sharing, URL shortening, screen recording, on-the-fly translation, and so on and so forth.

So pretty essential!

I would suggest you to take a look at Tasker.

This is a much easier way to accomplish what you have in mind and it's cheaper, if you buy a pi just for this purpose.

The way you want it to do is much more complicated.

It would look like this:

• You need to connect the pi to you cars starting mechanism and battery (of course not directly, that toasts the pi) and let it send a signal to your phone to turn on bluetooth after booting.

Since you can't just send a code to the phone and say "hey dude, please turn on bluetooth now!" you need a program that CAN do it. I don't know if Tasker is even able to process this signal.

• When you arrive at your destination and turn off your car, there needs to be another signal to tell your phone to turn off bluetooth aswell. If you pull your key, there is no more power, so basically your pi gets a hard shutdown. That means there is no more chance to send a signal to turn off your bluetooth. You would need to work around it.

My knowledge is way to limited for a project like this, so anyone please feel free to correct me.

If you want to do it as a fun project to get more knowledge about programming and so on, there may be a way. But if you really want it just for controlling your bluetooth, do it in another way.

Cheers!

The first thing that comes to mind is Multi Timer. Create a timer for 59 minutes and be sure to start it at the start of class. You can set it up to 99 minutes if the class is longer. Of course, this has the disadvantage of requiring a manual activation every time.

If you have Tasker, you can create a notification based on calendar events. Just make sure Pebble will send Tasker notifications (if you've restricted which app notifications you want sent to the watch).

Actually, if you don't already have Tasker, I'd highly recommend it.

Idk if android has it inbuilt but you can try using tasker

Note: Reddit Link refer to this one for details

What you are looking for is called macro automation. There are probably a few apps that do this, but AutoInput is probably something worth looking into. You may have to buy this app and another if you're not already familiar with Tasker.

If you already have this setup, then it's super easy to automate this with Termux Task and Tasker.

If setting up phone automation sounds like something that interests you, then I'd give Tasker a look. It has a little bit of a learning curve and it takes some time and creativity to set up, but it's one of the most powerful and versatile apps out there.

Some examples of things I've set up Tasker to do for me

• Automatically set my phone to vibrate when I connect to certain wifi networks.
• Some pretty advanced call filtering. All calls from callers not in my contacts get rejected unless they're a repeat caller. When a call gets rejected, a text message automatically goes out to the caller explaining why their call was rejected and that they can call again or text to get a hold of me.
• Disable rotation when I plug in my phone for the night / override rotation for certain apps.
• Automatically turn on night light based on the current time and ambient light level.

I've been using Tasker to do this on every Android phone I've had going back probably 7 years. Hands down the best Android app and well worth the money (i paid twice actually).

Some profiles I use:

• when I get home: Turn up volumes, disable Do Not Disturb (in case i left it on at a meeting) and make screen timeout longer
• when I get to the office: mute phone and make screen timeout shorter
• text my bank at 7am and 7pm every day to receive a text with my account balance
• send any calls that aren't contacts to voicemail

The things you can do with Tasker seem limitless.

Tasker might be able to do that. Haven't tried it myself though. You can try it for free for 7 days if downloading from it's website.

Great work so far! How do you see Mocha being differentiated from apps like Tasker which have powerful logic engines and a wide variety of plugins including connections for popular home automation platforms?

Tasker and Auto Notification could be useful here. As far as I know, Google maps creates a notification when navigating that contains the ETA and destination. You could use a Tasker profile with Auto Notification to get the info and send it to your server.

Tasker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Auto Notification: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autonotification

Hmmm, might be a good application for Tasker and the AutoInput plug in. Tapping the tag you can have open the app and then with Autoinput could enter in username and password, assuming the security of the app's login doesn't prevent auto fill in methods from other apps.

You don't need to install AutoTools to buy Tasker, not even AutoApps.

Tasker should be an outright purchase from Play. For João's plugs, AutoApps is needed to make purchases of said plugs.

You can do that with Tasker. It's an automation app for Android phones and can do almost anything. It has a very steep learning curve but is sooo worth it

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_GB

Awesome app, extremely powerful and highly recommended if you are into making your life easier for a bit of learning up front.

Try Tasker! It should be completely possible to program that.

Basically:

• Shortcuts == Tasker or Automate, probably with better UX and third party integrations
• Routines is coupling a sentence/command to multiple Assistant commands.

Current Tasker scripts on Android:

• Leave home: Wi-fi turns off

• Arrive at work: Set phone to vibrate and text wife "Safe at office"

• Leave work: Set notification volume back to normal

• Arrive at home: Wi-fi turns on, text wife "Safe at home"

• At 9PM on work nights: Turn on Do-Not-Disturb

• Custom volume levels for different Bluetooth devices

Edit: Added link.

Edit2: I'm turning the wifi on/off on my phone, not the house's router.

Edit3: How to do the first 4 items minus the texting parts:

General Info: Tasker has 2 main features that control automated actions. PROFILES and TASKS. Profiles are a set of conditions that trigger tasks (either when a profile is activated, or deactivated, or both). Tasks, are just that: tasks. They can be a simple action (e.g. turn off wifi). Or they can be complex (e.g. Turn on Wifi, check for network, wait 5 seconds, send a text message, set a variable value, turn off wifi). The below is a set of simple profiles/tasks that will get you into the swing of things.

1) Go to the Tasks tab, and create the following tasks (Click the "+" to create new tasks)

• "Wi-Fi on": Net -> WiFi: SET = ON

• "Wi-Fi off": Net -> WiFi: SET = OFF

• "Vibrate On": Audio -> Vibrate Mode: SET = VIBRATE

• "Vibrate Off": Audio -> Vibrate Mode: SET = Off

Create the Profile @Home.

2A) Go to the Profile tab. Click the "+" to create a new one.

2B) Click "Location"

2C) Click "New Location"

2D) Move map and long press to place pin on your home.

2E) Set radius to approx 500M (you can reduce this size later if you want), and deselect GPS

2F) Click the back arrow at the top, and type a name for the location, like "Home"

2G) Click the "Wi-Fi on" task we created earlier

2H) Long press on the new little Green arrow you see, and click "Add Exit Task" on the popup menu

2I) Click the "Wi-Fi Off" task we created earlier

Create the Profile @Work

3A) In Google Calendar, create a reoccurring 'appointment' for when you're in your office. Call it ~"At Work"

3B) Go to Profile tab. Click the "+" to create a new one

3C) Click "State"

3D) Click "App"

3E) Click "Calendar Entry"

3F) Under Title, type the name you set your work appointment at work (~"At Work")

3G) Click the back arrow at the top

3H) Click the "Vibrate On" task we created earlier

3I) Long press on the new little Green arrow you see, and click "Add Exit Task" on the popup menu

3J) Click the "Vibrate Off" task we created earlier

You can rename profiles by long clicking the title, and clicking the "A" at the top of the page.

Your choices in phone hardware are virtually limitless with Android. Screen sizes between 3.5" and 6", resolutions up to 2560x1440, you frequently see internal storage of 32gb and up (often expandable), removable/replaceable batteries are common, dual SIM options... Even stuff you don't think of, like button and headphone jack placement; if you don't think one is comfortable, find another. The ability to charge easily with any of your friends' smartphone chargers due to hardware standardization (mentioned in another top comment) is awesome.

OS customization to an almost intimidating level. Background wallpapers, widgets (mentioned in another top comment), reordering and hiding apps from your app drawer, reordering soft system buttons, reassigning physical hardware button functionality, various phone security methods, notification bar customization...

The Play Store is loaded. It has the highest number of free apps of any smartphone app store. I use mine to check my bank balance and transfer money, I use it to remote access my home server from work or remote access a friend's PC for support, I surf Reddit comfortably, I order and pay for food, I watch Netflix and HBO on it or use it as a universal remote at home, I play Trivia Crack and browse Facebook (even at the same time due to my ability to split-screen). It's my GPS, too.

I can use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard to use my phone like a laptop. Hell, I wrote this whole post on my phone.

And the best reason to use Android is my favorite app of all time: Tasker. Do anything using what are essentially "If/Then" statements; automate the whole thing as much or as little as you want. "If it's Wednesday and my calendar says I'm at work, turn on wifi and turn on bluetooth unless it's between 12p and 1p" (for example).

I love the Android OS. Do anything you want, essentially. I'm never switching.

EDIT: Linked Tasker as requested, corrected some minor typos, and fixed the 6 foot phone slip. My bad.

Tasker!

Here's my list of some of the more interesting things that I'm using Tasker for:

Add calendar events with NLP by typing into a single text field which it processes and adds to my calendar.

Do stuff when my phone is unlocked with different fingerprints, when my GF unlocks my phone it changes the launcher and shows the navbar. Link

Receive notifications when a new Reddit post matches keywords. Link

Input a custom template with my wakeup time, app usage stats, and location for my Journal app.

Monitor the brightness of on-screen content. Link

Easily link to an apps playstore page on Reddit. Link.

Basically an entire reminder system (in alpha). Link

Incredibly fine control of notifications.

Snoozing notifications automatically until 6 PM for specific apps. Link

A persistent notification that I can take notes on.

Changes keyboards in different apps.

Pause podcasts before they end at night or when I fall asleep. Link

Backup alarms.

Log data to Google Sheets.

When my phone is locked the only visible quick tile becomes Bluetooth.

Transcribe last received WhatsApp voice message. Link

Pop up (overlay) dictionary. Link

Modify navbar buttons.

Convert app names to Play Store links and format them for Reddit. Link

Double tap the back of my phone to pause and play music.

A simple motion-based sleep detector profile. Link.

Saves my car's location when I disconnect from my car's bluetooth. Long pressing volume up opens the last location in Google maps. Don't use this often but it's insanely helpful when needed.

Routing audio from the main speaker to the phone-call speaker(identical to the WhatsApp feature) for when you forget your earbuds! Link.

Created my own version of the popular iOS app Drafts. Link.

Here's when and which app opened your camera

Detect which app last opened your microphone

Tasker automation app with ridiculous amounts of customization. not free

YAATA best text app I've ever tried

Xposed not really an app in itself, but framework for other apps that can add a lot of customization to your android.

Cerberus Root anti-theft. Can do all sorts of things most non-root anti-theft apps cannot, such as remotely turn on GPS tracking if a thief has turned off location. not free

GoneMAD Music Player great music player that you can customize to your liking. not free

yes, customization is very important to me in apps

edited to add stuff

I commented with a list of useful apps in another subreddit that are worthwhile checking out especially for new phone owners. Most of these are well known within the r/android community, but nonetheless amazing apps.

• Tasker : Automation

• IFTTT: More Automation

• F-Droid :Open-Source App Store

• Pushbullet: Share links between multiple devices

• Evernote: Wonderful note-taking app

• Google Keep: Sticky Notes App

• Firefox Klar : Basic private browser

• NewPipe : Amazing open-source youtube client

I want to include my app, it's hidden here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/cxut9x/saturday_appreciation_aug_31_2019_your_weekly_app/eynkkui/?st=k03xzlmm&amp;sh=88047a1c

• Tasker : Automation

• IFTTT: More Automation

• unitMeasure: My Unit Converter App with AMOLED Theme and Date Calculations

• Vision Code Scanner: My Qr and Barcode Scanner

• F-Droid :Open-Source App Store

• Pushbullet: Share links between multiple devices

• Evernote: Wonderful note-taking app

• Google Keep: Sticky Notes App

• Authy: My go-to choice for 2-factor authentication. It supports sync between multiple devices as well!

I have these Bluetooth headphones. They have a decently long battery life (last a whole work day usually), and charge pretty quickly. They have a roughly 30ft range depending on the line of sight, so I can do things like charge my phone while I'm cooking and move freely in the kitchen or to the pantry.

I also have this aftermarket Bluetooth connection for my car. Both have made my life so much more convenient.

In combination with those, I bought Tasker for my phone and made a music menu. So anytime I connect to my headphones or my car a little pop-up menu appears with all my music apps. I also use Tasker to silence my phone at night and for a few other cool things, it’s really convenient.

I also pay for a monthly subscription to Spotify, so I can listen to basically anything I want.

I have one of these tempered glass screen protectors. I’ve cracked two of them now and am fairly confident that they’ve prevented my phone screen from cracking.

And I have this ten foot long charging cable. I can lay in bed with my phone easily, or sit on the couch, computer, really anywhere without being limited by the cable length. Combining that with my Bluetooth headphones means I’m basically never limited by cables, it’s amazing.

Tasker

Tasker [and many of the AutoApps plugins]

Join

Pretty much if /u/joaomgcd developed it, you know it is good.

NFC unlock via cheap nfc ring off eBay

Works while display is off (NFC polling stays on) & bypasses lockscreen while maintaining security (pin/password/pattern)

Video demo

https://youtu.be/IsLwD3ZZjYU

in short, this mod is a gimmicky imitation of a fingerprint scanner on the back of the device like in the LG nexus 5x/ Huawei 6p - it wakes the phone and takes you to the home screen without having to make you put in your password/pin/pattern, etc -not a perfect mod but it's good for what I need

apps:

1. xposed framework: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/official-xposed-lollipop-t3030118

2.nfc LockScreenOff enabler:

http://repo.xposed.info/module/pk.qwerty12.nfclockscreenoffenabler 3.tasker:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

4.trigger + reuse tag plugin:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tagstand.launcher.tagreuse

5.secure settings:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin

6.keyguard plugin:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.balda.keyguard

& a modded nfc apk to poll while screen off to go with the nfc LockScreenOff enabler:

How does it work? The Xposed module works only partially on Lollipop: it's not able to enable NFC with screen off/on lockscreen. Instead you have to use a modified Nfc.apk/NfcNci.apk to enable screen-off/lockscreen Nfc. The Xposed-mod still works for sending intents for NFC found/lost -> if you need that use modded-apk + Xposed module. Unlocking is not working properly. You'll have to use something like Tasker+ SecureSettings to capture the intents and unlock. Below information is regarding modded apks (I don't think the Xposed needs an further explanation)

*Find the correct nfc apk below for your device & replace the nfc apk in your /system/app/NfcNci with permission set to R W R R & reboot device. back up original nfc apk (always) *

Modded apks:

CM13 NfcNci.apk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=646

CM12.1 NfcNci.apk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=524

CM12.1 Nfc.apk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=539

CM12 NfcNci.apk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=469

CM12 Nfc.apk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=480

Nexus 4,Google ROM (5.0.1): http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=511

OnePlus One, CM12.1S: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=602

OnePlus One, CM12S: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=517

Galaxy S4 (5.0.1): http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=586

Xperia Z3 Compact: http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-c...f-mod-t310951

LG G3 (5.0): http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=644

Mod-Instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=497

For Lockscreen-Only mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&amp;postcount=516

SOURCE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64078250

Credits to original poster who compiled the links

How to:

https://learn.adafruit.com/unlock-android-with-wearable-nfc/nfc-plus-tasker-automation

My tasker screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/yTM2C

Again, I take no credit for this mod

My Device: oneplus one on Lollipop 5.1.1

battery stats:

http://imgur.com/a/liCBa

too lazy to input my pin & wish I had a fingerprint scanner but my OPO runs great

The lighter green bar is the amount spent, the darker bar is the number of days of the month, so I can compare both.

Inner values is available amount and % spent.

Just wanted to share what I did to see what else is being done out there :)

Dependencies

• Tasker
• Zooper Widget

Instructions

Here is the Tasker profile XML, you can import it into your Tasker app.

You will need to setup 3 variables in tasker:

• %YNAB_ACCESS_TOKEN with your API access token, check the API documentation on how to get it
• %YNAB_BUDGET with your budget ID, you can get it from the URL or through the API on /v1/budgets
• %YNAB_CATEGORY with the category ID, you can get it through the API on /v1/budgets/BUDGET_ID/categories

The steps above will automatically update the Zooper Widget variables.

Sadly, I cannot export the widget because I have the free version of Zooper Widget and exporting is a paid feature, the best I can do is share this screenshot with the widget layers and hopefully you will be able to setup your own widget.

The Zooper Widget variables for you to use on your widget are:

• #Tbudgeted# - The amount budgeted on the category
• #Tactivity# - The amount spent on the category
• #Tbalance# - The current balance on the category
• #Tcolor# - The color (red/green/yellow) for the progress bar
• #Tpercentage# - The percentage spent of the category's budget

Hopefully you guys can use the instructions above and create your own widgets :)

Edit: Instructions

I'm thinking this could be possible with some tasker fuckery. As long as I remember I will look into it and report back to you!

edit3: I now have a working task! Here are the basics of what it does:

1. Opens Gboard
2. Automatically clicks Theme
3. Clicks on your Top Right Theme - the most recent unapplied one.
4. Clicks Apply
5. Presses Back Twice.

Between these actions I have put in a Wait action and minimized them as much as I could so that the action only takes roughly 1.5 sec. Getting it to actually click stuff was pretty difficult, and I'm unsure wether it works correctly with different screen DPI.

I'll upload the XML file when I've found a good site to do it.

Download and set up:

There are two versions, one which only changes the theme and one that, if the screen is off, unlocks the screen if possible and then runs the task.

Gboard Theme Change

Gboard Theme Change Lockscreen Version

Import it into tasker, and then set up two profiles at the times you want the theme to change. As an example I have one in the morning From 6am to 6am, and evening 9pm to 9pm. I put some quick guides down at the bottom.

Requirements

• Tasker
• AutoInput
• A basic knowledge of how to Import Tasks and set up Tasker Profiles
• Probably having "Show App Icon" in Gboard &gt; Advanced checked, but I haven't tested without it.

This does not require root!

Bugs

["You tell me!"](r/xdacirclejerk)

• Doesn't work when you haven't yet unlocked the phone in the morning unless you have an unsecured lockscreen. ~~I don't know if this is fixable in an easy way, sorry.~~ Currently testing a fix for this.

How do I import the XML file into Tasker?

1. Download the pastebin as a .txt file by clicking the download button in the top right.
   
2. Rename the gboardtheme*.txt* to gboardtheme*.tsk.xml* (use any file manager, I personally use Solid Explorer).
   
3. Open Tasker, long press the Tasks tab, press import.
4. Navigate to file and open it.

Making it work automatically

I left the profile setup to you. Setting up a Time profile in Tasker is relatively easy, much easier than downloading two more xml files and going through all of that again. It's also something you can Google pretty easily.

But really this could be set up to trigger however you like, when opening an app, going into a room, using a NFC tag/great code etc. Personally I'm having it set to change theme in the morning and in the evening, but it's all up to you. Don't be afraid of asking about Tasker though. I will answer you if I can, and we can figure it out together!

~~------------------------~~

~~Edit: I've gotten it to apply your~~ ~~most recent unapplied theme~~ ~~when I run a task, and then go home. I'm going to fine tune it to be able to run the task automatically since it breaks when gboard is still in recents. Should be pretty straight forward. I'll report back again when I'm done.~~

~~edit2: It now works pretty well and it even unlocks the screen if the lock screen is unsecured/using androids' Smart Lock feature. This is mainly for changing back to the light theme if you're not using the phone in the morning.~~

~~I've set it up in a way that it goes back to the screen you were on before the theme changes, in case it happens in the middle of you doing something.~~

Tasker: Endless automation of all settings and more.

Crashlands: Favorite offline game

Google Photos: The value here is unbelievable

Strava: Tracking my bike rides and commutes

Twilight: Screen color and brightness control for ease on eyes

Sleep as Android: Best alarm and sleep tracking app, no contest, even from iOS app store or otherwise.

Gravity Screen: Automatic screen on/off. Your phone feels genuinely smart again and saves your fingers/wrist/power button from fatigue.

Hit character limit, continued:

Total: 40 apps. Made with List My Apps.

Tasker.

One app to rule them all: <strong>Tasker</strong>

AutoMagic, AutoMate, MacroDroid, and Tasker can do this. Here's the option in each, in the same order.

If you have android, it should be a simple task in Tasker.

So I just checked in Tasker with Secure Settings (which somehow works for me even though the internet says it doesn't, heh) and this definitely appears to be possible.

The apps you will need are:

• Tasker (paid app)

• Secure Settings

• AutoVoice (for the voice control).

You'll need to enable Secure Settings as a Device Administrator. Then in Secure Settings (through plugin -> secure settings in Tasker) you'd want to go to "Dev Admin Actions" then "Lock Device".

When a Device Administrator locks the screen, it requires a pin (or password - whatever security you have set up) to unlock it and says "Device Administrator locked device".

Testing it with my finger print and saying "okay google" both ask me for my Pin to open the phone. The one downside (easy to work around I think) is you'd have to use the method you set up to lock the device that way each time you want it to require a pin.

When I'm home I'll make a tutorial with pictures and whatnot if you like.

Also just want to pimp out /r/tasker as a great resource for tutorials and learning :)

Edit: As /u/the_V0RT3X pointed out, you don't need Secure Settings, you can simply use Display -> System lock in Tasker itself. Though you will also need to enable Takser as a Device Administrator. The rest is the same.

Tasker for comprehensive automation of tasks.

Ah, uite că aveam și eu ceva de postat aici, dar abia acum mi-am dat seama.

Cu Tasker și o chestie din asta mi-am făcut aerul condiționat să pornească automat dimineața la 6:45 dacă:

1. Telefonul e conectat la rețeaua WiFi de acasă (ca să nu-mi pornească și când sunt plecat pe la ai mei sau ceva)

2. Temperatura în cameră e de peste 28 de grade Celsius

Problema la mine e că garsoniera în care stau e orientată spre est așadar dimineața se face o căldură... vara pe la 7:30 deja e insuportabilă. Amuzant e că recent am făcut niște mici schimbări pe la infrastructură (folosesc un REST API ca să trimit comenzi de la Tasker la dispozitivul ăla, înainte API-ul rula pe telefon acum rulează pe un NAS) și uneori îmi vin niște cifre aberante la temperatură așadar acum vreo două zile mi-a pornit AC-ul dimineața de înghețam în cameră pe la 8, când m-am trezit. Tre' să verific dacă a luat-o razna senzorul ăla de temperatură sau e vreo eroare de conversie pe undeva.

Tot cu Tasker și un plugin pentru acesta am făcut să pot trimite comenzi vocale către dispozitivul ăla așadar pot să aprind luminile ca în filme spunând "Ok Google, turn on the lights". Nu intru aici în detalii, dar dacă cineva se aruncă la implementat chestii din astea să îmi dea un semn și îl ajut cu instrucțiuni.

edit:

> Tre' să verific dacă a luat-o razna senzorul ăla de temperatură sau e vreo eroare de conversie pe undeva.

shit, de fapt o ia razna senzorul :(

Tasker

Pebble Tasker

Yes, I can also use Tasker to run Linux shell commands on my servers. I use this to display incoming messages on my soundbridge VFD while at home:

Phone Message on VFD

I have an old HTC Desire that I installed an app called Tasker on:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

That allows you to do event based "automation" of your phone. I use it to repeatedly (every 2 minutes) take a photo with the phone's camera an store it to the SD card of the phone with the date and time as part of the filename. The photos build up on the phone.

I then wrote a script that I run on my linux desktop (runs Debian) called copy_from_camera.sh:

#!/bin/bash

#Copy all images in tasker folder to local directory sshpass -p 'abcdef' scp -P 2222 :/mnt/sdcard/DCIM/Tasker/* ./ && #Change permissions to allow editing chmod 777 ./* && #Remove all images in tasker folder on camera sshpass -p 'abcdef' ssh -p 2222 'rm /mnt/sdcard/DCIM/Tasker/*'

This script uses a neat program called sshpass which allows you to feed a password to a scp command (copy from one unix machine to another) which copies all of the images from the phone to my desktop, for processing. It changes some permissions then using the same sshpass program I delete the photos off of the phone to save space. Since the pictures have the timestamp in the title, I sort a group for a gif into a subfolder. Like 1-18-2016-06-00.jpg thru 1-19-2016-05-58.jpg.

I then run this script with uses a command line utility "convert" available as part of the Imagemagick image editing tool. It lets you modify images from the command line and allows for some scripting. I crop to a usable part of the image (focus, glare from the flash), sharpen it, and resize it down. The real neato part was putting the timestamp on. It pulls the time of day out of the filename and draws it on there. So this script is run in the directory with all the images. When it's done, it creates a folder called "output" and puts the gif in there.

#!/bin/bash

#Create output directory to store temp files and gif mkdir ./output/ export OUTDIR=./output/

#Temp file used below export TEMP=$OUTDIR/temp.jpg export TIMEMIN=""; export TIMEHR="";

#Iterate through all jpgs in directory and format as needed for FILE in *.jpg; do echo "Processing File $FILE";

printf "Cropping ... " # WIDTHxHEIGHTxXPOSxYPOS convert -crop 2200x1080+380+0 $FILE $TEMP; printf "DONE\n"; convert $TEMP -sharpen 0x3 $TEMP printf "Resizing ... "; convert $TEMP -resize 1000x1000 $TEMP; printf "DONE\n";

#Apply date overlay printf "Preparing Date ... "; export TIMEHR=basename $FILE | cut -d '_' -f 2 | cut -d '.' -f 1 export TIMEMIN=basename $FILE | cut -d '_' -f 2 | cut -d '.' -f 2 printf "DONE $TIMEHR:$TIMEMIN\n"

printf "Applying Overlay ... "; convert $TEMP -fill white -pointsize 20 -annotate +10+20 $TIMEHR:$TIMEMIN $TEMP printf "DONE\n"; cp $TEMP $OUTDIR/$FILE; rm $TEMP; done

echo "Creating GIF..." convert -delay 5 -loop 0 $OUTDIR/.jpg $OUTDIR/out.gif rm $OUTDIR/.jpg

echo "DONE"

Tasker - Play Store

Profile - A combination of Contexts (think triggers) and the actions that are performed.

Context/Trigger- When something happens (like you get an SMS from this contact containing this text), a profile becomes active. Can be an event (SMS), state (WiFi Conneced), day/time (only on Mondays @ noon) etc. Triggers can also be stacked (only activate if I get an SMS on Monday between 10am-2pm and Wifi is connected)

Action - A thing to do. Send an SMS, Turn off Wifi, Set Audio levels, etc. Actions are done in order. A list of actions is called a "task". Tasks do not need profiles - they can live standalone. You can run a task from a shortcut on the homescreen, while also having it run when the profile is active.

Variables - a "thing" that holds data. This data is usually a piece of text or a number or the like. Some variables are system controlled, like %TIMES (time in seconds since UNIX epoch), while some are user-controlled. System variables are not modifiable by the user, but you can copy a system variable into your own variable and do stuff with it. Tasker doesn't really have defined data types, I believe everything is a string. But you can still use <, >, =, !=. Arrays are supported too (though they are 1-based arrays)

A sample tasker profile emulating a "work profile" (like what OP is talking about):

Context = Connected to work WiFi, Day is Mon-Fri

Enter Task = Set Media Volume to 0, Set Ringer Volume to 2, Set Notification Volume to 1, Turn off Bluetooth

Exit Task = (will be run when the contexts becomes untrue/disconnects from wifi) Set Media Volume to 6, Ringer Volume to 15, Notification Volume to 15, Send SMS to [Spouse] saying "Leaving work @ %TIME" (this will insert the 24hour time into the text, like "Leaving work @ 17.45")

Tasker can become really interesting the more you use it. I use an old Android phone as my alarm (with Sleep as Android). That phone stays on my bed 24/7, so it doesn't know if I'm home or not. So at 10:45pm, I have it ping my main phone to see if I'm home. If I am, it will check to see if I have work the next day (checks my calendar, which I maintain manually) and if so, turn on my "Work" Alarm on Sleep as Android. If I'm not home, it will ping every 15 minutes to check. That way if I stay the night somewhere else (and it's unplanned), my alarm won't ring in the morning (bothering my roommates). Join us at /r/tasker!

Yup, requires Tasker and a plugin called AutoTools!

Edit: I'm no Tasker genius, but I literally bought it just so I could turn this shit off.

Edit 2 : here's the XDA article

Tasker profile description

Profile: Enable Secure Settings (2) Event: Monitor Start Enter: Anon (3) A1: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:30 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ] A2: AutoTools Secure Settings [ Configuration:Setting Type: Global Name: audio_safe_volume_state Input Type: Int Value: 2 Timeout (Seconds):60 ]

Profile: Disable Audio Safe Mode (4) Time: 11:59PM Enter: Disable Audio Safe Mode Periodically (5) A1: AutoTools Secure Settings [ Configuration:Setting Type: Global Name: audio_safe_volume_state Input Type: Int Value: 2 Timeout (Seconds):60 ]

Task

Disable Audio Safe Mode Periodically (5) A1: AutoTools Secure Settings [ Configuration:Setting Type: Global Name: audio_safe_volume_state Input Type: Int Value: 2 Timeout (Seconds):60 ]

I have written a script for Tasker to reply to WhatsApp messages (and to all apps where you can send replies from the notification) with predefined quick replies. I use the apps Tasker, Amazfit Tools and Notification Listener. If I double-click on the Amazfit Bip within 30 seconds of receiving a WhatsApp message, I get my possible quick responses sent, which I can then select and send within 30 seconds with the according number of clicks.

Apps used:

• Tasker: 2.99$
• Amazfit Tools: 3.49$
• Notification Listener: free

Tasker profile to download

That's not an assistant but sounds like automation like Tasker, Automate, or MacroDroid. An assistant should display intelligence not requiring user knowledge of explicit commands, not be rigid in terms of processing language and interpreting your natural speech patterns into commands. Google Assistance shits all over Siri in this field. Requiring you setup a whole bunch of instructions in advance is a job for automation apps.

I use Tasker to do for me automatically.

I recently posted this in another thread, but I had to remove Pushbullet due to its new move to $40/yr....

Tasker - Automate practically anything. Some of the things I use it for include custom screen timeouts for certain apps, indicate which apps use portrait-only or auto-rotate, etc.

Google Authenticator - 2-factor authentication is a must for your Google account (at the very least).

LastPass - It's the standard for password managers for a reason. It's secure, reliable, and available everywhere. The app also works great with fingerprint (Imprint) on the 6p.

Reddit Is Fun - It's still the best Reddit client.

TickTick - I use this as my personal todo list app. It is cheaper than Todoist and Wunderlist, and it's more full-featured.

Pocket - Formerly called "Read it Later", it's a great way to save articles for reading...later.

Google Keep - I primarily use this for quick checklists. You can also share lists. My wife and I will create shared grocery lists and shopping lists for the kids.

CalenGoo - I've been using this for years, and still find it to be the best and most powerful calendar app for Android. There are more polished-looking apps, but nothing compares to this. The stock Calendar app is not sufficient for anyone who has a busy schedule.

Weather Timeline - The perfect weather app.

Pocket Casts - My favorite podcast player. Was previously a Doggcatcher fan, but Pocket Casts is a cleaner app that has everything I need.

Nova Launcher - Simple and powerful alternative to the default Google Now Launcher. Supports gestures.

Tasker, Nova Launcher Prime, Titanium Backup - needs root, relay for reddit pro

1. Cosmetic - widgets on my home screens - Sunrise calendar widget and Accuweather weather widget with Minutecast. I loathe the Pages O' Icons look.

2. Built in Moto X goodness - Active display -wave my hand over the screen and I see time and notifications, customized Moto Voice, set up to work even if my screen is off - so I can ask Google questions even if my phone is in my purse. This works amazingly well with the Moto Hint bluetooth headset as well. Siri doesn't even come close. Also, chop twice to bring up flashlight is enabled. That's a beautiful thing.

3. Nova Launcher - swipe up to toggle dock, swipe down with two fingers to toggle notification bar, double tap to bring up voice search (a nice alternative to Moto Voice in noisier environment) and of course, save/restore complete launcher config to Google Drive. So, remember how I said how I hate Pages o' Icons. Yeah, this is my Moto G's home screen. No icons save for the soft buttons. I love it. It confuses the hell out of my iOS using friends.

4. Automation - Tasker and some NFC tags (written with Trigger) , including my car key chain. Tasker is useful for automating tasks on your Android. I use it to bring up Google Camera whenever my Moto camera comes up since I prefer Google Camera more. So, now, when I do the "twist to bring up camera" move on Moto, Google Camera comes up instead of Moto Camera. NFC tags are fun. The one on my keychain brings up my parking space, I have one near my Roku that brings up the Roku app.

5. This one might be on iOS by now but it was great while it was an exclusive - Moto (and later Google's) Spotlight Stories. Awesome, 10-15 minute immersive movies. Hard to explain without seeing it. Imagine a movie made out of the same tech used to capture Google Street View.

6. [EDIT] Totally forgot the best Moto-ey stuff of all. I used Motomaker to customize my Moto X - white front, red back (monogrammed, of course), with red accents. All for $529 (now $499) off contract.

All of this is doable without rooting save for some of the fancier Cerberus tricks.

I have written a script for Tasker to reply to WhatsApp messages (and to all apps where you can send replies from the notification) with predefined quick replies. I use the apps Tasker, Amazfit Tools and Notification Listener. If I double-click on the Amazfit bip within 30 seconds of receiving a WhatsApp message, I get my possible quick responses sent, which I can then select and send within 30 seconds with the according number of clicks.

Apps used:

• Tasker: 2.99$
• Amazfit Tools: 3.49$
• Notification Listener: free

Tasker profile to download

You can get Tasker to do some basic automation. I have a profile for playing SIF. It'll turn on auto-rotate, set my phone to Do Not Disturb, and even hide the navigation bar (with some plug-ins)! Then it'll revert everything back when I go back to home screen.

All of this shouldn't need root access either!

Let me know if you need some help setting up :)

Edit: Disable notifications while playing SIF + others with Tasker!

It's a bit intensive. So bear with me!

First you need some apps and files

• Tasker. It's $2.99 from Google Play Store

Tasker is a really cool app that helps you automate a lot of things! In this instance, we will set it up to toggle Do Not Disturb/Priority mode, Auto-Rotation, and the Navigation bar while the game is running).

(One of many Tasker use threads.)

• My XML files exported from Tasker so you can import my profile and tasks. You can simply download these.

• Custom Navigation Bar is free and required to hide the Nav bar. (This part can be skipped. It adds a few more steps)

With all of those apps and files downloaded and/or installed...

Steps

>If you're interested in hiding the Navigation bar, follow these steps first. If not skip this section!

>- Open Custom Navigation Bar and make sure it's toggled ON - Press the Profiles option at the bottom - Press the + and name this profile "EnableNavBar". THE NAMES ARE IMPORTANT for Tasker to refer to - Toggle it to be Enabled - Turn on "Change immersive settings" - Make sure Hide status bar and Hide navbar are toggled off. - Create a new profile named HideNavBar - Turn on "Change immersive settings' - Turn on "Hide navbar"

• Open Tasker and long press Tasks
• Press the phone icon on the bottom right
• Find and open the Download directory(or wherever you chose to download the XML files)
• Find each of the 4 task XML files: AutoRotate_On, AutoRotate_Off, PriorityMode_On, PriorityMode_Off
• Long press Profile
• Refer to the steps above
• Import the Love_Live profile file

I haven't tinkered enough to disable Do Not Disturb/Priority Mode when I lock the phone from within the game. So, if the game IS running when you LOCK your phone, it won't toggle everything off.

My steps might be incomplete! I'm writing this off the top of my head. I haven't actually imported a task before and thought it'd be easier to do it this way instead of doing the steps to recreate the profile and tasks.

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

phew~~ this turned out wayyyy longer than I imagined ;;

Definitely Tasker. You can do so much more with it.

Hit character limit, continued:

Total: 40 apps. Made with List My Apps.

Automation apps: Tasker, AutoMate, AutoMagic, and MacroDroid

Plug-ins: by joaomgcd, by Marco Stornelli

System UI Tuner to allow easy toggling of hidden options.

iBlue is one of the few overlay screen filters that is free, ad-free, and has minimal permissions.

Look into this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_CA

To potentially free up João from spending a lot of time updating the sorely outdated (e.g. MISC category) Play Store description for Tasker, I've taken the liberty of spending an hour or so on the fun exercise of scripting a parsing of datadef.xml (menu / More / Developer Options / Save Data Definitions) to create a ready-to-use description that can be pasted in with minor modifications when v5.7 is released. If there are relatively simple substitutions to be put in, I can probably add them. Admittedly, this post probably belongs more in /r/bash than here.

Sadly, I don't see anything in datadef.xml which indicates which commands require root (e.g. Dpad and Type) or which are platform-specific; if I've overlooked something, let me know.

The script:

#!/bin/bash # Tasker Play Store description, processed from datadef.xml

echo "**** Actions By Category ***" sed ' /REMOVED/ d /<action/ !d s/.*nameLocal=.(.). catNameLocal=.(.). arg./\2,\1/ ' < datadef.xml | sort | while IFS=',' read c n; do [[ $c != $cc ]] && echo -n " * ${c^^}:" echo -n ", $n" cc=$c done | sed 's/:,/:/ /SETTINGS/ s/ Settings//g s/Quick,/Quick Settings,/'

echo "

**** States **** "

# States somehow don't have catLocal in datadef.xml but are categorized in the context list. sed ' /<state/ !d s/.nameLocal=.(.). arg.*/\1/ ' < datadef.xml | sort | while IFS='' read n; do echo -n ", $n" done | sed 's/^, //'

echo "

**** Events **** "

# Sort events by category. sed ' /<event/ !d s/.nameLocal=.(.). catNameLocal=.(.). arg./\2,\1/ ' < datadef.xml | sort | while IFS=',' read c n; do echo -n ", $n" done | sed 's/^, //' echo " "

Note that the ${c^^} capitalization can easily be substituted with a tr command if your bash is somewhat old. There are a couple of oddities in the sorting: SMS Backup+, SleepBot; WIFI IP, WIFI (settings).

The output:

**** Actions By Category ****

• 3RD PARTY: APN Droid, Android Notifier, Astrid, BeyondPod, DailyRoads Voyager, Due Today, Gentle Alarm, GrazeRSS, JD APN, JD Status, OfficeTalk, SMS Backup+, SleepBot, TeslaLED, WidgetLocker
• ALERT: Beep, Flash, HTML Popup, Menu, Morse, Notify, Notify Cancel, Notify LED, Notify Sound, Notify Vibrate, Popup, Popup Task Buttons, Say, Say To File, Say WaveNet, Set Light, Shut Up, Torch, Vibrate, Vibrate Pattern
• APP: Calendar Insert, Go Home, Kill App, Launch App, List Apps, Load Last App, Show Recents, Test App, Toggle Split Screen
• AUDIO: Alarm Volume, BT Voice Volume, DTMF Volume, Default Ringtone, Do Not Disturb, Haptic Feedback, In-Call Volume, Media Volume, Mic Mute, Notification Pulse, Notification Volume, Ringer Volume, Sound Effects, Sound Mode, Speakerphone, System Volume, Vibrate Mode, Vibrate On Notify, Vibrate On Ringer
• CODE: Java Function, Java Object, JavaScript, JavaScriptlet, Run SL4A Script, Run Shell
• DISPLAY: Auto Brightness, Car Mode, Display AutoRotate, Display Brightness, Display Size, Display Timeout, Force Rotation, Immersive Mode, Keyguard, Lock, Night Mode, Set Wallpaper, Status Bar, Status Bar Icons, Stay On, System Lock, Take Screenshot, Test Display, Turn Off, Turn On
• FILE: Browse Files, Copy Dir, Copy File, Create Directory, Delete Directory, Delete File, GUnzip, GZip, List Files, Move, Open File, Read Binary, Read File, Read Line, Read Paragraph, Remount, SQL Query, Share File, Test File, UnZip, Write Binary, Write File, Zip
• GOOGLE DRIVE: GD Download, GD List, GD Sign In, GD Trash, GD Upload
• IMAGE: Crop Image, Filter Image, Flip Image, Load Image, Resize Image, Rotate Image, Save Image
• INPUT: Authentication Dialog, Back Button, Button, Close System Dialogs, Dpad, Get Voice, Input Method Select, Keyboard, Long Power Button, Navigation Bar, Soft Keyboard, System Screenshot, Type, Voice Command
• LOCATION: GPS, Get Location, Location Mode, Open Map, Stop Location
• MEDIA: MIDI Play, Media Button Events, Media Control, Music Back, Music Play, Music Play Dir, Music Skip, Music Stop, Play Ringtone, Record Audio, Record Audio Stop, Scan Media, Take Photo, Test Media
• NET: Airplane Mode, Airplane Radios, Auto-Sync, Bluetooth, Bluetooth ID, Browse URL, Compose Email, HTTP Get, HTTP Head, HTTP Post, Mobile Data, Mobile Data 2G/3G, NFC, NFC Tag, Network Access, Ping, Test Net, USB Tether, WiFi, WiFi Net, WiFi Sleep, WiFi Tether, WiMax
• PHONE: Bluetooth Voice, Call, Call Block, Call Divert, Call Log, Call Revert, Compose MMS, Compose SMS, Contacts, End Call, Radio, Send Data SMS, Send SMS, Set SMS App, Silence Ringer, Take Call, Test Phone
• SCENE: Create Scene, Destroy Scene, Element Add GeoMarker, Element Back Colour, Element Border, Element Create, Element Delete GeoMarker, Element Depth, Element Destroy, Element Focus, Element Image, Element Map Control, Element Position, Element Size, Element Text, Element Text Colour, Element Text Size, Element Value, Element Video Control, Element Visibility, Element Web Control, Hide Scene, Show Scene, Test Element, Test Scene
• SETTINGS: APN, Accessibility, Add Account, Airplane Mode, All, Android Beam, App Manage, App, Battery Info, Bluetooth, Custom Setting, Date, Developer, Device Info, Dictionary, Display, Dream, InputMethod, Internal Storage, Locale, Location, Memory Card, Mobile Data, NFC Payment, NFC, Network Operator, Notification Listener, Power Usage, Print, Privacy, Quick Launch, Quick Settings, Search, Security, Sound, Sync, WIFI IP, WIFI, Wireless
• SYSTEM: Ask Permissions, CPU, Cancel Alarm, Power Mode, Quick Setting Add, Quick Setting Remove, Reboot, Search, Send Intent, Set Alarm, Set Clipboard, Set Timezone, Show Alarms, Start System Timer, Test System
• TASK: Anchor, Else, End For, End If, For, Goto, If, Perform Task, Return, Stop, Wait, Wait Until
• TASKER: Change Icon Set, Data Backup, Disable, Edit Scene, Edit Task, Import Data, Profile Status, Query Action, Set Tasker Icon, Set Tasker Pref, Set Widget Icon, Set Widget Label, Setup App Shortcuts, Setup Quick Setting, Show Prefs, Show Runlog, Test Tasker, Timer Widget Control, Timer Widget Set
• VARIABLES: Array Clear, Array Pop, Array Process, Array Push, Array Set, Test Variable, Variable Add, Variable Clear, Variable Convert, Variable Join, Variable Query, Variable Randomize, Variable Search Replace, Variable Section, Variable Set, Variable Split, Variable Subtract
• ZOOM: Zoom Alpha, Zoom Colour, Zoom Image, Zoom Position, Zoom Size, Zoom State, Zoom Text, Zoom Text Colour, Zoom Text Size, Zoom Visibility

**** States ****

Active User, Airplane Mode, Auto-Sync, BT Connected, BT Near, BT Status, Battery Level, Battery Temperature, Calendar Entry, Call, Cell Near, Custom Setting, Device Idle, Display Orientation, Display State, Docked, Dreaming, Ethernet Connect, HDMI Plugged, Headset Plugged, Heart Rate, Humidity, Keyboard Out, Light Level, Magnetic Field, Media Button, Missed Call, Mobile Network, NFC Status, Orientation, Pen Menu, Pen Out, Power, Power Save Mode, Pressure, Profile Active, Proximity Sensor, Signal Strength, Task Running, Temperature, USB Connected, Unread Text, VPN Connected, Variable Value, Wifi Connected, Wifi Near

**** Events ****

Gentle Alarm, K9 Email Received, Kaloer Clock, Notify My Android, OpenWatch, Pomodroido, Radardroid, Reddit Notify, Screebl / TSC, Widget Locker, Alarm Clock, Alarm Done, Date Set, Time/Date Set, Timezone Set, Display Off, Display On, Display Unlocked, File Attribute Change, File Closed, File Deleted, File Modified, File Moved, File Opened, Button: Camera, Button: Long Search, Card Mounted, Card Removed, Card Unmounted, NFC Tag, Missed Call, Phone Idle, Phone Offhook, Phone Ringing, Received Data SMS, Received Text, SMS Failure, SMS Success, Battery Changed, Battery Full, Battery Overheating, Gesture, Shake, Steps Taken, Custom Setting, Device Boot, Device Shutdown, Device Storage Low, Intent Received, Locale Changed, New Package, Package Removed, Package Updated, Quick Setting Clicked, Wallpaper Changed, Monitor Start, Timer Change, Assistance Request, Button Widget Clicked, New Window, Notification, Notification Click, Notification Removed, Zoom Click, Variable Cleared, Variable Set

Once things are a bit more finalized, I can add in the platform specifics.

Tasker

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

Honestly it's basically cheating to mention it, but there's an app on android called Tasker which you can use to manage notifications with tons and tons of options if you put in the effort. You can even set it up to automatically turn off/on different filters to set up different schedules for when you want notifications or not. I think it could also be set up to read from your calendar and only allow notifications from certain people during certain events. Although you'd have to do a fair amount of work to set it up the first time, it has all the options you could dream of, but there's simpler solutions as well.

And there are other applications such as Notification Manager (I just picked this randomly, I have no experience with it but it's features sound like what you'd want) which allow for better management as well in a little more user-friendly ways although not as powerful (I'd imagine).

EDIT: Without any extra apps, this comment explains well all what you can do.

Tasker.

Here is Tasker. I highly recommend you look into it. Here's an intro for creating a Tasker plug-in for your app. And check here for some examples of apps that already have Tasker plug-ins.

I imagine setups where you could display text messages that you got on your actual phone to display on your mirror as well (by using AutoTasker to send messages from one device to another). Or Tasker could look up a Google Maps URL to parse how many minutes it would take to drive to work. There are To-Do List apps that integrate with Tasker. People that use those could even display their to-do list on your mirror, or perhaps a shopping list.

Integrating Tasker alone would open up more possibilities faster and likely a lot easier than you could do by yourself. I personally haven't created an app that integrates with Tasker, but there are so many out there that already do, I imagine it isn't too difficult.

Tasker - Automate practically anything. Some of the things I use it for include custom screen timeouts for certain apps, indicate which apps use portrait-only or auto-rotate, etc.

~~Pushbullet - While you can integrate this with Tasker or IFTTT to push custom notifications, I find it most useful for pushing content from Chrome to my phone, showing my phone notifications on my computers, and allowing me to SMS from my browser plugin.~~ EDIT: They just announced a move to $40/yr for this service, which is absurd.

Google Authenticator - 2-factor authentication is a must for your Google account (at the very least).

LastPass - It's the standard for password managers for a reason. It's secure, reliable, and available everywhere. The app also works great with fingerprint (Imprint) on the 6p.

Reddit Is Fun - It's still the best Reddit client.

TickTick - I use this as my personal todo list app. It is cheaper than Todoist and Wunderlist, and it's more full-featured.

Pocket - Formerly called "Read it Later", it's a great way to save articles for reading...later.

Google Keep - I primarily use this for quick checklists. You can also share lists. My wife and I will create shared grocery lists and shopping lists for the kids.

CalenGoo - I've been using this for years, and still find it to be the best and most powerful calendar app for Android. There are more polished-looking apps, but nothing compares to this. The stock Calendar app is not sufficient for anyone who has a busy schedule.

Weather Timeline - The perfect weather app.

Pocket Casts - My favorite podcast player. Was previously a Doggcatcher fan, but Pocket Casts is a cleaner app that has everything I need.

Nova Launcher - Simple and powerful alternative to the default Google Now Launcher. Supports gestures.

If you're on Android, you could try using Tasker (paid, but well worth it) and MyTimeline to send SMS details to your timeline when you receive a message - you could even have it filter based on certain contacts.

I've not tried this myself, though.

EDIT: Tested this now, and it works: I used Touchless Chat for the trigger event, as it captures from SMS, Hangouts, WhatsApp, and others, and can append the chat app to the pin. It takes a little time for your pins to update (it's not instant), but messages are definitely appearing on the timeline.

The downside is that people are right, it's really cluttered: It creates a pin for each individual message, even from only one contact.

• Tasker - For all sorts of phone automation! Check us out at /r/Tasker.

• Pocket - The other Pocket. This one is a password locker that's hosted in your own Dropbox account.

• Drive/Dropbox/OneDrive - Pick your own cloud storage poison.

• Flickr - 1T free. I use this to back up my photos.

• BaconReader - For Reddit.

• Spotify

• Waze - Make Waze your co-pilot.

• Cerberus - Anti-theft service.

• ES File Explorer

• Google Authenticator - For 2FA.

• Zooper Widgets - For nifty personalized widgets. Check out the possibilities at MyColorScreen. This integrates well with Tasker too.

Edit: links

I'm using Tasker to automatically set up call forwarding of my work SIM to Voicemal during non business times^1.

This allows me to:

• make it look like my "work phone" is switched off
• still be able to use the data plan of my work SIM

^1 ... to be precise: I'm using an Android work profile and have Tasker react on the activation/deactivation of this work profile. As soon as the work profile is activated, the call forwarding to Voicemal is deactivated and automatic time recording with the app aTimelogger is started (two different profiles depending on whether I'm currently working from home or from the office). When the work profile is deactivated, time logging is stopped and call forwarding to Voicemal is started again.

If you want to get very technical, you can use Tasker to read the Torque log file and forward those to a variable read by the custom watch face app WatchMaker and make your own watch face to read the values from Tasker.

For anyone interested on how to setup this.
Enable WOL
Download Tasker, Mi Band Master(just discovered it) and WOL
...(Go to button actions, create new one and put "Send command to tasker" as action")Then on tasker you can check for it with "Received intent"(kind of) and with the code "mb2_tap*" * = number of taps

Profit
Those two let you do anything you want with the band. :)

If you're concerned about moving a safe or permanent damage to studs and such you could reinforce a closet door and install a locking door handle to it. It's not ideal but makes it way harder to break into while also being non-permanent. I'd recommend getting a steel door and replacing the closet door all together though since inside doors aren't usually made to be tough and a steel one won't be easy to kick through. The replacement door can have a deadbolt as well which is kind of important for the frame reenforcement part. Then you can just swap them out at the hinge and remove the reenforcements when you leave and put them in your next place. It'll also be way cheaper and size is only limited to the size of the closet.

If you're feeling fancy you could rig it to an electronic deadbolt and use your phone with something like tasker to send an unlock signal when you get home for keeping it available for home defense. Then have it auto lock when you leave so you never accidentally leave it unlocked. Or make your own L1, L2.

Edit: formatting; links; clarification

Edit 2: added instructions on making it wildly more complex

Back already?

Here's what I do to easily find my phone.

Get Tasker (paid, and absolutely worth it), and PebbleTasker (also paid, I think, but worth it once you get good at using Tasker!), and install the app on your Pebble.

In Tasker, create a task called "Find Phone", and set it to increase your volumes to maximum, vibrate, and play an audio file. Set up PebbleTasker to add this task to its list.

Viola, you can now use PebbleTasker on your Pebble to remotely run the task whenever you like, so long as you're in Bluetooth range.

But what happens if your phone is stolen, and goes out of range? You can't run the task, right?

You could also create a profile to run the task whenever your Pebble disconnects, using the "Bluetooth Connected" state, selecting your Pebble address, and ticking "Invert" (meaning when it's not connected), then choosing the Find Phone task.

For an added bonus, you could also get it to periodically send someone a text with GPS coordinates, if you like - there are also apps out there to let Tasker automatically send an email. You could even add a "Location", and invert that, to stop it from happening if you get disconnected at home.

Google Fit uses Android's native activity detection to start tracking you when you are riding a bike. You can use this same system to start a strava ride (I do this).

You will need:

1. Tasker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
2. AutoLocation Tasker Plugin: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autolocation

You will do:

1. Open AutoLocation and start the activity monitor
2. Download this xml file to your device: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3JoSR6SgnvcMkFHZUpMbDBhdE0/view?usp=sharing
3. Open Tasker. Long-Press on the "Profiles" tab and click "import". Choose the file you downloaded.

This will be a good starting point. I've got a few other that work in tandem to avoid things like recording bus rides (seriously Strava? Auto pause doesn't work for bus or car rides?). Use this profile as an example.

Automation : Tasker
Android/Computer : Join

Backup : Titanium Backup

Button customization : Button Remap (iap)

Cache cleaner : SD Maid Pro

Kernel modification : EX Kernel Manager

Explorer : Solid Explorer
Launcher : Nova Launcher Prime

Mail : Aqua Mail Pro

Music player : Spotify
Podcast : Podcat Addict

Radio : Replaio (iap)

I've fallen in love (well, it's been a bumpy love story, but I think we're now finally at a good place with one-another) with openHAB. You can connect anything to anything. The community is helpful. It offers a lot more feature-wise than Stringify ever did and some of the "rule builders"/"designers" you can setup and work with could be considered somewhat similar to how Stringify flows are laid-out. You can use rules, scripts, other methods, and they have a few drag-and-drop rule designer options that are very similar GUI-wise to Stringify.

If you have an old Android device laying around that you don't mind leaving plugged in all the time, Tasker and some of the AutoApps plugins for Tasker can really enable you to setup some pretty incredible services/systems. Also another Android-based option, which is out of all of these alternatives GUI-wise the most similar to Stringify would be Automagic.

&#x200B;

And here are a few other little services/tricks I shared in another comment which can help make IFTTT a little bit more like Stringify in terms of feature offerings:

&#x200B;

• IFTTT Platform - provides a somewhat more enhanced IFTTT experience, the ability to have multiple actions in your IFTTT applet, etc. Still not as simple/drag-and-drop as Strinfiy, but works well overall.
• Grapeot.me - an easy to use API that allows you to build custom pauses into your IFTTT applets. See also their GitHub for more details.
• Glitch - another way to connect/combine multiple IFTTT actions to run under one service call.
• Apilio.io - another service to combine multiple IFTTT applets into one and to add in support for multiple conditions and actions.

Tasker is an Android exclusive:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

If anyone is interested in doing the same, I used Tasker to make a task that launched the activity for battery usage, then used Tasker App Factory to export that task as an application, then used Quick Settings to add a quick setting that launched an app and set it to use the app I just made and installed.

Tasker

Some possible alternatives for a few of these...

Workflow? Try Tasker or Automate

2Do? Exists on Android. Same company.

Due? Not exactly the same but Google Keep has reminders. Or maybe Life Reminderd or To Do Reminder with Alarm or Ike - To-Do List, Task List

Tasker

Might be possible through Tasker?

• Tasker
• Secure Settings
• Greenify
• AutoRemote
• Titanium Backup
• Kustom Live Wallpaper
• FolderSync
• CF.lumen
• Sleep as Android
• Collateral
• Draft
• Our Groceries
  

Not on the Play Store:

• Adaway
• MiXplorer

Tasker will do it ... unless of course you have a more specific requirement that you're not sharing

Here's my list of some of the more interesting things that I'm using Tasker for:

Add calendar events with NLP by typing into a single text field which it processes and adds to my calendar.

Do stuff when my phone is unlocked with different fingerprints, when my GF unlocks my phone it changes the launcher and shows the navbar. Link

Receive notifications when a new Reddit post matches keywords. Link

Input a custom template with my wakeup time, app usage stats, and location for my Journal app.

Monitor the brightness of on-screen content. Link

Easily link to an apps playstore page on Reddit. Link.

Basically an entire reminder system (in alpha). Link

Incredibly fine control of notifications.

Snoozing notifications automatically until 6 PM for specific apps. Link

A persistent notification that I can take notes on.

Changes keyboards in different apps.

Pause podcasts before they end at night or when I fall asleep. Link

Backup alarms.

Log data to Google Sheets.

When my phone is locked the only visible quick tile becomes Bluetooth.

Transcribe last received WhatsApp voice message. Link

Pop up (overlay) dictionary. Link

Modify navbar buttons.

Convert app names to Play Store links and format them for Reddit. Link

Double tap the back of my phone to pause and play music.

A simple motion-based sleep detector profile. Link.

Saves my car's location when I disconnect from my car's bluetooth. Long pressing volume up opens the last location in Google maps. Don't use this often but it's insanely helpful when needed.

Routing audio from the main speaker to the phone-call speaker(identical to the WhatsApp feature) for when you forget your earbuds! Link.

Created my own version of the popular iOS app Drafts. Link.

Here's when and which app opened your camera

Detect which app last opened your microphone

Better buy Tasker for 2,99€ and build it yourself. With that app you can archieve a lot more and there is already a profile on XDA which you can just import.

Edit: Just saw that this profile requires root. Here is the rootless version.

You could do this with Tasker.

Tasker

Shortcuts is iOS only, but you should check out Tasker for android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_US

You'll definitely want to check out Tasker, for automating your phone. Check out how I use Tasker. Also check out Google Opinion Rewards, they offer you short surveys in exchange for Google Play credit.

My recommendations include some premium apps that I consider well worth the price.

• Remote Desktop: Microsoft Remote Desktop
• Browser: Chrome
• Youtube: Youtube and Youtube Music, made better if you have a YouTube Red Subscription
• File Manager: Solid Explorer
• Torrent: I've no idea
• Reddit: Sync for Reddit
• 3D Model Viewer: I've no idea
• Archive manager: Again, Solid Explorer
• PDF reader: Google Drive

You would need root to do this cleanly.

If you don't mind a klunkier solution (or need a non-root solution), you can use Tasker with AutoInput, "control UI" in AutoMagic, or "interact" in AutoMate to simulate touches enabling/disabling airplane mode. Your screen would need to be on for the task to be completed, but it can be scheduled and triggered otherwise normally.

The Usual:

• Swiping up on my SMS app goes directly to the conversation between my wife and I.
• Swiping down on the entire home screen activates app search.
• Swiping up on Phone directly calls my wife.
• Swiping up on Maps starts navigation home.
• Swipe up on Tasker to open a folder which has icons/shortcuts for commonly used Tasker tasks.

Requires Tasker and AutoInput:

• Swiping up on Music launches app, and connects to my Chromecast speakers.
  
• Swipe up on Android Pay to pull up my YMCA card.
• Swipe up on Google Home app to go directly to chromecast audio speaker volumes. `
• Swipe up on Googke Keep to open my Grocery list.
• Swipe up on YNAB to begin entering a transaction.

Tasker + ~~LIFX Tasker Plugin~~ UDP Sender tasker plugin + QuickClick should be able to pull it off (via the volume buttons).

• Edit... just tried & it works

• Edit2... UDP Sender is much easier/efficient & sends the on/off packet directly to your bulb

• Light(s) On:

  • - IP: Your bulb IP
  • - Port: 56700
  • - Hex: 2A0000340000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000075000000FFFF00040000

• Light(s) Off:

  • - IP: Your bulb IP
  • - Port: 56700
  • - Hex: 2A0000340000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000075000000000000040000

I have a hunch that Tasker could easily do that for you.

/u/infraspace uses Tasker. Extrememly powerful app to control different things.

Yes it's possible, but not quite as you expect it.

You say you can do searches with google now, that should be enough for this. If you cannot, I'm afraid this won't work.

What you can do is get Tasker with AutoVoice. Autovoice allows you to make custom voice commands, like you want. These can then trigger tasks in Tasker.
Tasker isn't the easiest app to learn, but you can do quite some insane stuff with it. Opening apps is quite easy to do once you get the hang of the interface.

Both Tasker and AutoVoice are paid apps with a free trial available (the tasker trial has to be downloaded and installed from here)

I'm not sure if I'm reading your question correctly, but I use Tasker in conjunction with Trigger.

I use the smallest capacity NFC tags, then Trigger will use the NFC tag to run a set of tasks in Tasker.

For example, I have an NFC tag on my phone car dock. It runs a task I named "launch car mode". This does the following:

• turn off WiFi
• turn on Bluetooth
• launch Torque
• launch Car Dashdroid
• launch CarOo
• launch LastApp Switcher
• launch Podcast Addict
• turn volume to maximum

All the tasks are stored on my phone, the only info on the tag is "run 'launch car mode' task"

This allows you to execute very complex and long tasks without using large capacity tags, as all of the actual commands are stored on n your phone. I've also heard some people use an app called llama, but I've never tried it.

Tasker is one of the only paid apps I own.

I switched from a rooted note9 to a z fold2 and now z fold3 and honestly it's been awesome. A bunch of stuff I used root for can be done via ADB/Shizuku now plus the larger screen and multitasking capabilities of the fold and the 120hz screens are awesome.

I didn't really mind losing the sdcard as I only used it for twrp backups and ROM storage but the headphone jack still annoys me, I hate Bluetooth with a passion so I ended up just getting USB-C Headphones and a USB-C to 3.5mm dongle for if I need to plug into something else. It's not a perfect solution but it works.

I also never used the Iris scanner but the fingerprint sensor being on the side is awesome and it's insanely fast.

I'll recommend some apps that I can't live without now:
Shizuku - allows you to elevate ADB only apps without having to connect to a PC and run a script evert time, though you need to start it every reboot however this can be done via the phone itself using wireless ADB
Tasker/Autotools - let's you set 2 launchers (one for inner screen and one for the outer one). There's instructions somewhere in my post history, I'll try and remember to add it.
Keys Cafe - Good lock module that allows you to completely customize the layout of your keyboard (and have different layouts for inner and outer)
Multistar - another good lock module, this one lets you allow multiple apps to remain running at a time instead of pausing them when multitasking (I mainly use it to let me have a game like Pogo running while scrolling through reddit or looking something up.) I also recommend going to developer options and enabling force all apps to split screen/windowed.

I actually still use a rooted note9 as my car infotainment system and that's also been solid, no real issues apart from having to replace the battery because hot car+Lithium battery+always remaining near fully charged isn't a good combo. (I recommend limiting charge to ~50% if you plan to leave it plugged in all the time, this can be done easily with root/bl unlock).

Here's my list of some of the more interesting things that I'm using Tasker for:

Add calendar events with NLP by typing into a single text field which it processes and adds to my calendar.

Do stuff when my phone is unlocked with different fingerprints, when my GF unlocks my phone it changes the launcher and shows the navbar. Link

Receive notifications when a new Reddit post matches keywords. Link

Input a custom template with my wakeup time, app usage stats, and location for my Journal app.

Monitor the brightness of on-screen content. Link

Easily link to an apps playstore page on Reddit. Link.

Basically an entire reminder system (in alpha). Link

Incredibly fine control of notifications.

Snoozing notifications automatically until 6 PM for specific apps. Link

A persistent notification that I can take notes on.

Changes keyboards in different apps.

Pause podcasts before they end at night or when I fall asleep. Link

Backup alarms.

Log data to Google Sheets.

When my phone is locked the only visible quick tile becomes Bluetooth.

Transcribe last received WhatsApp voice message. Link

Pop up (overlay) dictionary. Link

Modify navbar buttons.

Convert app names to Play Store links and format them for Reddit. Link

Double tap the back of my phone to pause and play music.

A simple motion-based sleep detector profile. Link.

Saves my car's location when I disconnect from my car's bluetooth. Long pressing volume up opens the last location in Google maps. Don't use this often but it's insanely helpful when needed.

Routing audio from the main speaker to the phone-call speaker(identical to the WhatsApp feature) for when you forget your earbuds! Link.

Created my own version of the popular iOS app Drafts. Link.

Here's when and which app opened your camera

Detect which app last opened your microphone

Text Expansion Tasker implementation

• Tasker
• IFTTT
• Slide for reddit
• Cashapp
• unitMeasure - I bult this

Runner ups

• Threes
• Downwell

Tasker (for Android).. Can get this to do tonnes of things.

If you want the app to always have a sub-5 second response time you have to keep the car awake by constantly polling the API. If you want a decent workaround you can use the Tasker app and the Tasker Plugin for Tesla (costs a few bucks iirc) to make a task that logs in and does what you want (sets climate temp, etc) so at least you only have to tap one shortcut to execute the most common functions. I have a task that gets the current climate state, sets the climate to 22 C and turns climate on, gets the climate state again, then says "Success" if the climate has turned on. When I need to preheat in a hurry I run the shortcut for the task off my homescreen and then put my phone in my pocket, then 30 seconds or so later I hear the cue that it worked. If I don't hear it, I check the app to see what went wrong. Basic, but good enough for my needs.

If you want a more advanced workaround you can get TeslaFi and tweak the sleep settings, or since you're a software dev, write your own app to poll the API for current status (online, driving, charging, etc) and have it constantly poll under certain states, such as when charging or at home, then your phone app will always be responsive when you need it to be. I did this with a PowerShell module written by someone else and a custom PowerShell script I wrote.

To put some numbers behind real-world power use, with the car awake and screen on but climate off, the Model 3's systems use about 240 Watts. When the screen is off (car locked and unoccupied) but kept awake by polling with the API, it uses nearly the same, so we can assume whatever computers are on when you're in the car are also on when you're waking the car to poll data. With the car "asleep" and screens off, it still uses about 35 Watts as measured by long-term power drain. This is probably BMS, radios, charging circuitry for the 12v battery and whatever else Tesla deems they need always connected.

Android only sadly. But here

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

You could try Tasker

You could probably use tasker to automatically enable do not disturb mode during certain hours

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_GB

Okay, so I went ahead and built it. You need Tasker, Secure Settings, and AutoInput.

Here's the step-by-step, but you'll have to tweak it accordingly for your device (if you have a different power menu or button placement, for example). But, this should work for anyone using a V20 (with the same DPI, I guess).

It's practically instantaneous on my phone so someone would have to be very, very lucky to be able to hit cancel before it proceeded.

> Current Tasker scripts on Android

If only he had left some kind of hint...

Tasker is an app

First let's keep you interested

Create New Google Now Commands in 30 seconds - No root required

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TToDlfHlDzM&amp;feature=youtu.be

You need some paid apps, but they're good.

Tasker

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_GB

AutoVoice

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autovoice&amp;hl=en_GB

AutoTools

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autotools&amp;hl=en_GB

You need tutorials

Sidebar here https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/

You need a how-to

Tasker Project to control Philips Hue bulbs using Ok Google commands (no root)

https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/tasker-project-to-control-philips-hue-t3071719

This is the right one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

You can achive it using Tasker if you have an android.

Hit character limit, continued:

Total: 40 apps. Made with List My Apps.

Tasker is an automation app that many people have done, frankly, amazing things with.

The downside is that it is kind of difficult to use for beginners or people without programming/coding backgrounds.

It doesn't need root, but many people who root and tinker with their phone swear by Tasker.

I've set up Tasker to automatically enable GPS and bluetooth as well as turn on my music and enable screen rotation when I put my phone in my car stand. It also disables my screen lock. The car stand has an NFC sticker on it, which I use with Trigger to run the Tasker task.

When I turn my car off, I have a Tasker task that runs when the bluetooth is disconnected. It disables GPS and bluetooth, and pauses the music in addition to disabling screen rotation. It even enables my screen lock.

I also use Tasker to get the bus times at my local bus stop each morning, before I leave the house. I could make it more fine grained to be location and time aware, but for now the task just runs each morning at a set time.

I've found the following to be essential for a power user:
Tasker: For tasks
Trigger: For NFC-enabled tasks
Secure Settings: For changing the screen lock settings

PLUS (not advocating piracy) but if you want to try out these things without paying for them up front, I've found Lucky Patcher to be the most profound addition to my power tool arsenal.

Tasker

It's a bit finicky, but got it working: https://streamable.com/pga96o. The video shows taps so you can see when I launch "Span Kindle" then "Span Relay", and that I'm not tapping to span them. I use Tasker and AutoInput to automate the span gesture. It's pretty trivial to add new spanned app launchers, just a few seconds in Tasker then adding a new homescreen shortcut. Works on either screen and orientation, most times anyway.

Trickiest thing is actually Kindle, because turns out when you're in a book it disables the bottom drag bar until you partially turn a page. I had to add a special option in the logic to "prime" apps like it with a small gesture before the span gesture — if you watch carefully, you can set it in the video.

Anyway, if anyone is willing to buy Tasker and AutoInput and wants this script (as-is and without guarantees or warranties), I can write up brief instructions and put them and the script somewhere.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Very few smartwatches support reading NFC tags. In fact, the only one I could find was the 2014 Sony Smartwatch 3. Most smartwatches that support NFC can only act as NFC tags. This means that you'll need to set up a bunch of standalone NFC readers around the house. Some people are doing it with Home Assistant.

I've been tracking a bunch of things with NFC tags using my phone, but I agree with you that it's not always ideal (I don't always have my phone with me, and it's not always unlocked).

I tried to build a Home Assistant and Nomie apps on my PineTime/Colmi P8 open-source smartwatch to track things from my wrist, but I had to put it on pause due to Bluetooth connection issues (wasp-os doesn't maintain a stable connection with GadgetBridge).

I think NFC tags and Android + Tasker/Automate or iOS + Shortcuts is still your best bet.

automate your phone - for example turn to silent when I reach office, or open news app in morning. Check out - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Tasker.

Vrei pentru căștile Bluetooth?

I think Tasker would be more suited to what you're trying to do

Maybe this could help https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en (not tested)? If connected to CX-5 BT -> set DND mode off ? https://www.androidcentral.com/tasker-do-not-disturb

Tasker can do that. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Tasker can do that.

http://tasker.wikidot.com/turnonwifiathome

/r/tasker

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

edit - this is assuming you use an Android based phone. If its an iPhone, no idea.

for android, here's the assistant app https://assistant.google.com/services/a/id/5a33fba4f93f74bc [the most notable problem is if your car is taking a while to wake up, the ev car command will just time out and nothing happens with your car, to alleviate that, use sentry mode to keep car awake or..| Pair it with Tasker if you want to get advanced with it https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_US

Tasker

Grab yourself Tasker. Since that is the way to go. That app was made using it ��

I'm willing to help set something up for you since I love these kinds of faces (I almost always build watches using Tasker data).

There are other APIs available, such as

https://www.aerisweather.com/support/docs/api/reference/endpoints/tides/ (US only by looks) and https://www.worldtides.info/apidocs (worldwide).

Tasker is a paid app, but it has far more many uses than just providing watchmaker extra data.

Awesome! I’m a huge fan of displays littered around! I had a first gen fire 7 tablet strapped to my wall for HA use. It survived 2 years 10 months of this abuse before it failed. I’ve always wanted a tablet in the kitchen too but couldn’t decide where to mount it.

I used tasker and motion detector to turn the screen on when appropriate. This video may be relevant to your interests if you ignore my janky android app and focus on the tasker portion. https://youtu.be/DBfwKYFbbb8

Tasker - Total Automation

/r/tasker

Sync has Tasker intergration to sync content, so you can use that

Android only sadly. But here

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

I have a Tasker script that works with AutoNotification and AutoInput to automate the process of entering each transaction. It's not a fully automated solution, but it does streamline the process and I find my self using Google Pay whenever I can because of it.

Because the majority of people set their ringtone volume and never against adjust it, or if they do they autoamate it with something like tasker.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_US

To achieve this you just need an Amazfit Bip, an Android phone and the following apps:

Tasker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Tools & Amazfit; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.zdenekhorak.amazfittools

Unfortunately you have to pay few bucks for these apps, but if you have some money invested in crypto, you probably are going to have a lambo on the next few years, so this is not a problem, right?

1) Open the Amazfit Tools app

2) Go to the "Button" section on the left sidebar

3) Click on + to add an action

4) Click on "More" and on "Send Broadcast (Intent)"

5) Click on "Intent Action", write "bit_tap" and confirm

6) Download this Tasker XML configuration file:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qy2eza304xzunma/BipTicker.prf.xml?dl=1

7) Open the Tasker app

8) Long press the "PROFILE" tab and choose "Import"

9) Choose the XML file you just downloaded on point 6

10) Double press your Amazfit Bip button and wait few seconds

11) Enjoy :-)

You can easily add/remove ctypto and/or change the ticker source (currently Bitstamp) editing the Tasker Task.

BTW:

This setup is very similar to the one I posted for the Xiaomi MiBand2:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6xw3f0/how_to_check_btc_price_with_your_xiaomi_miband2/

Say hello to my lil friend!

Some functions require root, which I don't have because I have a G5 which apparently can't be reliably rooted yet. But this app is amaze-balls. I used it because I kept forgetting to turn off my data at night. I listen to 8 hour sleep tracks on youtube, and sometimes my WiFi would go down and I would wake up to a text saying I used 50$ worth of data overnight. So I used Tasker to automatically shut off my mobile at 10pm and turn it on again at 6am when I wake up. I could also set it up to only do this certain days of the week.

It's not the easiest app to use but if you are tech saavy it should be a breeze! There is also A TON of resources online. Loads of help, you might even be able to grab a preset that solves your issue.

Good luck!

EDIT:

I've done some research, muting a specific app in tasker is really tricky and finicky apparently. What you want is an app called xposed, but it requires root.

I did find this

Tasker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)

I don't have the exact task on hand, but you can set it to end a call if the number calling isn't in your contacts (!C:ANY I think)

I have a helpful little app that i use to fix that problem. Tasker is what i use and the way i have it set up is to disable wifi when i get to work (wifi at work is shit) and then re-enable wifi when i get home. I also use it for other things like starting music when my phone connects to my car's speakers and increasing/decreasing the screen timeout depending on if it is plugged in or not.

Get Tasker

And an ad blocker:
* Free
1. Blokada
2. DNS66

• Paid
• Adguard
  

If you have a Samsung Phone then get SABS/Adhell3. Search Reddit and you'll find the apks.

You can do this with an automation app (Tasker, AutoMagic, AutoMate, or MacroDroid), but you'd need to be rooted to do this cleanly, I believe. However, there are a couple of non-root options. Since it's a music player, you could schedule a media button press (pause) at a specific time—it won't kill the app, obviously, but the music will stop. Or, you could do it the hard way and set a series of automated touches that closes the app (you'll need to also add screen on and screen off steps, as the screen must be on to go through the automated touches).

You can do this with an automation app (Tasker, AutoMagic, AutoMate, or MacroDroid), but you'd need to be rooted to toggle mobile data cleanly. Wi-Fi can be toggled without root.

There is a non-root option, but it's pretty messy: Set a series of automated touches (you'll need to also add screen on and screen off steps, as the screen must be on to go through the automated touches). Both Tasker and MacroDroid would require you to use the AutoInput plugin. AutoMagic ("control UI") and AutoMate ("interact") have this feature built-in.

He was referring to Tasker, a more-robust but less-user-friendly app than IFTTT

Yes, with Tasker. You can use the charging status as a trigger for things, and it differentiates between wired and wireless charging, so it's perfect.

In my case I use it to enable DND mode + turn off always-on display at night, then do the opposite when I take the phone off the wireless charger.

Not to dissuade you from using Python, but you can do this quite easily with Tasker. I use it just this way when I receive certain types of notifications. I think ITTT will do this as well (but I haven't tried it).

You can even package up your Tasker scripts into standalone android packages if you want to share them.

Home automation is fun as hell too. You can get some RF outlets and an RF Transmitter and Receiver and hook them up to your pi and then install Home Assistant to control it all from your phone. This was just one quick tutorial I looked up that explains it pretty well. I've got the same thing on my setup. You can program command line switches into it, so anything you normally do from the command line you can program into Home Assistant as a button. Backups, file transfers, ssh commands, bash scripts, anything.

So I've got Tasker and when my phone connects to my home's wifi it will trigger the job in Tasker to start the CL switch in Home Assistant called "Home" and it runs a bash script to basically send the RF codes to turn on power strips for computer/ monitors, send a Wake On Lan (WOL) packet to turn on my computer, send an SSH command to an IR transmitter to turn on my AC, and send an RF signal to turn on the radio. AND, if you set up your own OpenVPN server at home you can log in remotely to your local network and turn on your RF outlets from anywhere. Telling you, you can get deep lol. If you ever need any help I'll do what I can.

I personally haven't delved into it yet, but it seems that some form of automation may be able to do what you're asking. Have you tried looking into Tasker?

Tasker

I use Tasker. For location based texting, it checks for a combination of things: Available Wi-Fi networks, my calendar state, and a set of custom variables (used to make sure it only sends once a day).

You can do so via Tasker + Notification Listener. See this post. Tasker may be replaced with $AutomationApp, assuming Notification Listener is compatible.

There is no extended snooze built in. This is one of my biggest gripes with the Oreo release.

You can do so via Tasker + Notification Listener. See this post. Tasker may be replaced with $AutomationApp, assuming Notification Listener is compatible.

There is no extended snooze built in. This is one of my biggest gripes with the Oreo release.

Tasker + Autolocation works nicely for this. It detects when I'm within ~200 feet of my house (entering the fence) and disables my alarm, turns on lights, etc. And the opposite in the inverse.

If you have an unlocked S8, no. It's required to be on in various nations, so Samsung opted to remove the setting since unlocked versions are more accessible than carrier versions.

However, there are plenty of automated tools you can download to set up conditional "triggers". I use Tasker (it occasionally goes on sale) and set up a Tasker profile to put my phone's sound profile on silent when the camera app is open and return the sound to normal when it's closed. Works like a charm! You can find the steps to recreate the profile with a quick Google search.

Try Tasker

My best guess would be Tasker, but you probably need root for it to turn off location services.

Could use Tasker (or the simpler MacroDroid) to conrrol that, if it is that bothersome.

Tasker (payant) pour automatiser les changements sur mon téléphone (par exemple en fonction du wifi auquel je suis connecté, couper la sonnerie).

Tasker. Automating my Android phone has been quite a time-saver for me.

IFTTT is a free app which also automates your phone, albeit to a lesser degree than Tasker.

You can to that with Tasker.

I have a solution now! This has really been frustrating me since I updated last night.

To start, let me point out that I already purchased Tasker and AutoLocation a while ago, so for me, this was a free solution. If you don't have them already, it will cost you $4. Thanks to a suggestion by /u/Ratchet_Guy, I installed On Time as well.

For those who don't know, Tasker lets you set up profiles on your phone which contain tasks triggered by certain events and states. AutoLocation adds GeoFences as a usable state, and On Time provides a widget made up of App collections.

So I now have Home, Work, and a couple other geofences. Entering any of those causes Tasker to set the On Time widget to the appropriate app collection, as well as changing any phone settings that I want. Exiting the Geofence changes the app collection to my "Out and About" apps, and automatically resets the other settings.

In addition, I have another Task that is triggered by connection to a certain bluetooth device (a speaker) that changes the app collection to all of my music apps. I'll keep testing, but it seems really promising!

I don't understand why grey isn't on Android, he would love tasker

Look at Tasker, cost 2.99, but it worth it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

/r/tasker

I don't know for certain, but I would look at If then, then that and I believe I used Tasker for this sort of thing. (I.e. I wanted my device to disable the WiFi if I was not near the cell tower for my home)

I am still on MM on a Moto X Pure but this might work.

I just created some stuff in Tasker tonight to make AA behave a little better. I haven't tested it extensively but so far the only issue is the on screen home button attempts to open AA instead of the default launcher and retriggers the task.

First attempt to override the splash screen to display something useful

• New Profile
• Application
• With All + App Selected turn on Android Auto (there are 6 of them on mine, trial and error to find the one thats the splash screen) -> Back
• Enter 'Go Home' for task name (I've found if I don't issue a 'Go Home' action, any app I launch goes to the background behind the splash)
• Add Task item with + -> App -> Go Home -> (Page 0) -> Back
• Optional: add flash notification
  • Add Task item with + -> Alert -> Flash -> Enter 'Going Home' -> Back
• Optional: launch Spotify: (I've found if Spotify isn't running, AA wont display the card and I have to launch it with the headphone onscreen button)
  • Add Task item with + -> App -> Launch App -> Spotify -> Back
• Optional: launch a driving app:
  • Add Task item with + -> App -> Launch App -> Torque Pro or Dash -> Back
• Back

I also made the Secure Settings plugin detect the change to the screen timeout and reset it to 10 minutes: (might figure out how to set always on later but I think this will work for my purposes)

Reset Screen Timeout (this will reset your screen timeout when it's changed by AA but also if you change it in settings)

• New Profile
• State -> Plugin -> Secure Settings (might need the IAP upgrade)
• Configuration pencil icon -> Condition -> Setting State
• Table = system -> Name = screen_off_timeout - > Value = 600000* -> Variable -> %screen_off_timeout -> Save Icon -> Back
• Enter 'Set Sleep' for task name
• Add Task item with +
• Display -> Display Timeout -> Adjust minutes slider to 10 -> Back
• Optional: add flash notification
  • Add Task item with + -> Alert -> Flash -> Enter 'Going Home' -> Back
• Back

*600000 is 10 minutes in milliseconds

Apologies if I missed any steps.

If you think your phone is cool, see what Tasker can do.

Example: I have mine set to sound an alarm at max volume, even if silent mode is on, when I miss three calls from my girlfriend. Obviously it's an emergency if that happens so if I'm sleeping, my phone will wake me up.

It's the ultimate in IFTTT apps. Check out /r/tasker for more ideas and tips.

Welcome aboard the Android train!

If you're on an Android device, Tasker might be better suited to what you're after.

If on iPhone... that I'm not sure about.

Tasker it's an automation app

And more options in Tasker!

Not sure if there are any apps. If there aren't, and you use Android, you might need to start learning about Tasker, AutoRemote, and EventGhost, and bake your own. Alas it's no small feat getting around those.

Very possible using Tasker. You could do a task where it turns off all sound except media when you arrive at the library and headphones are plugged in and another to turn sound back on when you arrive home. Lots of possibilities, I've been using Tasker since I first got an Android phone 2 years ago and it's absolutely worth the $3!

This feature isn't built in to the Pebble app (would be great if it was), but you can accomplish it on the phone side by using a macro/automation app -- create a script to change the ringer mode when connected/disconnected from a Bluetooth device. Tasker is popular and should work for this purpose, though I think Automate would be easier to use (although I haven't tried it, I used that developer's previous location-aware profile package, Llama, and it worked well.)

I see 2 easy way to to it.

1. Use an app like Tasker with an app that consider the time when the sun coms down Locale/Tasker Twilight Plug-in and controle the Hue with an other app like AutoHue.

2. Use IFTTT app to record when you're at home (Condition when getting in and out of a zone) and the time of the day when the sunset happend. Then run some Google Script to send an email to IFTTT to open the lights.

The first option you don't need to code and the second you need but its really easy to do!

I found a way to set the animation speed to 0.75x on stock Nougat. Download Tasker and AutoTools, make a new task and add the "Secure Settings" action from under Plugins > AutoTools. Then edit the action and find animation speed, and it will let you set it to whatever number you like. After you've set it to the desired value, just run the task and it should work!

I don't know if this requires root (I was rooted when I did it) but I don't think it does.

> Do I have to root the phone to get this app to work

Based on the description, it does not support lollipop

> is there another app that will automatically switch between cell data & wifi w/o requiring the phone to be rooted?

You can do so with Tasker (Play Store - 2.99 USD, Developers - 7 day trial) + AutoInput (1.64 USD IAP through AutoApps).

I have a profile doing almost the same thing, but for Airplane mode while on Wi-Fi

Join together with Tasker is one of the most useful things out there :)

Other than just keeping your WiFi on all of the time, the only way I can imagine this working is maybe using Tasker to turn your WiFi on at certain times during the day, but that would only work if you have a regular schedule

I use Tasker to set screen timeout to 23 hours when Pokemon Go is open, and back to 1 or 2 minutes when it's not.

No root.

>I am getting into development, and want to be able to customize the phone more, especially for automating tasks

tasker

>I haven't been able to find anything at all with a simple google search

xda

>So, is there not a way for this model of phone? Why not?

Verizon thinks you are incompetent and will risk their network.. .ish. .

You can do this with Tasker.

It's an android thing, unless you have root you can't disable it (AFAIK). But with tasker you can have it autoclick the ok button whenever it pops up. Tasker does have a little bit of a learning curve but this is relatively easy to do.

Uso o Android Studio. Como crio maioritariamente plugins para o Tasker criei a minha própria lib para faciliar esse desenvolvimento :)

Em relação em libs no geral, dá-me muito jeito a Picasso.

This is Tasker, and this is AutoInput

Basically you setup a profile in Tasker so that when you open the Phone app, AutoInput taps on the Recents tab for you. It's very simple and no, you don't need root to do this.

First of all, questions like these are best suited for /r/PickAnAndroidForMe but I'll answer you anyways. :)

> So that means is copying from my computer to a solid option? I travel on airplanes quite frequently and love to have movies available on my smartphone to view, so I will I still be able to easily upload these to my phone? How is the download speed?

Yes, provided you're on recent OS, like Windows 8.1+ or an updated Linux distro. In fact with the Note 5, it's even more quicker to transfer files because you're copying directly to eMMC, which has a write speed of at least 40 MB/s, whereas the fastest microSD cards write only at around 10-30 MB/s (UHS1 - UHS3).

> Part of my interest in leaving Samsung is that it lacks the same customizations (so I've been told) that raw android has.

That's not really true. In fact, Samsung has more customisation options than stock Android (without root). Some consider them to be over the top in fact, which is why a lot of people prefer stock so that they can keep it simple and customise only what they need (via third-party apps). For eg, on Samsung phones, you can now change the theme of the whole phone, which isn't possible on stock Android. You can change the fonts, which again isn't possible. And so on. And so much that it can be overwhelming to a new user, and at times even detrimental to the performance of the system.

> I would love to be able to tweak my phone without rooting it, and think that would be a ton of fun.

Without root, you'll be able to tweak more on a recent Samsung device than on stock Android - unless of course you load a custom ROM, which technically doesn't require root. If you want to consider loading a custom ROM in the future, then a Nexus is your best bet.

> On a side note my friend has tons of tweaks for his iPhone, like programmed responses from Siri. Would I have to root my phone to do that, or could I use straight android?

Android, in general, doesn't require root for a lot of things (doesn't matter if it's Samsung or Nexus). In this particular example, you could use Tasker and Autovoice to implement custom voice commands and actions, without root.

> On top of that how is downloading to the pone via computer or straight to the device itself?

I don't understand what you mean by "downloading to the phone via computer" -> do you mean file transfer via USB? As indicated above, all you need is a recent OS and it's pretty fast. What do you mean by "straight to the device", do you mean WiFi transfers? Downloads over 3G/4G?

> I've also noticed that it is a type USB-C instead, does that have any significant benefits over microUSB v2.0?

Basically, type-C offers users a reversible connector and greater power delivery, so your devices could charge quicker. One could also argue that the connectors are more resilient.

> It may seem stupid, but what happens when I scroll through the screens? I noticed that Samsung has a new flip board screen (my brother has a Note 4) and honestly that kind of irritates me, I just want my scrolling to roll all the way through the pages. Will the Nexus 6p run something like that?

By default, Nexus phones have the Google Now Launcher installed as the main homescreen. On Google Now Launcher, if you scroll left, you get the Google Now screen. If you scroll right, you'll get your normal pages. If you don't like this behaviour, you can install any other launcher such as Nova Launcher. You can install this on any Android device, and customise it exactly the way you want to.

> I noticed that the Nexus 6p also has slightly different aspects on the camera, with 12.3 MP and f/2.0 while the Note 5 has a camera of 16MP and f/1.9. Does that really make a difference? Is that trade off worth it between the two phones?

No. Megapixels don't matter, at least it doesn't when the difference is so little. The aperture size does, but it's not too much of a difference either. Both cameras are fantastic and you can't go wrong with either of them. If you're really curious though, DxoMark has given the Note V camera 86 points (ranking #2) and the Nexus 6P a ranking of 84 (ranking #3).

> Also while reading specs on the Nexus 6p it makes reference to oleophobic coating, preventing fingerprint marks. Is this very effective and worth it in your opinion?

I believe all flagship phones have oleophobic coatings now, even if they don't mention it on the specs list. It's a standard, just like scratch-resistance is.

> Another feature was noted is that the Note 5 has one whole more gigabyte of ram, but is it really that much worth it?

Not in this case. The Note 5's TouchWiz and pre-loaded software consumes a lot of RAM, so with the 4GB installed it's more like 3GB (maybe a slight exaggeration). So the RAM benefits of both the devices should be roughly the same.

> I'm also aware that the better processor you have the less ram you actually need.

This is completely untrue. You cannot substitue the lack of RAM with anything else. I mean, you could use a secondary storage like eMMC as a temporary RAM (swap file), but it's several orders of magnitude slower, so it's not really a substitute. RAM is a really quick, temporary scratching pad. To store results of calculations etc. It is also used to "load" apps, and to cache data so that everything appears to open instantly. To give you an idea, the RAM on an average android phone can transfer at a speed of at 4 GB/s. Compare this to internal storage (where your apps are installed), which is only around 0.1 GB/s. See the difference? When you run out of RAM, you will see everything come to a halt - even having the worlds fastest most powerful CPU will not help you.

> USB type C need a different port to connect to? If so how much would that cost or would I receive a converter when I receive the phone.

The 6P comes with a type-C to a standard type-A cable, so you don't need to purchase anything extra.

get Tasker and you will never be bored again. I always need to tweak something or mess with a new plugin

it's like if crack made you super productive and nerdy

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

I actually use Tasker to automate some of my phone functionality like this... eg, turning on bluetooth and turning off wifi during my commutes, turning off wifi overnight while i'm asleep, etc. It's quite powerful!

Give Tasker a try. It's a steeper learning curve, but I've never had any issues with tasks not starting on time.

You might be able to do this with Tasker or AutomateIt.

There is actually a way to do this, however it does cost a little...
Using the Android App Tasker along with AutoVoice, you can intercept Google searches and have Tasker react to the command. This is a bit complex, but worth it.

You could use tasker to automate this behavior.

look into tasker

you can set up triggers to carry out various actions with it...

i'm not sure of the extent to which you can customize those triggers but if you can do like "every 2 hours perform this action", or "on boot perform this action" - you should be able to build a working configuration for server management...

and of course, there is a subreddit for it: /r/tasker

I noticed that its not in the search also, but you can still download if you already bought it. You just gotta go to it directly. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Rooted? Tasker and the autoapps plugins sound perfect for this. Autovoice you could do a voice command, autowear have a button on a smart watch, autoremote you can send an awake command from another device...

Omiljene aplikacije na telefonu?

Android: Tasker, Nova Lanucher, KLWP, Reddit is Fun, SD Maid, Pocket Casts, Shuttle

Tasker

Without root, the only workaround I've found is the combination of Tasker and Autoinput. Basically you make a profile that automatically presses OK when those popups appear. I can't remember if Tasker is a paid app, but AutoInput is. I personally think they are worth a few bucks each, but it depends on what you do with them.

I actually just swapped my phone today and don't have the profiles available, but I'll search for the reddit post that someone made about it and edit this to include the link.

Edit: added links.

• Tutorial: https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS6/comments/3gtts0/combating_the_pesky_high_volume_warning_with/
• Tasker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
• AutoInput: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autoinput

Edit2: Some of the annoying popups you can avoid with this.

• High volume warning
• Disabling data warning
• Clear defaults (after selecting a default app EVERY TIME)
• Delete picture confirmation

Credit goes to /u/AgnosticAndroid, who gives credit to /u/RatchetGuy!

Tasker for Android can be used to create profiles that are time- and location-specific. $3 in the Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;amp;hl=en

I still use Sense as my launcher, with that stupid BlinkFeed disabled. It works well enough for my needs. I did use VenomTweaks to change the layout to 5x6 instead of 4x5, I like it a lot more.

Tasker is the most useful root app, but has an extremely high learning curve. It lets you set custom actions when certain conditions are met, like disabling the lock screen when connected to your home wifi (I know 5.1's Smart lock does this too, but tasker did it first).
BetterBatteryStats gives you a very detailed look at what apps are pulling the most current off your battery.

There are a lot of lists out there of "15 Best Root Apps!!!1!" but most of their functionality is built into ViperOne.

No, you are (or should be) adding another context to an existing profile. See second screenshot for Tasker for an example of two contexts in one profile.

It'll say "Add", not "Add context"; the Add, Clone, Delete, Name menu is the one to choose Add from.

I do not know of any app that directly does this. You can use one of the automation apps such as Tasker to do it. Tasker's minimum time between firing a task is 2 minutes but there are ways around it. I am unsure of the limitations of the other automation apps out there. I just tested and Tasker can take pictures just fine with screen off which is important for battery life.

Checkout /r/tasker if you go that route as it does have a bit of a learning curve.

If you have an Android device, you can use Tasker to do this (or atleast something similar). I've been working on a bash script for Android that does something similar with GPS tracking and Runtastic (the tracking app I use).

You may want to check out Google Fit, as it automatically tracks and uploads your data. I am unsure if you can export that data, but if you can, that can be automated too.

Like /u/somnodoc said, Tasker can do that for you!

https://ifttt.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

That sounds like a job for Tasker. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

Use Tasker to create your own locations and profiles. The possibilities are endless. It's the most powerful app you'll come across. I've been using it for years.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

http://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tasker

Its likely keeping GPS on so it knows when you're at home. Tasker can use cell locations, which are accurate but use less power.

I have things like at work when I launch Chrome, it opens my work's ticketing system (I work in IT support). When I get to work WiFi turns on, my ringtone and notification volumes are lowered. When I'm at work and I have an appointment in my calendar, my phone goes to vibrate mode.

When I leave work, Wifi turns off and Chrome goes back to opening the Google page.

At home Wifi is on, volume up. I use Tasker to mute my phone (only at night) when the battery is charging and gets to 99-100%, so that the stupid fully charged sound doesn't play at 2am.

These are just a few VERY SIMPLE examples of what it can do.

I worked for a 3rd party dealer for a mobile phone company several years ago that had several conference calls a week, usually at 7am in the morning. I didn't have to be on a good portion of them, since I was tech rather than sales, but was still required to be on a few. Problem is, I mostly worked the later shift going in at noon, so these calls were a huge inconvenience for my sleep schedule.

Corporate would test if you were on the call by either saying code words to be emailed later or sending out an emailed quiz with questions based on the content of the call.

Being a tech with extremely good technical knowledge, I devised this setup:

1. Setup audio recording program on desktop to start recording at 6:55am.

2. Setup Android phone with Tasker to automatically dial the conference number, wait 5 seconds, then enter the "room pin".

3. Plug in phone to computer's Line In input.

4. Go to sleep, let recording do it's thing.

5. Wake up whenever the hell I wanted to, skim through recording for code words or answers to questions. Send off email with required information by the deadline, usually at noon.

Only other person that knew I did this was my manager. He didn't care, since the more people on the call with correct answers from his store made him look better.

NOTE: This was back in like 2011, before apps like Call Recorder existed. Call recording wasn't big a thing then.

I disabled that stupid recommended list because it kept showing completely non-related apps.

I use Tasker to automatically launch PowerAmp (doesn't start playing) when I plug in my headphones.

Just a suggestion :)

You'd probably like Tasker.

There's the app Tasker that can do really really simple things like turning your Wifi on when you get home, and it can do really advanced things like reading keywords in a text message from a specific number and using GPS to get your current location and send the address of where you currently are. Holy run-on sentence batman.

My point is.. it might be possible to do something with Tasker like in /u/css01's comment.

Rooting gives you access to all sorts of apps that you couldn't otherwise use. Lifehacker has a good top 10 article on the benefits of rooting, and in addition to what they have listed you can:

• See all the folders on your device with a file manager.

• Transfer apps between multiple users more easily than without root.

• Overclock or underclock your CPU

• Install backup utilities that require root

• Use wireless tethering without having to pay a silly fee to your carrier

• Really get the most out of tasker

Tasker and the Cars bluetooth could solve the Andoird problem. It might even be able to sense the iPhone.

if it's a workweek, at the time she would normally be driving, and there is no home wifi, and not within the home geofence, then sound an alarm. Close enough to the home and she could drive back to get it.

If you just want to base it on time, you could have it sound an alarm if she's late and it's not paired with the car.

&#x200B;

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

&#x200B;

this app. it is the license & also the app. both are same. ( you can unistall the app that you download from tasker website.)

Hmm, that's a good question… 🤔

I'd imagine the only way to do something like that would be to use a third-party app to serve as an intermediary between the two disparate Kindle & KWGT apps…

One such app that I'd suggest you check out in order to accomplish this would be Tasker…

FYI, this is not free. Both tasker and AutoTools are a few bucks (I think tasker is $3.49 and Autotools is either $1.99 or $2.99, don't remember)

Download Tasker, AutoApps, AutoTools, and 2 launchers of your choice (one can be OneUI AFAIK but it's better to not use OneUI from my experience.).

Once you have those apps downloaded make sure you purchased the paid version of Autotools it lets you try the app for a short time after watching an ad but it's something like 10 minutes.

I'll start with ADB set up as it's probably easier to get that out of the way.

I'll let XDA explain the ADB Install and setup, it's relatively simple.

Once you successfully have adb set up run the following commands: 'adb shell pm grant net.dinglisch.android.taskerm android.permission.READ_LOGS'

'adb shell am force-stop net.dinglisch.android.taskerm'

'adb tcpip 5555'

This grants tasker the READ_LOGS permission to read Logcat (how it detects folding) and restarts ADB in Wireless mode which tasker will use to kill apps.

Still on your PC, download this and save it as XML (ctrl + s on Windows saves it) I'll be referring to it as 'foldlauncher.xml' you can name it anything just change it in the following command.

Copy that file to your phone (this can be done via MTP or ADB), since adb it already set up it's probably easier to just use 'adb push C:\path\to\foldlauncher.xml /sdcard/Download' (tip: you can drag a file into CMD so type 'adb push ' and drag the xml into CMD, then type '/sdcard/Download/'

Now you're done with your PC/ADB, head back to your phone and launch tasker.

Inside Tasker click the 3 dots in the top right and select 'data' then 'restore' then 'local backup'. Tap the phone icon in the bottom right and select the 'Download' folder and tap the xml file (it doesn't show the xml extension for whatever reason).

Once you go through the prompts on the import you should see 2 things under the 'TASKS' tab (Unfolded and Folded).

Tap on Unfolded to start and look for the 'Kill Apps line, tap it, then tap the app icon (it might have an error because the app I used probably isn't installed for you), you should get a prompt to pick an app. You want to pick the app you want on the OUTER/COVER screen.

Repeat this step with the Folded task EXCEPT select the app you want to use on the INNER screen.

Almost there, now go back and go the 'VARS' tab, tap on FoldedLauncher and enter the package name of the app you want to use on the OUTER/COVER screen. If you don't know the package name (should be something like 'com.xxxx.yyy') you can find it using this app.

Then select %UnfoldedLauncher var and do the same thing but for the launcher you want to use on the INNER screen.

Tap the check mark in the top right and you're done.

That should be it, if you have any more questions feel free to ask, I'll probably make a Reddit post with pictures at some point.

If you have a problem where opening/closing the phones opens to the OneUI launcher go into settings > apps > find the OneUI Launcher and Kill it.

As I've never actually used that particular app before (PyDroid), I don't know for certain whether it's possible to use it directly with KLWP, but there's probably a good chance that you could get it to work if you incorporate the use of Tasker and the wg (Web Get) function inside KLWP…

But, even then, that's only just a guess… cuz Tasker isn't exactly the easiest app to use, so it might also require you to do some additional research if you're unfamiliar with it…

The profiles sound a lot like what the app tasker used to be capable of. I haven't user it in a while and android has gotten more restrictive with what apps can do. But worth checking out.

https://tasker.joaoapps.com/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=us

if you're on android it's almost certainly possible with tasker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en\_US&amp;gl=US

Ok.

>It could help to tell what you want to run/achieve.

And your purpose?

Could you think of that it would be helpful to provide as many details as possible — similar to use more than one word for a describing title.

By any chance, do you use Tasker with your phone?

Here's my r/androidapps copypasta:

Here's my list of some of the more interesting things that I'm using Tasker for:

Add calendar events with NLP by typing into a single text field which it processes and adds to my calendar.

Do stuff when my phone is unlocked with different fingerprints, when my GF unlocks my phone it changes the launcher and shows the navbar. Link

Receive notifications when a new Reddit post matches keywords. Link

Input a custom template with my wakeup time, app usage stats, and location for my Journal app.

Monitor the brightness of on-screen content. Link

Easily link to an apps playstore page on Reddit. Link.

Basically an entire reminder system (in alpha). Link

Incredibly fine control of notifications.

Snoozing notifications automatically until 6 PM for specific apps. Link

A persistent notification that I can take notes on.

Changes keyboards in different apps.

Pause podcasts before they end at night or when I fall asleep. Link

Backup alarms.

Log data to Google Sheets.

When my phone is locked the only visible quick tile becomes Bluetooth.

Transcribe last received WhatsApp voice message. Link

Pop up (overlay) dictionary. Link

Modify navbar buttons.

Convert app names to Play Store links and format them for Reddit. Link

Double tap the back of my phone to pause and play music.

A simple motion-based sleep detector profile. Link.

Saves my car's location when I disconnect from my car's bluetooth. Long pressing volume up opens the last location in Google maps. Don't use this often but it's insanely helpful when needed. Link

Routing audio from the main speaker to the phone-call speaker(identical to the WhatsApp feature) for when you forget your earbuds! Link.

Created my own version of the popular iOS app Drafts. Link.

Here's when and which app opened your camera

Detect which app last opened your microphone

Text Expansion Tasker implementation

Dynamic spam call screening with the ability to report as spam.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=us

I use Tasker and AutoShare for this. Let me know if you're interested! It's online only and uses the Pearson dictionary API.

You might be able to achieve this with Tasker or Automate but you'll need a initiator. (Basically a event that tells you're phone that it should block now the notification of certain apps)

Seeing as you are working at a desk, you might be able to place a NFC sticker on your desk and have that as an initiator for the actions it should perform.

In practice, it should work like this:

1. You go to your desk to work and you lay your phone on the NFC sticker.
2. The phone recognize the NFC sticker and sends a signal to Tasker/Automate to block or silence your work apps.
3. If you need to leave your desk, you take your phone away from the NFC sticker.
4. The phone recognize that it's no longer reading a NFC sticker and sends a signal to Tasker/Automate to stop blocking the work apps.

Instead of using a NFC sticker, you could also use the Bluetooth connection of your PC, but this might be inconvenient of you use the Bluetooth of your phone for other things

Tasker | 4.5 rating | $3.49 | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually

> ⚙No repetitive tasks for you, let your Android device handle it!⚙ Total Automation, From Settings to SMS. Here are only some of the things you could do with Tasker. Its real power is the flexibility to combine contexts and ...

|Feedback|PunyDev|Lonerzboy|

You can use Tasker to run your commands and put a shortcut to your task(s) on the homescreen or in the notification area. You could also create an app from that, but if you only want to use it for yourself, you don't need to.

It's not. Tasker can do it.

Tasker can monitor the status bar a few different ways, it can also function as a keyboard to press the "Home" button. See my other comment for a link to a profile.

Tasker!

Here's my list of some of the more interesting things that I'm using Tasker for:

Add calendar events with NLP by typing into a single text field which it processes and adds to my calendar.

Do stuff when my phone is unlocked with different fingerprints, when my GF unlocks my phone it changes the launcher and shows the navbar. Link

Receive notifications when a new Reddit post matches keywords. Link

Input a custom template with my wakeup time, app usage stats, and location for my Journal app.

Monitor the brightness of on-screen content. Link

Easily link to an apps playstore page on Reddit. Link.

Basically an entire reminder system (in alpha). Link

Incredibly fine control of notifications.

Snoozing notifications automatically until 6 PM for specific apps. Link

A persistent notification that I can take notes on.

Changes keyboards in different apps.

Pause podcasts before they end at night or when I fall asleep. Link

Backup alarms.

Log data to Google Sheets.

When my phone is locked the only visible quick tile becomes Bluetooth.

Transcribe last received WhatsApp voice message. Link

Pop up (overlay) dictionary. Link

Modify navbar buttons.

Convert app names to Play Store links and format them for Reddit. Link

Double tap the back of my phone to pause and play music.

A simple motion-based sleep detector profile. Link.

Saves my car's location when I disconnect from my car's bluetooth. Long pressing volume up opens the last location in Google maps. Don't use this often but it's insanely helpful when needed.

Routing audio from the main speaker to the phone-call speaker(identical to the WhatsApp feature) for when you forget your earbuds! Link.

Created my own version of the popular iOS app Drafts. Link.

Lots of other little things.

This is a terrible anti-security measure so I don't recommend this. Do so at your own risk.

I configured my phone with the DUO app and also set up Tasker, an automation tool. Using the AutoNotification plugin, I configured Tasker to intercept the DUO push and auto-press the Accept button for me. You would still have to wait a few seconds while your phone dings and responds to the request.

I've not done that myself but I suppose a combination of Tasker and Easy Voice Recorder Pro (which has a Tasker integration and offers) could help. At the very least you should be able to use the button as a toggle (press once to start, press again to stop). See also this article and video on how Tasker natively integrates with the Bixby button (it's no longer in beta).

I'm sure there are other ways to automate this, here is another app that offers intent integration. AutoInput, another tasker app, could also be of use.

Oh and there is a bixby quick command to start the Samsung voice recorder, though you cannot use a voice command while recording to stop it, so you may need another way to do that, e.g. volume up to pause and restart, volume down to stop recording!

It's a paid app; can get a 7 day trial from https://tasker.joaoapps.com/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm is the Play store link.

But, it can do so much more than just lock your apps 😁

Sorry to be that guy, but something like this sounds entirely doable with Tasker? Don't know for sure, but it sounds like something it could handle.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_GB

I have a Tasker setup that queries the Reddit API and let's me know when there's a new post lol.

And it's a shame that YOU didn't read what I wrote in the original post.

"I recently purchased <strong>Tasker</strong> by João Dias from the Google Play Store". Does this say I bought Tasker using AppCoins?

What I said was I bought the 2 Tasker plugins AutoVoice and AutoTools. which both have in-app AppCoins purchase.

I also tried buying them using another of João Dias' Tasker plugins called AutoApps. But that brought up an error when you tried to subscribe. (That would be something an app developer would make SURE was working.)

Also the AutoVoice app I bought in Aptoide Market/Catappult Store using AppCoins didn't work, which was why I contacted João Dias in the first place.

I have since bought the same 2 plugins at Google Play Store and have no problems with those.

Here's the URL's for those 2 in case you still can't find them.

https://autovoice.en.aptoide.com/

https://autotools.en.aptoide.com/

The AppCoins version of AutoApps (which crashed when you tried to subscribe) seems to have been removed from the Catappult Store now. (But don't worry. I have a backup of the file if someone is interested in it.)

And I say the negative response I got from the 2 app developers I contacted, regarding the AppCoins versions of their apps sold at Aptoide Market/Catappult store, is way more than basic evidence.

Try Tasker. It is paid, but you can try it for 10 days free with a trial for Google's Game thing.

You could use an automation app like Tasker to accomplish this.

Tasker can be set to activate on a specific trigger/event (e.g. start/end of a phone call) and then do actions (e.g. turn on the flashlight or a smart bulb).

Not sure how tech savvy you are, but its fairly easy to set something like this up if you're reasonably competent at picking up apps.

Tasker Plugin

For those of you that for some reason have not herd of Tasker here have fun.

Nice list, let me add some popular, but nonetheless amazing apps:

• Tasker : Automation

• IFTTT: More Automation

• unitMeasure : My Unit Converter App featuring AMOLED Theme and Date Conversions

• Vision Code Scanner: My Qr and Barcode Scanner

• F-Droid :Open-Source App Store

• Pushbullet: Share links between multiple devices

• Evernote: Wonderful note-taking app

• Google Keep: Sticky Notes App

• Firefox Klar : Basic private browser

• NewPipe : Amazing open-source youtube client

Tasker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

KWGT https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kustom.widget

KLWP https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kustom.wallpaper

r/androidthemes

If you're savvy you could probaly write something for that in an app like tasker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=nl
But there are no standard options that I know of that would do this.

You can't. It's a feature on the bluetooth speaker and not your phone unfortunately.

You can however use an automation app like Tasker to automatically disconnect the speaker when it connects, show a pop-up asking if you want to connect and reconnect to it if you hit "yes".

I don't use Tasker myself and it might require some paid 3rd party tools to do so. I use Automate personally and I can help you make a flow that does this for you if you chose to use it.

Automate EVERYTHING!

https://old.reddit.com/r/tasker/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_US

There's no built-in functionality to do this, however searching around it appears that Tasker can conditionally disable/enable DND.

&#x200B;

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

&#x200B;

Costs $3. With the refund policy you should be able to download it, check to see if it can do it for ~10 mins, then refund if it can't.

You can run absolutely run Python natively on Android.

Install Termux, then run pkg install python3

With another (paid) Termux add-on app, you can add widgets to your home screen to launch scripts. You can also integrate it with Tasker so scripts run on events, like arriving at the office or on the receipt of an SMS message.

Tasker for Android has something similar to what your android app is doing. It can check your battery level for you and if it hits 80% it can perform an action similar to what you are doing by flashing the light.

I bought a smart plug and use the action from Tasker to send a signal to the plug to turn off the power at 80 - 90% then turn it back on if it hits 70% (which is extremely rare overnight)

I have used:

Tasker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

Tasker App Factory: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.appfactory&amp;hl=en

Android TV App Launcher Builder: http://atvlauncher.trekgonewild.de/

to do something similar. Not running a bash script, but to send commands to my Home Assistant server. Tasker I believe can run bash scripts so you should be able to do the same thing.

Use Tasker to execute the script. Tasker App Factory creates an apk from the Tasker Task that can be installed on the Shield, and then Android TV App Launcher Builder creates a wrapper Android TV app that can be added to your Favorites on the Shield launcher.

You can get it by using Tasker app ( 'say' task)

Not sure what your options for iPhone are, but in Android there's an app called Tasker which would allow you to automate disabling Bluetooth in a particular location.

&#x200B;

I use the app, for example, to put my phone into vibrate when I connect to work's wifi.

Edit: Oops, not FOSS.

I use tasker to program my phone in various ways. It's very powerful - the only limitation is yourself. It helps if you have casually written a few lines of code in your life.

An example of something I've done: when my phone connects to my home wifi between 5pm and 7pm on a Monday (meaning I just got home), I hear a random worker sound (Peasant or Peon from Warcraft, SCV from Starcraft, etc) say something, which reminds me to take out the trash.

So you could definitely program it to play a sound file at some point, or a random one from a folder.

Tasker can do this.

Profile: State ->Net -> BT Connected (enter the name of the BT device)

Task: Display -> AutoRotate -> Set: On

You can do tons of cool stuff like this with Tasker. It kinda has a bit of a learning curve if you're not familiar with it. But there's plenty of guides and tutorials out there.

I don't know how to do this, but I'd bet it can be done with Tasker

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_US

Mostly for this automation app I use called Tasker

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Nope, that requires the modification of audio_safe_volume_state, this can be done using Tasker and the AutoTools plugin, however AutoTools needs permission to modify Settings.Global which will inevitably need the use of ADB, the full guide is here

There are other guides for doing this using root instead.

I'm a tinker at heart and love Tasker for Android. Also using Wallpapers Unlimited which has Tasker support, I made a simple wallpaper to lookup UK Analogue voice repeaters (can use any CSV file from RSGB).

It also has a simple RF calculator so you can do frequency to wavelength and wavelength to frequency. This one was a fun addition, since the Wallpaper app uses Lua scripting for its awesomeness.

I also added some Q codes for quick reference.

If anyone would be interested in this, let me know and I'll upload the wallpaper and Tasker Project.

Tasker should be able to do that. You can set conditions on which to trigger events, and you are able to turn off things like wifi. So you'd set a condition based on the Bluetooth device you're connected to, and use that to trigger turning wifi off. Should work, but check with the trial version before buying.

My advice with Tasker is to not set too many conditions, as any checks it's making will have some amount of compute time, thus using power, so your battery can drain pretty quickly if it's checking a lot of things. But for this use case, it should be minimal.

I don't know if you're familiar with Tasker, but I made commands for my Google Home for each activity. It's so much less hassle.

the app is called " tasker " its a " if this / do that " type program and its all automatic once setup

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_US

&#x200B;

youtube it

Data Source: http://timetrack.io/ (on Android)

Visualization software: Python with pandas, matplotlib

The TimeTrack.io app is free and lets you just record activity start/stop times, customize stuff, export it, etc. and I found it a LOT easier to use than a spreadsheet. After setting it up with some categories (you can edit them later). Plus, I've been using Automate for Android (could also use Tasker) to automate some things (like sleep times and Youtube/Twitch on my phone).

The reason it's "almost" every minute is twofold:

1. I didn't record every single minute, but the amount of untracked time is less than 5%.
2. I cheated in making the visualization! I wasn't able to "split" inter-day tasks (sleeping), nor did I figure out how to deal with overlapping ranges effectively. So, I just summed it all per-day and scaled to 24 hours.

I had a lot more activity types than the ones shown, but I've grouped them up for both privacy and readability.

I'd love to know any ideas about overlapping activities. For example, I constantly have "Music (listen)" overlapping with something else (e.g. washing dishes or homework). Also, if I had more time, I'd snip the [start, end] ranges along days.

Yes, the APN are different.

Either a dual SIM, or you could try tasker

Tasker is another app that allows you to automate things on your phone. I really don't know what it is you are wanting to accomplish, but within Tasker, you can have a time based task that executes every 45 minutes, and upon execution, you can buzz the MiBand with text that you choose.

Tasker is not necessarily for beginners, but come visit the group over in /r/tasker if you need some help.

I use Tasker to set my volumes.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

You can download Tasker App and then just set a task that anytime you open certain apps (i.e YouTube, Google Photos etc.) the auto rotate toggle will be automatically be switched on, and then switched off when you get out of the app.

Check here.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Tasker is an Android app available here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

It isn't free but it's worth the money (it has a # 1 Top Paid tag). I have a pretty basic usage but you can see a collection of varied ways people are using it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/8fcm8z/tasker_ideas

You can always Google around for inspiration too.

Examples include:

-If casting something to TV, Tasker automatically pauses the content if I receive a phone call and resumes it once the call ends.

-If I am in my house and my home computer request authentication for my Steam account, Tasker catches the code from the auth app and copies it to my PC's clipboard.

-Twice a day Taskers checks my wishlist in different sites and informs me if it finds a discount of a given percentage.

-Shake phone to activate flashlight

Unfourtunately it's not really possible to make android apps with python on android, as far as I know.

&#x200B;

There exists libraries like Kivvy and to some extent Pygame that are cross platform to android, but you would still need to develop in a linux, mac, or windows environment.

&#x200B;

However you might consider Tasker which is an android app that has the functionality to make other apps. You don't generally write code but rather use built in code snippets to achieve your goal, but you can implement some python code through the use of SL4A or you could use Java/JavaScript too.

&#x200B;

Check out /r/Tasker for more information.

&#x200B;

EDIT: That's not to say you can't use SOME python on your phone via something like QPython which gives you access to a python IDE on your phone to write some command line stuff. You can use ALMOST all the standard library through this. (sans anything UI based so: Tkinter) and I use it myself to quickly prototype some things that don't need UI or non standard library modules.

I don't know enough about tasker to help you through things, but I this is the real app, and this is the subreddit that can help you do things. It seems that if you go to the official website (listed at that subreddit), you can download a demo version to try out for 7 days without paying.

I have very briefly used this app, which is a free competitor and from what I understand very similar but not as powerful.

good luck! :)

I know there are some security apps with it built in, however if you are willing to shill out a bit I would recommend looking at Tasker, it can do this and a LOT more. You could even get it to text the number back with it's current location.

You could also consider activating your google location history to prove where you have been in case anything happens. I don't know for how long they keep that data though.

Alternatively you could use Tasker to make your phone take pictures every x minutes and save that to your cloud. Or tell it to save your GPS location to a file.

Alternatively you could use a spoken trigger to activate recording of audio and/or video.

tasker was always my goto. Since my moto droid, it's been more effective than google assistant.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Sorry, can't really help you there. I have this version of Tasker, if it helps, but i purchased it years ago and have forgotten what I did to get it

Okay, there are a couple of ways to do this, but the easiest one is this:

Make her get a third-party launcher. I swear, they're faster, cooler, and easy to customize in tons of fun ways! Look at some of the fun themes I've done with launchers over the last few years! Besides, third-party launchers can do cool things like use gesture controls (double-tap to turn off the screen is awesome, and I can swipe up on home screen apps to open different, hidden apps)

But if your friend doesn't want the coolness of a new launcher (by the way, most third-party launchers can import your home screen layout during setup, so you don't have to worry about setting everything up the way you want again), then there's always Tasker.

I made a Tasker Home Shortcut mini-app. All it does is go to the home screen, but since it's technically its own app, Google Assistant can open that app to take you to the home screen. If you just want the completed app to install on your friend's phone and skip to step 11, here you go.

...I think downloading random APKs from complete strangers is risky, so here's how to make the mini-app yourself:

1. Download Tasker and Tasker App Factory.
2. Create a task (the little + in the bottom right corner) with a unique name that does not have Thank You in the title. When testing this method, I went with "Tasker Home Shortcut".
3. Add a single action to the task (the little + in the bottom right corner), and in the Filter line below the list, type in "Go Home", then select it from the search results.
4. Tap the Back arrow in the top left corner to add the action to your task.
5. Tap the display icon (the 3x3 square dot icon bottom center, above the home button) to select an icon. Pick whatever icon you like from whatever menu you like. The icon doesn't matter, it just has to have one to export. (I picked Material > Home for the sake of simplicity.)
6. Tap the Back arrow in the top left corner to finish editing your task.
7. Long-press your new task until a menu appears. Tap the three-dot menu icon > Export > As App.
8. Pick a package name for your mini app. As a general blueprint, do com.(whatever your email doman is, gmail/outlook/yahoo).(whatever your email address is).(whatevever your task is named, in this case tasker.home.shortcut)
9. Tap Back arrow in the top left corner to export the app.
10. Upon export, it'll try to install. If your phone won't let it, you need to enable a permission for it in Settings, which the app should direct our towards if this happens. Install it on your phone so you can test this and make sure it works.
11. In your Google Assistant Routine, type in "Open Tasker Home Shortcut" as the second action after your "Say something" action (for the You're welcome) part.
12. Save your routine and try it. If it works, then use a file explorer app to grab your exported app installer that you made in Tasker. It'll be in Internal Memory > Tasker > factory > kids.
13. Install the app on your friend's phone, create and test your custom routine.

It looks like a lot of steps, but it's really only about 5 minutes of work to get it going. It's still a complete pain that Google Assistant can't open the default launcher, but this is one of several workarounds you could use.

Could use Tasker to accomplish this.

I don't use any switch at home except for my rooftop terrace. That's why I can tell you that it wont work with motion sensors only. At least not in every room.

Bathroom for example works fine. Turns on by motion, turns off after 3 minutes of no motion OR directly when motion in detected in another room (I gladly live alone).

Kitchen works exactly the same (I don't eat there, cooking only). Turn on by motion sensor, turn off after 2 minutes of no motion OR motion in either living room or bathroom.

Bedroom is only motion sensor + timeout of 2 minutes because I only sleep there. No TV etc. My wardrobe has its own lights and as soon as I set an alarm on my android phone the lights turn off immediately (Tasker + Sharptools) and some other things happen. PC goes off if it was still on, shutters go down etc.

The Living room is something else. A motion sensor with a simple timeout wouldn't work. The way I do it is that I use a motion sensor for turning on with a timeout of 5 minutes. But additionally I defined some rules (Smartthings + Webcore) to disable the motion sensor completely if certain conditions are met. For example: If my PC is running, the motion sensor has no functionality. If it detects motion, it doesn't do anything. If 5 minutes pass, nothing happens. That way the light stays the way it was when I turned on my PC until I turn it off again. I may have to add that I use a Chrome Addon IF I want to control the lights from my PC.

Same goes for the TV. As long as my Media Center (Kodi on NVIDIA Shield) is actively playing something, the lights go off and the motion sensor gets disabled. When the media stops or is paused the lights come on in a predefined "cinema" mode - motion sensor stays off. So to speak the motion sensor is only enabled when the PC is off and no media is running on my media center.

Roof terrace is the only place I operate manually. I have a simple physical push button which works as a toggle. Push once = terrace mode on, push again = terrace mode off. I tried using motions sensors etc. but I never found a satisfying solution for that place.

Edit: Oh, and for those wondering what happens when friends come over. Will everyone sit in the dark if one of the group goes to the toilet and triggers a motion sensor? No. As soon as one of my friends connects to my Wifi Smartthings recognizes their phone and goes into "Friends Mode". Simply put that mode disables the "immediately turn off light when motion is detected in room XY"-rules and the "if PC is running then yadda yadda yadda"-rule.

�� I hear ya! But I am talking about things like create tasks and profiles with Tasker and Autoapps.

I'm not certain, but it sounds like something Tasker can handle.

If you have an android phone or tablet you should be able use a combination of the tasker, autoinput and autovoice apps to directly give voice control of the LG app. The tasker and autovoice & autoinput apps are paid but are very cheap. The autovoice app can also integrate with alexa but I have not tried it so I don't know the details.

tasker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Autoinput: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autoinput

Autovoice: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autovoice

Use Tasker to do most of this. Have launching Sync as a trigger and then a profile with wait and a toast or kill app command after so much time has passed. I believe you can also "lock" apps to only be launched within a certain time frame. There are tutorials around the internet to help you learn to do all sorts of things with Tasker.

Edit: play store link

You need to use an app that can automate tasks. Tasker is the most common one, but it can have a learning curve. I prefer MacroDroid but there are tons of alternatives.

What I would do is set a condition that when your phone connects to a specific bluetooth device (your car), then launch VLC. Then perhaps create another task that's the opposite - when disconnect from your car, close VLC. It's a simple task to create, it's just a matter of which app you use to set it up with.

Tasker

Automate

They're a little more complext to work with than IFTTT, though.

It is android only though and has a learning curve. The basic thing like I mentioned are quite easy though.

The possibilities are endless. Some people have automated there whole house with it think off the lights in there home turning on when they connect to wifi withing a certain timeframe.

My pc gets a LAN wake when I connect to wifi. Those things go pretty deep, but it is lots of fun when you get it working.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

I know you'll never switch to Android, but any time you talk/complain about workflow, I think of the automation app Tasker. It can do everything you've complained about that Workflow doesn't do, including interacting with other devices and computers. Myke already joined the PC master race, join the Android master race too!!!!

Tasker Automation for your phone. Works with a lot of different apps, a more in depth IFTTT With a little bit of a learning curve, you can make your phone do all sorts of things. It's one of the few paid apps that I use on my phone. Helpful subreddit to get you started. I've used it to turn on my wifi when I get home, set vibrate at certain hours, randomize my notification sounds for SMS and email, disable lockscreen when home or connected to my car's bluetooth, tell me my bank balance when I tap my wallet (NFC tag), find my car in a parking lot, and take a photo + upload to google drive when I double tap my screen. I can't recommend this app enough.

Besides Tasker, Llama and IFTTT, there are many other automation apps out there. Each has its strengths and weaknesses, so give them all a try until you find the perfect one for you. Some other popular ones are MacroDroid, Automate, AutomateMagic, AutomateIt and AutoSet.

Have you already tried Tasker or similar apps? I've had mixed luck with them: some things automate very well, others are like pulling teeth because the intents are not exposed to do what I can through the UI

I have made a shortcut with a tasker scene on my phone. Press the button, a slider shows up, move the slider where i need it and it instantly sets the volume on Google home mini. Requires Tasker and Autocast

Como no sé nada de programación más allá de MATLAB pregunto: alguno usa Tasker en Android? Es del estilo si esto pasa, hacé esta cosa y después esta otra a no ser que esta variable no sea 0 en cuyo caso hacé esta otra cosa durante 20 minutos.

Yo lo uso hace añares para algunas quality of life boludeces y es una de las cosas que me costaría dejar si me pasara a iOS. Cosas como apagar el WiFi cuando salgo de casa, agitar el teléfono para mandar el brillo al mango, arrancar la música en el momento en que me conecto al Bluetooth del auto, etc. Esas son cosas chotas pero la gente hace de todo.

Es paga y la curva de aprendizaje es un poco brava pero con un poco de maña sale y hay millones y millones de recursos online, desde tips básicos hasta rutinas ya listas para importar.

Take a look at tasker ~~and it's autoinput plugin.~~

You can do this and much more with Tasker, have a look into that if you want to delve even deeper into remote commands via SMS.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

You can do this with an automation app: Tasker, AutoMagic, AutoMate, or MacroDroid. Here it is in MacroDroid.

This can be done with an automation app. Tasker with AutoInput, "control UI" in AutoMagic, or "interact" in AutoMate.

They work in most apps, but not all.

An automaton app (Tasker, AutoMagic, or AutoMate) can do this, as you already noted.

Run in background, on boot, assign it to a widget or quick tile… whatever. Play a sound, trigger the flash, light up the screen, send GPS coordinates, etc. Trigger every ten minutes, upon receiving a text, if you don't dismiss a notification, etc.

Or, just use "Okay, Google"?

Tasker with AutoInput, "control UI" in AutoMagic, or "interact" in AutoMate.

They work in most apps, but not all.

So first download Tasker and Autotools
Then use ADB to provide Autotools the proper permissions.
Then in Tasker make a Profile (I called mine Display state off) -> State->Display->Display State-> off.
Action 1: Plugin-> Autotools->Secure Settings->Configuration->Display-> Full immersive mode (or any of the other ones, that's just the one i do)-> disable->hit the back button->check mark-> back arrow -> back arrow
Then repeat but with display state on and enable.
Hope this helps.
Edit: Spelling/formatting

This is how I did it. Hope it helps some of you.

*1) Introduction & prerequisite *

The main downsides are:

1. It will be redundant if Google allow us to hook into their pre-existing Location Sharing or Life 360 finally get their app working with Google Home and not just Alexa
2. It needs a computer to always be on (PC/Mac/Linux/Pi)
3. It's not free, it uses 2 paid for Android apps, luckily for me I'd already bought them, they are around £6 in total, something that may put you off instantly, however, they are brilliant apps and can be used for so much more than just this.

Prerequisite

You need to have a PC, Mac, linux PC or a Pi running Home Assistant permanently turned on and connected to the internet. Again, this is something I already had. I've written up how to set this up for Windows in the past, [link removed as reddit doesn't allow it!]. - try iamhomegooglehome dot blogspot dot co dot uk

2) Get free webspace

I code in PHP (not very well!), for a section of this it requires PHP so you need some webspace with PHP and cURL enabled. I have found a highly recommended provider called 000webhost.com - I've only been using it 2 days but they were recommended to me elsewhere.

Sign up to there or anywhere else that has PHP and cURL enabled, confirm your email etc and remember the URL you were given for step 3.

3) Android Apps

Before we create the fist step, we need to install 2 Android apps which we need data from. 1) Tasker, buy it from the Play Store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

2) Auto Remote (tasker plugin), buy it from the Play Store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autoremote

AutoRemote

1. Open the app, on the top bar click the 2nd icon that looks like a mobile phone
2. On the top bar again press the IFTTT icon (orange, blue & black triangle)
3. Visit https://ifttt.com/services/maker_webhooks/settings and get the code from the URL after /use/
4. Enter this code into Auto Remote
5. Go back to the main screen and there is a URL in the middle of the screen, click it and send it to yourself (email, messenger etc). Once received on your computer or phone, open it so you get the full URL, not the shortened one. From the 6. URL extract the long key and save it.

Tasker

Warning: Tasker is not very user friendly!

1. Open Tasker, press the plus in the bottom right and choose "event".
2. From the list choose "Plugin" and then "AutoRemote" and "AutoRemote" again.
3. Press the pencil icon next to Configuration, close the pop-up
4. Press "Message Filter" & close the pop-up
5. Type in: LocationRequested
6. Press OK, tick Case Insensitive and Exact Message, press back twice (it auto saves), it will pop-up a menu, choose "New Task" & give it a name like "Send Location" and click the tick.
7. Press the plus in the bottom right
8. In the filter at the bottom type in: http
9. Choose HTTP Post from the list
10. Under Server:Port enter your URL from step 2, for example: https://reddit.000webhostapp.com
11. Under Path enter: ?location=%LOC
12. Press back until you've quit the app.

4) IFTTT part 1

1. Go to IFTTT & create a new applet.
2. Choose Google Assistant as the "IF" with "Say a simple phrase"
3. Set the what you want to say as something like "Where is dad" with alternates like "where's dad", "where is my dad"
4. I set the response to be: "locating, you will receive a response shortly"
5. Move on to the "THAT" part and choose Webhooks then "make a web request"
6. Set the URL to be the following but use the autoremote key you got in step 3: https://autoremotejoaomgcd.appspot.com/sendmessage?key=INSERT_YOUR_KEY_HERE&amp;message=LocationRequested
7. Leave the rest of the options as they are

5) Website

Now we need to insert PHP that will take you location and change it into something easy to understand. I've written a script which you can download here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dXXl-PuGRcvp4X312mHYEVJF79T8WdK5/view?usp=sharing

Open the script in Notepad++ or similar.

You need to edit lines 20, 25, 26, 32 & 85

20) Go to Google and get an API key from here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/start?csw=1#get-a-key, once you have a key, add it to the URL

25) Insert the latitude and longitude of where your Google Home is, use a site like this: https://www.latlong.net/

26) Go to Google and get a different API key, this time from here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/distance-matrix/get-api-key

32) You need your Webhooks key from IFTTT which you can find here: https://ifttt.com/services/maker_webhooks/settings, it provides you with a URL, the key is at the end after /user/

85) Customise what you want Google Home to say but leave in the variables that begin with $

If you used 000webhost then you can visit here: https://files.000webhost.com/ and sign in, ensure you are in "public_html" on the left. in the top right choose "upload files" and upload index.php that you just edited (and saved!)

6) The final IFTTT

1. Create a new applet on IFTTT
2. For "IF" choose webhooks & receive a web request
3. Event name is "locationReceived"
4. In "That" choose Webhooks and "make a web request"
5. For the URL you need to put in the one for Home Assistant that looks like this: * http://yourURL:8123/api/services/tts/google_say?api_password=YOUR_PASSWORD
6. Method = POST
7. Content type: application/json
8. Body: {"entity_id": "media_player.lounge_speaker","message":"{{Value1}}"}

7) We're done

So, it's done, I'm guessing not many of you are left at this point as most gave up straight away :D

Here's what we've achieved:

You say "hey google, where's dad?"

That uses IFTTT to send a web request to AutoRemote which uses your key to forward it to your device. This is then picked up by Tasker which forwards your location to the URL you setup. The URL takes your location, using Google API returns a friendly street and town name, then using another API works out how far that is in miles and time (with current traffic conditions too). It creates a phrase, passes this back to IFTTT which pushes the phrase to Home Assistant on your computer which tells Google Home to play using Text To Speech.

Simple.

Hope this has been some help to you!

Install Tasker and maybe AutoInput. Have it disconnect and reconnect Bluetooth every morning at like 1pm.

Or buy an OTG cable and print over USB and forget Bluetooth all together.

Tasker/Macrodroid/Automagic

If you want the simplest and easiest solution, try Autoset.

You can do this with Tasker or MacroDroid.

Tasker

Tasker can probably do that.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

1. Tasker: Allows many different kinds of tasks to be automated based on certain conditions, I always have portrait mode on, but I have Tasker set to turn it off when I open YouTube, camera, etc. I also have it set to turn my brightness up when I open the camera and back down when I close it. Has a bit of a learning curve though.

2. Dactyl: Allows you to take a picture by putting your finger on the fingerprint sensor. I think it just updated to let it work in any app that uses the camera. It's a really nice QoL improvement.

3. Solid explorer: Just a very nice file explorer.

&nbsp;

Another tip: idk if it's on by default (if not, it's in the settings), but you can move the cursor by sliding your finger along the spacebar and delete multiple words by sliding your finger left starting at the backspace button. And about light manager, go to the app, advanced settings, set "App notification" to "Do not show"

You can try using a different automation app (Tasker, AutoMagic, Automate). For me, all three of those consistently performed this action in half a second or less, while MacroDroid lagged sometimes. AutoMagic was the quickest, but it's not free. AutoMate took a hair longer, but it's free.

Or, if you want to stay with MacroDroid, you could use something like Jina, as an app will launch quicker than a Nova action.

+1 to /u/BillGoats reply.

Everyone interested in home automation should have Tasker installed! Join is also awesome and it's creator (/u/joaomgcd) makes a bunch of great plugins for Tasker to make it even better.

Tasker

Join

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en_GB

This should do that.

Just signed back into this account. I ended up creating an app that simulates the back button press using Tasker and its plugin App Factory. I then assigned it to the active key(or whatever the top left key is called). I was never able to find a replacement button, but this works pretty well. It's a lot easier than it sounds. Doesn't take five minutes to do.

How to make app and assign to active key:

• Download and install Tasker and then Tasker App Factory.
• Open Tasker and select the Tasks tab at the top.
• Tap the plus button in the bottom right to add a new task
• Name the task whatever you want e.g. "Back Press."
• It will then take you to the task edit screen. Tap on the + button to add an action to the task.
• The Select Action Category menu will appear. Select Input. Then select Back Button.
• This will take you to the Action Edit screen. You should see an "if" box with a + button. We don't want to mess with anything here. Just hit the back arrow at the top.
• This will take you back to the Task Edit screen where you should see the Back Button input listed.
• Select the menu button on the bottom with nine little boxes to assign an icon to your app. Select whichever you want. I recommend Selecting the Misc category and then one of the left arrows.
• Tap on the back button to return to the Tasks tab. You should see your app name and icon listed.
• Tap and hold your app to highlight it. You will see the options on the top toolbar change.
• Tap the menu button at the top (the three dots in the top right corner), and select Export and then As App. *Make sure the auto install box is checked on the export screen. The app will export and install. You may be prompted to allow installation from unknown sources. If not, skip to next step. If so, Tap the settings button on the security popup. Scroll down to the Unknown Sources option and turn it on. Install app. *Exit Tasker.
• Go to Settings then Advanced Features then Active Key. *Select Short press and find the app you made and select it.
• Congratulations! You now have a working back button.

If you have Tasker, you can import the Tasker XML from this comment: Reddit. Then, set the touch action to launch a Task shortcut, and open this task.

Without tasker there likely isn't a way. Sorry.

You should check out Tasker, you can do almost anything you can imagine with it, and it's pretty easy to create tasks on the fly once you get used to it. I highly recommend Tasker for any android user.

1. tasker
   
2. klwp live wallpaper maker
   
3. iYTBP - YouTube
   
4. adhell 2
   

Sadely this is true. I just added the tasker project xml so everyone can check the source, modify it and use it without having to install anything (you need the tasker app tho: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm )

Use Tasker to sync.

Sync has a Tasker plugin just for this.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a7aqdr948gptm8q/Battery_S7.tsk.xml?dl=0

Anyone else: You need this paid app, and an understanding how to find the files, how to fix the task for your S7. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Holy shit yesss! Thank you for posting this!

0,89€ instead of 2,99€ for me.

• Tasker @ Google Play

you can use Tasker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

What you can do is create a profile that scans if a message matches with a given string and can create an alarm,notification and all sorts of things with it

• Adguard (You'll have to download it from their official website.): https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/install.html
  
• Tasker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
  
• EDS: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sovworks.eds.android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

It's kinda like IFFTT, but WAY more complex and intuitive. It takes a lot ow form, but it's worth it at the end. You can automate lots of things, although I never tried Snapchat.

Do you know what Tasker is?

https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en http://tasker.dinglisch.net/

You can do it with Tasker. I just tested it. It took me 30 seconds to set it up. I now have a shortcut on my homescreen. I tap it, flashlight comes on. I tap it again, flashlight turns off. I can change the icon to anything I want.

If you do get Tasker, I can give a very easy quick guide on how to get the Flashlight toggle that you want.

it's a fantastic app that can do some much. It's my favorite app.

What happens if you hit the multitask navigation button during the ad? On 4.4, I get a list of windows (with titles) and I can longpress each and get an App info menu item which I can choose to see what app made the window appear. I don't know how that process works in 5.0 or above, but surely you can try.

Tasker doesn't have ads. If it did, it would need to be marked as such in its Google Play Store entry.

Eu uso uma task no tasker que me avisa qdo o celular ative um certo range de coordenadas (que corresponde aos pontos que desco) só que é meio chatinho de configurar.
Se vc procurar por "GPS alarm" na play store vai aparecer alguns.

Tasker

It is an app that allows you to do all sorts of customizations, although it isn't free (there may be free options). Found someone who figured out how to do it (fairly easy) https://www.reddit.com/r/MotoX/comments/1u5voa/any_way_to_get_my_phone_to_vibrate_when_i_charge/

Tasker can be used to do this very easily. Tasker is an amazing app that can be used to do incredible things with your phone. It gives you near infinite control fo your device.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

http://tasker.dinglisch.net/

For example, here's my main uses for Tasker.

• I have commonly used profiles like turn wifi off when I leave home, turn it on when I get to work etc. Turn my phone ringtone and notification volume down a little when I get to work, and crank it back up when I leave work.

• Another I find useful is that when I'm at work, my Chrome shortcut opens up to my works's ticketing system page (which I use all day at work). When I'm not at work, the Chrome shortcut will open Google.

• Another is that I plug my phone into charge on my bedside table when I go to bed. When the phone is charging, it automatically disables the notification LED, and disables AOD (so that no lights are lighting up the dark room). And enables them again when I unplug in the morning.

• Another I have is that when I unlock my phone, if I have an outstanding notification from new SMS or email, it automatically expands the notification shade so that I can see them and have quick access to them.

• Another is that when I have an appointment in my calendar (work Exchange account) that has specific keywords and it's set to "busy", it will mute the phone during the appointment times, but only when I'm at work. But this also excludes when the appointment has one of several particular titles, listed in the task.

• One I'm proud of is when I dismiss my alarm in the morning (Gentle Alarm has Tasker support), wifi turns on, and once the phone has internet connection, it downloads a weather forecast xml file from a website, then parses the day's max temp from the xml, as well as a short forecast description, and then speaks the days forecast and max temp to me in a Scottish accent that I bought from the Play store (I'm a Scotsman living in Australia, hence Scozzie). This one took a lot of tweaking, using Foldersync to download the file using FTP, and then using the "variable split" command to pull the relevant data from the xml file.

I think everybody with a S3 but not a Samsung phone has this problem. One of the few solutions I know of, is to use Tasker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) and a plugin called "Secure Settings" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin).

1. Open tasker and click the "TASKS" tab

2. Click the + at the bottom right and give the task a name such as "Connect Car Audio"

3. Click the + at the bottom right and select Plugin - Secure Settings

4. Click the Pencil icon at the right of configuration and select Actions - BT Connection

5. On the drop down select your vehicle

6. Press the CONNECT/DISCONNECT button so it displays CONNECT

7. Press the floppy disk icon to the right of BT Connection

8. Click the < at the top left next to the tasker icon. You have now configured the task!

Now to create the profile (or the trigger that will run the tasks):

1. Click the profiles tab

2. Click the + at the bottom right and select state

3. Select Net and the BT Near

4. Click the magnifying glass on the right of Name and select your car bluetooth system. If you prefer you can select the address rather than name.

5. Select the option "Standard devices"

6. Click the < at the top left next to the tasker icon.

7. You will now see a list of tasks to choose. Choose the connect car audio task (or whatever you named it).

Credit to just_luc from this thread (https://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-gear-s3/764566-phone-no-longer-auto-connects-vehicle-now-its-paired-gear-s3.html)

I built a full on HA interface on my old moto360 i could tap which room from a list, then all the devices int hat room were in a list that could be tapped to toggle on/off. I was also able to use autovoice along with my moto360 that gave me the ability to do things like say "ok google, turn the living room and dining room lighs off".

Are you able to trigger multiple events in 1 command with this method?

Im not trying to sound arrogant but i just feel like i had a lot more going on with my 1st gen moto360 than i can see in the video.

EDIT: Just in case you want help finding the apps i used for my project it was

TASKER: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

AUTOWEAR: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autowear&amp;hl=en

AUTOVOICE: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autovoice&amp;hl=en

You can definitely do this on Tasker.

You won't need to open any app, it's an automation/actions program that is highly customizable. You can find a NFC tutorial on Google or ask for help on r/tasker

edit: quick search yielded a combination of using Trigger with Tasker to achieve your desired function.

The majority are done using tasker, except for the weight one which uses IFTTT and the dice and daily briefing ones which use google assistant.

Oh, and the last one uses a combination of spotify, tasker and sleep as android

If you'd like more specifics on how I made my rules, let me know.

It might be possible with tasker

Sorry I don't have a definite answer but, if I were you, I'd try to find out if apps like Tasker or IFTTT can do anything like what you described.

I don't know if it would work, but try Tasker, it's an automation app

I'm 60 and active on r/tasker for two reasons: firstly I'm interested in what can be done with a phone for my own and others' PD, and secondly because I fear cognitive decline and programming might hold it off the way physical exercise does.

In a nutshell Tasker lets you program your phone, and you don't need to know conventional programming to use it (although it helps)

EDITS: typos.

Here is an answer I made a few months ago on another site.

There are simply tons of paid apps worth the money. I've bought and used all of these. Here are a few I think are particularity great. (At least great to me.)

Tasker - Android Apps on Google Play (Probably the best app out there. If you've ever said “I wish my phone would…” then get this)

Floating Apps (multitasking) - Android Apps on Google Play (If you ever wished android was a bit better at multitasking)

Runtastic PRO Running, Fitness - Android Apps on Google Play (I like it, but I got it on sale. Not significantly better than the free ones though.)

AIDE Premium Key - Android Apps on Google Play (If you do Android development then this lets you get starting developing a new app on your phone. It amazing that I can think of a new app idea on the road and just be able to start it then and there.)

Cubescape 3D Live Wallpaper - Android Apps on Google Play (My favorite live wallpaper.)

Mupen64Plus AE (N64 Emulator) - Android Apps on Google Play (The best N64 emulator. Best console ever made.)

Moon+ Reader Pro - Android Apps on Google Play (Best Epub reader by far. Also very customizable.)

FolderSync - Android Apps on Google Play (Great for auto backup to the cloud! Its pretty awesome! Free version exists also but its a bit limited. Worth the money if its something you’ll use.)

Easy Voice Recorder Pro - Android Apps on Google Play (Easy to use. Perfect for recording classes, since It can cut out silences automatically.)

Sleep as Android Unlock - Android Apps on Google Play (If you want better sleep then get this. Considering how long we sleep every day its worth every penny.)

WolframAlpha - Android Apps on Google Play (The app is basically the web version plus an amazing keyboard. If you do math then its worth the money. Otherwise just use WolframAlpha in your phones browser.)

Genius Scan+ - PDF Scanner - Android Apps on Google Play (Useful in college if your professor wants digital copies of your work. Cheaper than buying a scanner. Works better too.)

Beautiful Widgets Pro - Android Apps on Google Play (If you like widgets)

Games: None of these are pay to win. None are designed to force you to buy in app purchases just to continue. Just straightforward fun games.

Bloons TD 5 - Android Apps on Google Play(best TD game there is)

Dragon, Fly! Full - Android Apps on Google Play

Minecraft: Story Mode

Scribblenauts Remix

Rayman Jungle Run

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-best-paid-Android-apps-available-on-GooglePlay/answer/Eric-Bogman

Tasker is an app for android that allows you to automate many things on your phone.

It's quite in depth, and I'm not entirely sure how to share profiles, but I have a profile that is set to listen for when I connect or disconnect to my home WIFI network.

When it detects that I am disconnected, it will connect to my openVPN connection. When it detects I am connected, it will disconnect my openVPN connection

How much functionality do you need?

If you have a few bucks and time to spend (DIY solution), I'd recommend a combo of Tasker and AutoHue. You can create your own interface.

Pros: Tasker can be used for many more things, you're doing it yourself
Cons: AutoHue is limited. No scenes support. Far less aesthetically pleasing. Gotta create it yourself, no nice colour picker

EDIT: Just realized you've mentioned AutoHue already - I'm getting maybe a max of 1s lag when controlling Lifx, weird

IFTTT alone certainly could not do this, however with Tasker + IFTTT you could use logic based on whether or not you are connected to your home wireless network or not. You would need.

• IFTTT Recipe that turns off lights at 3am every day
• Tasker profile that runs at 1am
  • 1am - if not connected to home wireless, run IFTTT trigger to turn off lights

The logic could be cleaned up a little and I know this is far from writing the actual Tasker recipe. Also, the reason you probably still want to use IFTTT is because your phone is acting as the logic to determine whether or not you are home and IFTTT will work with your bulbs whether or not you are on your local network.

OP, if you don't already use Tasker then you should look into it

Tasker can do this, along with a million other things.

As thevigilante420 mentioned, Tasker is the app that can accomplish what you're looking for. To illustrate: I have a profile that does the following:

If I get a call or SMS whenever I'm busy (e.g., Google Calendar event is currently going on and set to "busy"), record that number, and reply back with an SMS message (e.g., "Busy at the moment, I'll be available in 27 minutes, when my meeting is over")

You can set custom parameters, such only run for specific contact numbers, custom messages based on certain numbers, read of your Google Calendar events, etc.

However, there is a learning curve for this app. As a long time user of this app, I can guarantee it will not be doable in 10 minutes, unless you have scripting or basic programming knowledge. But, if you're serious about creating this feature, I can point you in the right direction.

As /u/sid32 already said "Tasker", there you have tons of options, also to open files like Text files, sort and search&replace and much more. There are also a lot of addons for Tasker, like AutoTools, which adds even more features to Tasker ;)

If you have Android, Tasker is GREAT for this (and about a million other things: /r/tasker)

As far as I know there is no app for this purpose, but this can be easily achieved on a rooted phone using Tasker and AutoWear.

You could create a task that locks the phone and runs a command to wipe the phone data in a shell, which as far as I know only works with rooted phones, probably also with USB debugging enabled.

Creating a shortcut in AutoWear to trigger this task would allow you to remotely wipe your phone from your watch. This might sound like much work, but actually should be possible to setup in just a few minutes; be careful when debugging, though, or you might wipe everything accidentally. ;)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en

> Get full control over automated tasks

what does this mean?

I just 30 min ago installed tasker for the first time... do they mean something similar?

Tasker will allow you to this (and practically anything). But it may not be what you're looking for.

You can setup a reminder notification to trigger when you pair with your car's bluetooth. But it's not going to be an easy app-based reminder. You'd most likely use this to remind you to do something repeatedly. For example, "Did you take your work notebook from the office?".

But for custom, one-time reminders, location-based reminders will probably be the best option. I use TickTick and often set a reminder to stop for milk or make a call on the way home. I can set a "when I leave" my work location reminder.

Then you can use the tasker app from the play Store and set up your default app to open while connected to your car Bluetooth.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

I use it to play Spotify every time and it always works.

this might help

1. Reddit pages. Even if the app doesn't show pages numbers or anything, reddit content is always paginated. So this is how many pages of posts do you want to make available for offline viewing.
2. No, it's by sub.
3. Selftext posts, images/media hosted in supported sites (mostly imgur and reddit, currently), and comments (if you check the option). It won't save web content.
4. In the app's cache. It's overwritten in a sub by sub basis (i.e., if you sync sub A, then B, then tomorrow sync sub A again, the app will overwrite the cached content for A, but it won't affect B). I believe the cache expires after some time.
5. Yes, with Tasker.

No one has one, and no one will make one (at least intentionally). There's a good reason for this. Discord has ratelimits, and no one likes spam. To get to your 50,000 goal, it would take 50,000 seconds, which is around 14 hours of constant spam. This will, most likely, get you banned from the platform.

If you want to see 50,000 notifications on your phone and are using Android, you can use Tasker to make a loop that creates notifications infinitely. You'll probably crash your SystemUI in the process.

With Tasker, you could invoke <code>ContentResolver.setMasterSyncAutomatically()</code> to enable/disable syncing "behind the scenes", which does indeed bypass the nagging dialog. What's more, here's a simple Task that does the toggling automatically whenever your Wi-Fi state changes.

You could use Tasker (or any automation app that can use Tasker plug ins) and Notification Centre.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&amp;hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matejdro.pebblenotificationcenter&amp;hl=en

Create a task that enables Outlook notification during business hours, then disables them outside business hours.

Have you looked at Tasker? It's a lot more powerful than IFTTT for on phone tasks.

Hmm, I would look into Tasker. I have heard of people using Tasker for making triggers on RPI home projects. You can find Tasker in the Play Store. Though I do not know what you are looking to start with or what sort of home projects you have in mind, I would start by learning Tasker. You can learn to use it extensively through the many great user generated guides you can find with a simple Google Search! Good luck!

Tasker.

When will Tasker go on sale ?

This could be done very easy with Tasker if you are willing to spend a few bucks (while State-&gt;Hardware-&gt;Docked task Display-&gt;Display Timeout set to whatever value you like).

Free apps like Automate should probably serve for this too, I have no experience with them though.

I use cloudmqtt for off network location reporting. This way I'm not having to set up a duckdns....though I will at some point.

As for apps. Tasker paired with the MQTT Publisher plugin and HTTP Post does everything I need from the phone side. I use tasker to send my location via mqtt when my phone disconnects from my car bluetooth. When on network, my phone still does MQTT things, but some tasks I use HTTP Post since they are only needed to run when I'm home.

If you want a nice little dashboard on your phone, MQTT Dash is a nice app for sending mqtt triggers and receiving statuses from HA.

I recommend watching BRUH's videos they are thorough and well done. I'd say about 98% of what I stated above was learned from his videos.

Edit: added in links to make life a little easier

You might be able to rig something up using a combination of IFTTT and Tasker/AutoRemote/Send &amp; Expect (since IFTTT doesn't support TP-Link smart plugs right now). The logic would go something like this

"Alexa, turn off my christmas lights in 30 minutes"

V

When Alexa's timer goes off (using the timer going off as the IF in the IFTTT Recipe)

V

Send a Maker channel request to your phone's AutoRemote URL

V

React to the specific message in Tasker by setting up a profile that looks for the message

V

In the profile's task use the Send & Expect Tasker Plugin, following these instructions to send the signal to your TP-Link to turn off.

If you need any instructions on how to integrate AutoRemote with IFTTT these instructions are very detailed and helpful.

Sure thing. I'm doing this without testing step-by-step, so let me know if you have any problems.

1) install Tasker (to run Profiles/Tasker posted below), AutoNotification (to allow Tasker to place notification tile in Android 7), and AutoApps (I use this to send commands between Tasker and AutoNotification) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autonotification https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autoappshub

2) enable Tasker if installing it for the first time (long-press the in-app icon in the upper left corner to toggle color/gray, watch for a toast message)

3) download my Project from https://www.dropbox.com/s/qisft1flfrsurad/CFL.prj.xml?dl=0 and import it to Tasker (skip to 2:40 in video) http://www.pocketables.com/2013/05/how-to-import-tasksprofilesscenesprojects-into-tasker.html

4) once imported, open Tasker, go to the Tasks tab at the top, tap "AN Night Toggle On" and then tap the little play icon in the bottom left of the screen to run the task once. running the task manually should make the tile appear for the first time, and after that you can toggle from the tile only.

As requested, the above Project I made was for a simple enable filter/disable filter for cf.lumen. It's a simplified version of an existing Project I had for myself, which toggles between automatic filter + Priority and red light filter + DND for when I use my phone in bed at night.

Hopefully this will also get you more interested in Tasker as well (check out r/tasker for more). There are so many things you can do with it after you get past the somewhat steep learning curve.

Maybe you could use tasker to only turn on BT on your phone when it needs to communicate with the band (e.g. incoming calls, notifications) like suggested in this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/miband/comments/58j6fz/mi_band_2_func_has_tasker_integration_why_the/d91qq4o/

Tasker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

I'll honestly say that I don't know how to accomplish this with a Pi - I'm sure it can be done - but it could be done with Tasker on the Android phone.

For the example scenarios you mention, I'd highly suggest getting Tasker

It is the most powerful automation tool for Android devices. I've been using it for years and still discover new ways to use it on a regular basis!

"Day one" or not, I know it'll be leaps and bounds smoother than my current M8.

I keep 3 or 4 services running in the background at all times (Tasker, Twilight, GSam and Gravity Screen). These all add critical value to my Android experience, but it's looking like a couple of them may be replaced by new functionality in Nougat. My M8 has serverd admirably, but the Pixel will be a solid upgrade for me.

I'm so pumped to get my Pixel later this month!

Or Tasker

Tasker - it's one example of the key differences between the android and iphone experience. It's an automation tool that enables you to do a hell of a lot of things.

Here's a thread with many examples

/r/tasker will help to get you started

I would suggest downloading Tasker. I use Tasker every day, for me the only thing Tasker does is: When I get into my car in the morning, and my phone's bluetooth connects to the car's bluetooth, the phone automatically starts playing music and with that, I have Tasker turn my phone volume all the way up (and keep it that way).

I'm sure if you download Tasker you'd be able to have it set so that when you plug in headphones into the phone, Tasker will make sure that the volume is set at a regular level and make sure it doesn't turn off.

Tasker is a paid app, but I'm sure you can find and download an APK file from somewhere ;)

While I've given it some thought, I just can't switch over to iPhone mostly because of Tasker. I've spent so much time and effort crafting my profiles and tasks that my experience on Android is unique, clever, and time saving. This type of customization and freedom for creativity isn't anywhere near available on iPhone.

Another reason is emulation. Lately I've been pining for more classic, no-wi-fi-necessary, non-IAP style gaming which isn't widely available in either Google or Apple's app stores. With the magic of Android and questionable morals, the entire backlog of high-quality handheld and older console games is available to me. I can play anywhere, with or without the use of a bluetooth or OTG controller (which enhances the experience a LOT when it's available).

Not to mention custom launchers, icon packs, deeper integration with Google services, TONS of devices and experiences to choose from. I get why some people choose iPhones, and more power to them. My personality and sense of creativity thrives on Android though.

I'm still frustrated with Google/Andoird sometimes, but it'll take a lot for me NOT to buy a Pixel this year.

Tasker

Automate

Automagic

Tasker guides

More Tasker guides

This should theoretically be possible with Tasker and an exit task or two. I'm not sure about the sound part(never gone about having a notification sound automated myself before) but I have stuff automated on my phone when it disconnects from Bluetooth, so it's definitely possible.

Now, my question is, which would you prefer: When you leave your home's WiFi, or connect to your cars Bluetooth? Both are easily doable. For me, personally, I don't disconnect from my house's WiFi until once I'm down the street from my house, so depending upon what you are reminding yourself what to do, that may or may not be ideal.

EDIT: Link to app. Unfortunately, the app is not free, nor is there a free or trial version(that I'm aware of, anyway) but for me, anyway, the price is well worth it for everything I automate with it

If you are willing to purchase the app, let me know via a reply here and I can do a full write-up(reply) on how to do what you want when I wake up tomorrow.

Again, I should say I've never used Tasker to play a sound before, but I don't see why it shouldn't work. Someone can correct me, and I apologize if it ends up not working, but I'm assuming it will.