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This is a Google Play store policy, /u/joaomgcd could publish a SMS-restricted version on the Store, and offer the SMS-Enabled APK directly from the Tasker site. No need to root.
There is a free 7 day trial - https://tasker.joaoapps.com/download.html
Its worth the money. Its a top 10 selling app for years and does so much to make it worth the money. One of my first simple Tasks was to give my phone a quick way to get it to play a song when I get a sms. So, now I can get ready to go out and never miss the "I am here " msg and leave my friends outside or miss a ride.
Tasker has more built in features, better support, and more active community. There is a reason why it's a top ten paid app even though it is complicated.
Tasker also a free trial on their website.
It's really very different.
Tasker is an automation app. It allows you to automate tasks on your phone. Check out a bunch of examples here.
Join is a do-stuff-remotely app. It allows to sync notifications, SMS and other stuff with remote devices. Check out this video and the one in OP for most of the features (and the other Join videos on my YouTube channel for other ones as well :))
I believe this is because of the "Use Reliable Alarms" setting. See this page.
See also: https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/ca9p1o/phantom_alarm_notification_icon_recurring_every/
It's much faster than normal actions but only one JavaScript can run at a time in entire tasker so parallel processing can't be done. You can otherwise look into mksh shell scripting with Run Shell action.
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/javascript.html#exe
No specific delay depending on priority, but starting new tasks have overhead compared to running actions in same task. Check scheduling https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/tasks.html#task-scheduling
Global read/write is at least twice as slow as local.
>However, it has lost much of its original functionality due to changes in newer versions of Android
What are you talking about? Examples?
I've 2 devices Android 10 and Android 8. The only difference that I can see is the clipboard event, that works on both Android versions but for 10 with an efficient 'workaround'.
>the current developer (Joaoapps) has opted to release paid plug-ins to re-add that functionality rather than update the core program
Again....What are you talking about? Examples?
Joao is doing the opposite of what you wrote. He added a ton of new functionalities in tasker and integrated some that before required plugins. For example the functionalities of AutoShortcut that now are part of tasker itself.
May I suggest you to read some Tasker release notes? You will see, added added added
Eg.:
A1: Variable Set [ Name: %contents To: Jack||London||123 Lindsey||New York||456 Eddie||Lisbon||789 Max Rounding Digits: 3 ]
A2: Variable Set [ Name: %header To: name;address;tel Max Rounding Digits: 3 ]
A3: Variable Set [ Name: %csv To: %header %contents Max Rounding Digits: 3 Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ]
A4: Variable Search Replace [ Variable: %csv Search: \Q||\E Replace Matches: On Replace With: ; ]
A5: Flash [ Text: %csv.name()
%csv.address()
%csv.tel() Long: On ]
Result:
%csv.name() == Jack,Lindsey,Eddie
%csv.address() == London,New York,Lisbon
%csv.tel() == 123,456,789
Reference: CSV Reading
You can also use intent received event with "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED" and access the info within the %intent_data variable.
For more information on how to receive/intercept intents in Tasker (in case if you don't know) you can see the userguide: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/intents.html
You could try tasker but it requires a bit of tinkering. There is a variable for cell signal and maybe you can use that. https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/variables.html
Eg.:
A1: Variable Set [ Name:%path To:/storage/emulated/0/Zedge Max Rounding Digits:3 ] A2: List Files [ Directory:%path Match:.zip Sort Select:Alphabetic Variable Array:%files ] A3: For [ Variable:%file Items:%files() ] A4: Variable Set [ Name:%destination To:%file Max Rounding Digits:3 ] A5: Variable Search Replace [ Variable:%destination Search:.[^.]$ Replace Matches:On Replace With:.dat ] A6: Move [ From:%file To:%destination ] A7: End For
Link the above Task to a "Time" context Profile, that fires at 9 am.
References:
If you set up separate profiles for each of those individual contexts, you can then setup your multi context profile separately but only containing State -> Variable Value
Within there, you can then use multiple IF/AND/OR to finally tune your requirements which in your case will be multiple And statements.
You then populate each If statement with:
If %PACTIVE !R profile name
(!R is matches regex)
There is more information about this in the Variables Userguide.
(I'll assume you don't mean fully shutting down the tablet since once it's off there's no way an app can turn it on)
According to this old thread you can turn off the screen by running the shell command:
input keyevent 26
with root. Using root you can also turn it on (with a swipe lock) by running this command:
input swipe [x1] [y1] [x2] [y2]
Tasker has an event for the power changed (charging vs. discharging) so you could use that to trigger an action that runs one of these two commands.
If you want to give it a try before buying, there is a 7-day free trial available from the website: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/download.html
NOTE: I don't have root on my current phone so this is all hypothetical. However, I have had success with the charging/discharging event that I mentioned earlier.
If You run the Task manually, It will not work!
%evtprm() array is populated by the Profile event.
I kindly suggest You to check the sidebar. You will find hundreds of tutorials/video.
VRT NWS also has a DAB station which plays the latest radio news. You could probably link the two together using an app like Tasker. I only use Tasker for a single lightweight task but there's an entire reddit community for it where I'm sure you could figure out how to set this up.
Ok, here's what I did (in case anyone finds this thread and needs help).
I followed the directions here to get ADB set up.
Then I navigated to the directory like they said in step 6.
Then I used this page to figure out what commands to write. I'm on a mac so I used:
./adb shell pm grant net.dinglisch.android.taskerm android.permission.DUMP
After that when I ran the command in tasker I got several more permission errors. I solved them by giving it more permissions, based on the format from that second link:
./adb shell pm grant net.dinglisch.android.taskerm android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
./adb shell pm grant net.dinglisch.android.taskerm android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS
Then I was finally able to go back to tasker and run the original command that u/urkindagood said:
dumpsys batterystats --checkin | grep ",m,"
I got 15230081 ms which is the same as the 4 hrs and 14 mins that my battery settings say my display has been on since last full charge. However, I noticed that this results in much more info than I asked for. Something like:
3,5,l,m,15230081,423,53439 (and on)
I used my very basic command line skills to add to the line to return only the battery level in ms. I haven't thoroughly debugged it, maybe what that command returns is formatted slightly differently on different phones? Anyway, this is the command I ran:
dumpsys batterystats --checkin | grep ",m," | cut -d "," -f 5
cut is a command line utility that lets you segment the return by the commas (-d ",") and then return the fifth item in that list (-f 5).
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/tasks.html#task-scheduling
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_run_task.html
Using a 1hr wait is highly unadvisable. Tasker may get killed before that and not complete the task. Use Time context profile with variables.
You could go this way. Working Eg.:
Profile: Photos Mover Cooldown: 2 Event: File Modified [ File:DCIM/Camera/ Event:Modify ] Enter: Photos Mover Task A1: If [ %caller() eq task=Photos Mover Task ] A2: If [ %PENABLED ~ ,Photos Mover, ] A3: Notify Cancel [ Title:Photos Mover Warn Not Exist:Off ] A4: Profile Status [ Name:Photos Mover Set:Off ] A5: Else A6: Notify [ Title:Photos Mover Text:Mover On! Icon:null Number:0 Permanent:On Priority:5 Repeat Alert:Off LED Colour:Red LED Rate:0 Sound File: Vibration Pattern: Category: ] A7: Profile Status [ Name:Photos Mover Set:On ] A8: End If A9: Else A10: Move [ From:%evtprm(1) To:DCIM/Work Use Root:Off ] A11: Flash [ Text:Moved: %evtprm(1) Long:Off ] A12: End If
In Profile Properties, set a Cooldown of a couple of seconds.
How does it work?
Run the task using a shortcut (or quick tile etc.).
A persistent Notification will notify You that from now on, new pictures will be moved to...and the (event based) profile will be enabled.
(Run again the task using shortcut, to cancel the notification and disable the profile).
In the example We are using some Tasker's built-in variables %caller(), %PENABLED, %evtprm()
Reference: Tasker Variables.
You can find the same info of the link inside tasker:
3 dots menu (upper right corner) > Info > Userguide > Variables > General.
For tutorials, videos and how-to check the sidebar.
Good luck.
I was actually asking how you get the data about buses/train at the backend, not the input by you from client side.
Well, thanks for letting me know about Tasker https://tasker.joaoapps.com/
> I pass my inputs into my heroku app via the URL, and then use Tasker to look at the page and create relevant notifications
You input the URL to Tasker or to the browser itself? I assumed you automate it using Tasker, so you input it into Tasker, and let it control your browser to navigate to your website (heroku flask)?
It is possible in this way:
var ok = performTask( str taskName, int priority, str parameterOne, str parameterTwo );
Tasker won't work with MicroG, not the Play store version. I have mentioned MicroG to João before, but, I honestly wouldn't hold your breath
There is a standalone version available that is free of Google dependence; https://tasker.joaoapps.com/faq-ov.html#d4
However, you'll run into this similar issue with Auto App plugins, any that are IAP purchased. Unlockers (AutoVoice Unlock, AutoRemote and AutoShare for example) can be used partially free of Google (AutoRemote really kicks up a fuss and AutoVoice will only receive remote commands).
The better thing to do is to start with a Custom ROM, like LOS. These come void of Google stuffs and requires an additional flash of GApps to get Play store and Play Services. The pico and nano GApp packages provide minimal Google support needed for Tasker+Auto plugs.
Code/Run Shell [ Command ps | grep strava Store Output In %stdout Continue Task After Error on ]
If [ %stdout ~ *strava* ]
(stop strava)
End If
That should work if Strava doesn't run a service in the background. If you know the package name for your Strava app, you could make the grep more specific. The Continue Task After Error might require disabling Beginner Mode.
Eg.:
Profile: Blink Profile Event: Notification [ Owner Application:Blink Title: Text: Subtext: Messages: Other Text: Cat: New Only:Off ] Time: From 23:00 Till 07:00
Enter Task: Blink
Variables: [ %last_notification:not set ]
A1: If [ %TIMES < %last_notification + 240 ]
A2: Sound Mode [ Mode: Sound ]
A3: Media Volume [ Level: 15 ]
A4: Music Play [ File: Music/Alarm.mp3 Start: 0 Stream: Media Continue Task Immediately: On ]
A5: End If
A6: Variable Set [ Name: %last_notification To: %TIMES Max Rounding Digits: 3 ]
%last_notification has to be a Task variable (reference: Project/Profile/Task Variables).
(If needed/desired, to stop the sound use Music Stop action).
Reference: Tasker Variables. You can find the same info of the link inside Tasker:
⠇Menu > Info > Userguide > Variables > General.
I kindly suggest You to check the sidebar. You will find hundreds of tutorials/video.
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/faq-ov.html#di
>Direct-Purchase Version
>Can I still purchase the direct purchase version?
>You can in these situations:
>Bulk Orders: 25 or more licenses.
>Patreon Supporters: check here.
>Otherwise you cannot, because there is a large overhead for me as a single developer to handle individual orders.
edit: AutoInput is a different story, the full unlock version may work, but believe it does require the play store billing API.
Won't be able to use intents to do that, but, depending on the site you may be able to submit a form query and get the data directly in Tasker without the browser.
Net > HTTP Request would be the action, but how you go about filling a form will depend on the site in question. https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_http_request.html
No. I do believe I had to follow these steps to give Tasker write access to Android secure settings, but it does not require rooting your device. I can export my task and share it if people are interested.
Tasker monitors the least power hungry context first (in multiple context profiles), then moves on to more demanding ones. See the userguide.
Specifically this part:
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/javascript.html#offdevice
Thank you, I didn't realize it was just Javascript.
The conditions you are using in your profiles are not accurate. From Tasker's variables documentation:
Phone Number %PNUM The current phone number of the device, if it's in service.
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Text From/Date/Subject/Time (monitored) %SMSRF / %SMSRN / %SMSRB / %MMSRS / %SMSRD / %SMSRT The sender address, name, body, subject, date and time of the last text (SMS or MMS) received.
You can use one profile to react to all SMS messages (independent of the sender) and in the triggered task use a conditional (IF + ELSE + END IF) to react to %SMSRN. If it matches your wife's name then play ringtone A, else play ringtone B.
There is no Cell ID state.
User Guide:
>Tasker: State A-Z
>
>Cell Near
One of the specified cell towers is visible to the phone.
>
>...
>
>This state is a very inaccurate way of determining if you are in a particular location, but uses very little power.
>
>If active when there is no signal (e.g. during Airplane Mode) this context will stay active.
>
>Cells specified in Ignore Cells can never cause the context state to change, which can be useful if e.g. a particular cell is present in more than one desired area.
>
>See Also: Prefs / Monitor / Use New Cell API, Prefs / Monitor / Net/Cell Wake Screen
>
>———
>
>Variables:
>
>Cell ID (monitored,dynamic)
>
>%CELLID
The current cell tower ID if known.
>
>If you are using a Cell Near state, note that sometimes the Cell Near state will stay active even though %CELLID reports that the tower ID is unknown or invalid; that is because Cell Near only responds to valid IDs to prevent the state becoming inactive e.g. due to a service interruption.
You should rather use WiFi Connected State.
That usually happens when your phone kills the apps in the background and doesn't let them run when needed.
Those issues are not present normally (I wouldn't release an app that was that broken).
To make sure Tasker and the AutoApps run in the foreground please check here: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/faqs/faq-problem.html#00
Pay special attention to the location part. If Tasker doesn't have permission to get location in the background it might not work correctly, so disable and re-enable the location permission and make sure that you allow Tasker to always access it.
Make sure to check here too: https://dontkillmyapp.com/?app=Tasker
Hope this helps!
Thank You.
A little bit of experience with Tasker's Java tricks/limitations.
For better understanding of what I mean (tricks/limitations), check Tasker Java Support for "Casting" and "Static Fields".
You should've gotten a notification when you first used that action that told you how to make that go away for good :) Did you see that?
Check here: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_screencapture_grant.html
Hi, it's depends what you need. If you want an app "plug and play". Tasker is not for you.
But with little bit effort to practice, Tasker is the better
Tasker is more powerfull is more optimized than other.
I tested lot of automation app. I was always been blocked by their limitations. Tasker not, there is always a way to finding a solution. Sometimes it's hard to solve the problem but you can.
You can use it out of google system app.
You can use AutoVoice (google assistant like) to automate your house or other things you want.
The community is an great point too.
I use Tasker since 7 years, this is the best investment I have done.
No, he should download from the tasker official website. That the only place where he can be sure that he's not downloading a spyware. The official website also provide a free trial. https://tasker.joaoapps.com/
Hm, have to declare a little bit, huh?
%caller() shows the origin of the caller of task. See here: Local Built-In Variables, 3rd paragraph. If run within Tasker contains/shows "UI", by a profile: Profile Name/Start or Stop Task.
Edit:
As alwyas, I'm too fast. Changed to array.
To confirm, did you read the question mark icon in the top right of the action & the userguide and they both not make sense? (If not, it might need rewording.)
From the Tasker Variables page:
> Location (Net) (dynamic)
> %LOCN
> The latitude and longitude of the last network location fix.
It doesn't use GPS to get your location, it only tries to triangulate it from cell towers. Less battery intensive, but also less accurate.
> Location (dynamic)
> %LOC
> The latitude and longitude of the last GPS fix.
It uses GPS to get your location. More accurate, but also more battery intensive. Can take longer to get a lock, depending on your view of the sky. If you can't get a lock from the GPS satellites, maybe this variable defaults to the cell-position? I don't know, but it's possible.
If you export each task as a link, and share the two links here, we can download the tasks.
The unformatted text above is daunting, you'll get better responses with links.
If you give Tasker a one time permission through ADB, you can use the Input > Keyboard action so Tasker can do what your keyboard can. This doesn't need root.
There are global variables available for current %DATE and %TIME so they can be used to stamp any posts you make. However, you can use the AutoTools plugin or use the Code > Shell and manipulate the date command on shell to provide the date in your exact format. Again, no root needed.
how to import with Taskernet tl;dr click the provided link and follow the instructions at the bottom.
FYI: On Reddit you may see xml code. Looks like <Tasker></Tasker>. With Solid Explorer you can create a file on your phone and name it blah.tsk.xml. open the file and paste the xml code in. Then in Tasker you can double tap the Tasks tab to get a menu with an import option. Navigate to the file you just made.
It may have to do with the value of your variables %Words and %Whitelist. I'm assuming you're trying to see if the message contains certain words and if the title is (presumably one of multiple) on a whitelist. Could you maybe give an example of what those variables might be to help evaluate what the problem might be?
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Without more information I'm guessing that the variables aren't matching. The messages might contain the information you are trying to match, but if you don't specify any sort of pattern to search for, the message will have to match EXACTLY what is contained in %Words and the title will have to match EXACTLY what is in %Whitelist.
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Example
Let's assume:
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%antitle = My Notification
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%antext = This is a text message.
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%Words = text,message
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%Whitelist = My Notification, My Other Notification, My Third Notification
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So given the above, if I used the same conditions you provided, both conditions would be false. Even though "My Notification" is part of %Whitelist and "text" and "message" are both part of %Words, Tasker isn't searching for just "My Notification" or "text" and "message". It is searching for EVERYTHING in %Whitelist and EVERYTHING in %Words.
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Check out the userguide for more information on Pattern Matching. If none of this applies to you, feel free to completely ignore my rambling :D
There are plenty of tutorials in the sidebar that could help you, including the userguide.
For the most part in the beginning think of when do you want something to happen - that's a Profile
and the thing that you need to do - that's a Task
So for your problem the profile would be New Profile (The '+' sign at the bottom) > Location > New Location (and choose your location)
Then create the task, for turning on/off the WiFi go to `Net > WiFi > select on/off and go back
>Would you mind elaborating on that? I'm new to Tasker.
Oh, you should really start by reading some tutorials before trying to make too complicated stuff with Tasker then.
There are useful links in "resources" area of the current subreddit (on the right side of this page)
And regarding variables, official documentation is there: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/variables.html
Did you direct pay, or get it from the Play Store previously? Are you using the same account as when you initially purchased?
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The power usage section of the user guide is worth a read. These days, Tasker relies more and more on being fed data from Android so it's a lot more power efficient than the early days.
I have a dedicated project that just sets a global variable for each thing that has multiple states such as orientation.
Then a separate dedicated project for stuff that just has two to three states such as 'trusted Wi-Fi.'
Within each of these, I have the single 'disabled' If action:
If %PACTIVE ~R profile name (name of the profile if launches from.)
That way, whenever I need that If action for Flow Control, I have one pre-populated I can simply copy to other tasks. You can of course also just use %PACTIVE anywhere.
Adopting the above allows bypassing the restrictions of multiple contexts whilst allowing for multiple AND, OR, XOR, etc.
Using the event context Notification, specify the title as *a*/*b*/*c*, which will match any notification containing a or b or c (case insensitive) anywhere in the title.
You might want to checkout the pattern matching section of the user guide.
>I don't see any Unpoliteness un my messages.
Might be a bit if a cultural barrier/difference. Genna is a lovely person so would have only being trying to help. I suspect this confusion arose from:
>If it was a variable I would have made a %.
In many cultures, this would mean something like: "If I meant this, I would have said that and you are stupid for not realizing such." This would be considered as impolite, especially when asking for help.
Nothing to worry about for either party.
You may like to refer to the Pattern Matching guide.
~ (means Match) ~R (means Match Regex)
When you searched for previous solutions, did you see this previous post?
>programmed since simple stuff in basic in the 80s
Extra welcome because of that.
>is there help for folks like me
Very much so. There are lots of delightful people here to work through things at your own pace as Tasker is and likely ever will be one of the most useful apps ever created.
Because it can have such a substantial impact on one's life, it is insurmountably beneficial to spend a bit of time looking at some of the videos in this subs sidebar such as this one.
When determining location, many will start with something from Location Without Tears such as Wifi Near and then further along their learning curve, would usually end up exploring AutoLocation Geofences.
As for connecting to a specific bluetooth device, I would say BlueTask would be worth starting with.
As you have a 'programmers mind' for want of a better phrase, you should pick this up fairly easily but that speed of comprehension is often dictated by spending a few moments with the video guides.
Lots of useful help available once you get stuck.
What DNS do you use with Blokada?
This would be an example Task on how to make it use cloud flare DNS over TLS..
DNSoTLS Cloudflare (90) A1: Custom Setting [ Type:Global Name:private_dns_mode Value:hostname Use Root:Off Read Setting To: ] A2: Custom Setting [ Type:Global Name:private_dns_specifier Value:1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com Use Root:Off Read Setting To: ]
However, for this to work, you need to give Tasker a one time permission from a Windows, Linux or Mac PC/laptop via ADB
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_secure_setting_grant.html
!~ uses basic pattern matching rules where / is the alternation character. If you want to use regex, then use a !~R comparison.
See pattern matching in the User's Guide.
I believe you may have to grant tasker the secure settings permission for this to work:
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_secure_setting_grant.html
Entry tasks will run at the priority in the settings of the context that fired them (5 by default). Exit tasks will run at an elevated priority: the priority of the context plus 1001.
Nothing runs 100% simultaneously in Tasker. If you have two tasks submitted with the same priority, Tasker will alternate executing their actions (which can mess the task up if they both reference a global variable, for example).
However, if your context has "Enforce Task Order" enabled, I think it will run one entry task first, then the other. At least that's what the help note for Enforce Task Order implies.
By the way, if you haven't read through the Tasker userguide, it's very much worth your time and will help you figure out the answers to questions like this.
No, Tasker only polls sensors if you have an enabled profile that uses them. It goes farther than that actually for profiles with multiple contexts. It only polls sensors when required if all other more battery friendly contexts are fulfilled. User guide link
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/download.html
Shouldn't be a problem. Once you understand the rules and layout Tasker is pretty easy. You shouldn't have to write code just put the steps you want in order.
I think there's a tasker variable you may be able to use:
Interrupt Mode (dynamic) %INTERRUPT Only available on Android 5.0+, requires Tasker's notification access service to be enabled, see Android's Sound & Notification settings.
Android 5.0+: the current state of interruptions mode on the device: none, priority or all See Also: action Interrupt Mode
Android 6.0+: the current state of Do Not Disturb mode on the device: none, priority, all or alarms See Also: action Do Not Disturb
Turn off Beginner mode in Preferences before you start...
Tasker works by waiting for different Events (fired off and end immediately) and States (lasts for a time). When you add a new profile, you will see all the options. It's best to go through some of the tutorials on the sidebar, or the web page for the Userguide to get the details.
So here you want the Event of a Notification - after you choose Event you can filter by typing notification. The first one is the one you want. I don't know what your system notification for a screenshot is, mine is "Screenshot Captured", so I'd put that in the Title field.
After setting up the Profile context, it'll pop up a window for a task. Choose New Task. Tasks are what the Profile Events and States run after being triggered.
So when you get to the Task edit screen, you will start adding actions with the plus button. Once again you can filter by typing List, then choose it. You can pick the directory you want, too, then sort chronological.
Brief aside about variables, what Tasker stores its values in: they look like %this and can be used as is, or in arrays. An array is a bunch of different values that can be accessed by an index : %arrayitems5 would be the 5th of the items in %arrayitems. Right now you should use lower case only for the names, which is for variables in only one task.
So you can use a variable name to keep the list of files, such as %dirlist. This value is an array, as described above, and the first item is the latest screenshot. For ease of use and reading, you can use Variable Set to copy %dirlist1 to %screenshot.
Got to go RN, you might want to read about Variable Split to get a sense of the last part before I get back to here.
I do it using cell towers (Cell Near State condition). Since your phone is already searching for cell towers in the background, it uses barely any energy. The downside is it's not inherently as position-accurate as GPS would be. Though for something like this that doesn't need to be too accurate, I find that it's still largely fine and works fairly well.
Specifically, it's actually two profiles. The first profile just turns on WiFi when it detects I'm near the cell tower. The second profile turns on auto sync when I'm near the cell tower AND actually connected to a specified WiFi connection.
Here's a Tasker support document about various location tracking methods
For full details about Task Priorities see the section heading "Task Scheduling" at this link.
- The highest you can select for a Profile, or a widget/shortcut placed on the homescreen is 50.
- When running a Task in the Task Edit window using the Play button - it runs at max 100.
- To run a Task in the edit window at a lower priority - long-click the Play button to get this popup.
- Exit Tasks run at the Profile's Enter setting plus 1001. So it seems the highest that any Task would be running at any given time is in an Exit Task at level 1051.
- I'm not sure if in the "Perform Task" action you could use a variable to set 1200 or something. I think /u/false_precision may know more on this one.
All of this is detailed the first time you share a link from Tasker.
Read about it here: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/disclaimer_share.html
Basically other users will see an encrypted string that represents your email address. They should never be able to get the email address from it.
I'm the only one with access to the server and yes, I do have access to your email address.
You can read about Join here: https://joaoapps.com/join/privacy-policy/ About AutoRemote I don't store anything on the server.
Hope this clarifies it!
I think this is a known issue that is being addressed in the latest Tasker beta 5.4b (which comes out today I think).
Referencing the Change Log under "Bugfixes":
Fixed error message when running Create Directory action
Write file action creates missing directories if needed
I think the first one likely addresses the issue you're encountering. You can find the link to sign up for the Tasker beta on the beta page.. I would say by tomorrow 5.4b will be available through the Play Store if not sooner.
If you're willing to delve into JavaScript then you don't need RESTask -- Tasker's JavaScript(let) directly supports XMLHttpRequest so you can use setRequestheader as needed.
So Tasker was recently updated with Custom Settings so you can change the default SMS without using the AutoTools plugin. I've updated my tasks so that it uses the Custom Settings action. I've tested it and it works.
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/changes/changes5.2.html
v5.2 - 2018/06/22
Added
- Custom Setting action: change/read any Global, Secure or System setting via a simple UI
You could try Tasker or an automation app. These usually can control display time-out. I just don't know if it'll override your apps' set display timeout.
For example, in Tasker:
Create Profile, choose Application, then the apps you want this to affect.
Create task, choose Display Timeout, and set it to 15 seconds.
You can find a trial for Tasker on their website.
EDIT: Sadly it didn't work on the apps I tried it on that disabled the screen timeout. I think it's still worth a try on the apps you have if you have a few minutes.
Does the modulus operator accomplish that? Haven't done math in tasker but something like a Variable Set to "%count%5" (with Do Maths checked!), and then check that variable to equal 0, if so run your task.
Use Time trigger and abort task if day does not match. Can set to run every hour or lower and abort if hour doesn't match. There are time and day variables provided by tasker.
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/variables.html
The normal cron binary even though provided by Termux app, isn't reliable because android and OEM killers kills app and native processss a lot depending on device config.
Well tasker is officially allowed to have the permission.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/10208820
>Device automation
>Apps that enable user to automate repetitive actions across multiple areas of the OS, based on one or more set conditions (triggers) by the user
And yeah, the tasker's privacy policy does state that.
Maybe add an additional entry that explicitly says that users can upload their call and sms data to cloud services, but only if they explicitly configure tasker to do so. By default, such data is not uploaded (unless some google play library is doing it ;))
>So now I have to list everything a user can potentially do with Tasker? That's impossible!
I don't think google is known to be "reasonable"...
>How could I send only the one-time alerts to my watch
Try the "Tasker Function" AddThrottleNotifications()
>filter out the ongoing notifications?
If those notifications have a different title/body etc. You could filter both in "Notification" event or in Task.
Info: Pattern Matching.
You need the factory app to create a app from tasker. It needs to be the same version as your tasker.
I recommend the info on how to do it on the dev's site. That is where I find revelant info
Just an FYI, the "OK Google" portion isn't exactly controlled by an app permission, there is usually a dedicated DSP listening through the microphone listening for utterances of those words.
What you can do, however, is disable the Google Apps Microphone access, so when OK Google is triggered, the app responsible for Google Assistant, it can't access the mic and will silently fail. Unless your phone is rooted, you'd need to enable and use WiFi ADB, which isn't exactly something that can be ELI5.
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_adb_wifi.html for more on that.
Once/If/When you've enabled it, you can toggle Google Assistant microphone permission with the WiFi ADB command;
appops set com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox MICROPHONE deny
and replace deny with allow to grant.
Start with the Tasker userguide (profile->contexts->application)
This is less about Tasker and more about Android app design. Say you have an email app with an activity to compose. Running that activity will open a window to compose a new email.
In a profile context, if activities is selected for an app but not services, then the context fires only when a GUI is opened to allow the user to interact with the app.
A music app while playing in the background will have a service running but not an activity.
The profile context will be the Messenger app, the task needs to use Android's package manager to revoke and grant permissions. The following example requires a rooted device. You should also be able to do this using Tasker's ADB WiFi action. Both permissions need to be either revoked or granted to fully affect "file & media" access.
<Revoke permissions> A1: Anchor
A2: Run Shell [ Command: pm revoke com.facebook.orca android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE Timeout (Seconds): 0 Use Root: On ]
A3: Run Shell [ Command: pm revoke com.facebook.orca android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE Timeout (Seconds): 0 Use Root: On ]
<Grant permissions> A4: Anchor
A5: Run Shell [ Command: pm grant com.facebook.orca android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE Timeout (Seconds): 0 Use Root: On ]
A6: Run Shell [ Command: pm grant com.facebook.orca android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE Timeout (Seconds): 0 Use Root: On ]
Because the "Replace Existing” in your code is not valid. Try;
elemText("Test Scene","Text","repl","Hello");
Search for "elemText” on this page
As mentioned in another reply - %caller() is the way to go. It's one of a few built-in local variables available in a Task. More details on these local variables can be found at the top of the Variables Reference Page.
The specific string has changed for me with each major software version, and may differ per device (i.e. Fold/Fold2/Fold3/Flip/etc).
So you'll have to use the logcat search/record function when creating a new profile in tasker, then close and open the device. The have a search though the recorded logs for something that fits the bill. Might need to set tasker to continue on the front screen to get a full log, don't recall.
As for keyboard layouts, it'll be easiest to install the SwiftKey beta (or some other keyboard) alongside regular SwiftKey and switch between them via tasker.
If It's "Google Home" that generate the notification, select It as "Owner Application".
>how do I make it so that it only picks up the motion notification and not others? Is that where the 'text' field comes in? I type the text that the notification comes up with so that it can identify the notification?
Use one or more fields as "filter(s)". Check this: Pattern Matching.
I kindly suggest to have a look at the sidebar. You will find hundreds of videos/tutorials.
Good luck.
It's case sensitive if there's any upper case letters. You can fix this by doing
Variable Convert - To Lower Case
Btw if you want more information on the search you're doing look at simple matching here.
I've been around Tasker for a minute or so, and I always am surprised when I see something I hadn't quite seen before.
When/where did the + syntax come from to designate only set elements? Is that a specific function? Or is it something special to the + character? Please explain how that works, because it's not listed anywhere on the Variables Reference Page in the array functions.
My guess is that it's Pattern Matching designating one or more of any characters? (Basically a innovative way of saying "Has a Value"?)
Maybe you should transfer or create your "usecase samples" from your website to your Taskernet
The wikidot helped me a lot when I started to use tasker
You can create profile using event Recived Text and in Content you can use RegEx with that guy's name, like
.*name.*
Then create task with Http Request action: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_http_request.html
For a de-googled device see Tasker <strong>Ordering / Validation FAQ</strong>, directly contact dev by e-mail (support"AT"joaoapps.com) or at r/tasker (joaomgcd — don't want to call him here).
Okay, that was better.
Well, you create a LIST task that shows the scene and with Show Scene and Continue Task Immediately disabled. In the scene you could use the Menu element with an array or variable, in the tap task, store the %tap_index to a global variable and destroy the scene, so that LIST task continues. Get the id for the record from the index and pass it to a CRUD task, which then just shows the CRUD scene with Continue Task Immediately enabled. In the CRUD scene, you can show the record info (no READ action required) and also show buttons for UPDATE/DELETE. In the button's on tap, you can respond to your respective action and run tasks for them. You can also add a ALL button that runs the LIST task, this will allow you to start with the CRUD scene for a specific record from some random task and still be able to launch the LIST. You can also hook up to back key if you want for the scene from its properties, 3 dots on top right on main scene edit page, to launch your list task, but you always may not wanna do that. With the ALL button you could also hide it dynamically, depending on from where scene is getting started etc.
As for showing limited items in list, you can show say the first 50 or something, check Variable Arrays to only get specific elements within ranges. But if you store items as json with each element having a json for a record instead of managing multiple array, you can manually run for loops to create the array that needs to be shown, etc. You can later add arrow buttons to LIST scene to show next 50 items, etc.
And sorry for late replies, way too busy, have to reply to others too.
> Is that intended?
Yes. This is because the syntax %array() is actually an array function. You can find a list of all array functions along with examples at the bottom of the Tasker Variables Reference Page
As mentioned in another reply - a recently added array function now lets you display/reference arrays with any characters you want by using the %array(+ ) syntax, whereby after the + you put the character(s) you want the function to output between your array entries instead of a comma.
So if you use %array(+-) the output will be all the entries in %array joined by a hyphen - instead of the comma 😁
From Tasker userguide (good luck👋):
>When more than one condition is specified, they must be combined via And (all conditions must be true), Or (at least one condition must be true) or Xor (exactly one must be true). These 'combiners' are called boolean operators.
>Usually, 2 or 3 conditions will be combined with all Ands or all Ors, but in order to allow more complicated logic, Tasker also offers And and Or in high-precedence versions. Of the 4 boolean operators which are available, the selection goes from low to high precedence ones.
>The higher the precedence of a boolean operator, the further to the right it is shown. This enables the logical groups to be visualised.
>Examples:
>True | False & True | False is the same as ( True | False ) & ( True | False ) so is True.
>True & False | True & False is the same as True & ( False | True ) & False so is False.
>True & False | True |+ False is the same as True & ( False | ( True | False ) ) so is True.
>Note that the order of the conditions can mean that some conditions are never evaluated. For instance, when two conditions are present and the one above an And is false then the condition below it will never be evaluated. This can be advantageous if the second condition takes relatively more resources e.g. involves matching against a lot of text.
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/activity_actionedit.html
Tasker itself can only cancel notifications it created: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_cancel_notification.html
AutoNotification is a Tasker plugin and can dismiss any notification (once it's got the correct permissions).
>Please tell me exactly how to send myself a text message every 30 seconds
Quoting myself:
>You could simply use A8, A9 and A10...than You will need to implement your own stop "mechanism" (eg.: another Task that stop the "SMS Task").
A "Goto" loop Eg.:
A1: Send SMS [ Number:+11555555555 Message:Your message Store In Messaging App:Off SIM Card: Wait For Result:Off ] A2: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:30 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ] A3: Goto [ Type:Action Number Number:1 Label: ]
Reference: Foreach Loop.
Good luck.
First check if task numbers %task_indices eqs 0, if it is, then stop, otherwise just use a Variable Split action with a comma , as the splitter on the %task_indices variable to concert it into an array. Then run a For Loop on the the array by setting %num to Variable field and 1:%task_indices(#) to Items field and add the task names to a new array %task_names with %task_indices(%num) using Array Push action.
Check Flow Control docs.
See Event parameters im the User's Guide.
In this case, %evtprm(3) will contain the current brightness level. If the brightness is outside the range 3-36 the task is stopped.
You can get a 7 day trial directly from Tasker's Website.
Now answering your first question, yes you can click on some web elements without AutoInput but it's very tedious and you'll need to search forums for answers.
Question 2: That's not a worry, although Tasker has some device specific commands, you will rarely come across it and in most cases restoring your Tasker data in another phone will work fine.
Question 3: I don't know what you're trying to say but you will need to purchase the plug-in and ask for the developer's permission to use it for your projects.
Final Thought: For me, Tasker is the best purchase I have ever made and I don't regret any money that I have spent on it, using Tasker, I can fulfill my nerdy and geeky desires. I think you will love it and if you're still curious then don't hesitate to ask this subreddit, But anyways make sure to never forget to Automate Your Life! :P
If your profile is State based:
- Set an Exit Task with > "Stop" action, "Task:" "Touches Faster Local" (that should be the name of your Task).
Or
A1: Stop With Error: Off If %caller() ~ exit
Put the above at first action in your task.
Set Task Collison handling to "Abbott Existing Task" (In Task > upper right corner Cog icon).
Link your Task "Touches Faster Local" as Enter and Exit Task.
Reference:
You can find the same info of the link inside Tasker:
3 dots menu (upper right corner) > Info > Userguide > Variables > General.
For tutorials, videos and how-to check the sidebar.
If you're familiar with basic programming and regular expressions, you can try pattern matching with Tasker to auto disconnect these calls.
/r/tasker
This reminds me of tasker faq
Why am I an idiot if I use a pirated copy of Tasker ?
The hacker can do virtually anything with your phone. Record your calls and upload them to a website, SMS your location and all your contacts, make calls automatically, wipe your SD card, secretely record from your microphone any time etc etc
Do not add a label to goto action. The goto will "jump" to the desired label. In your picture You are telling goto to "jump" to itself.
%WIFI can be on or off case sensitive.
I suggest You to check the sidebar for videos, how-to, guides etc.
Not sure about Android 10, I'm still on 9. It's just a basic action in Tasker called "Navigation Bar". Here's the documentation page if you want to take read over it.
So there are mainly 4 types of comparisons.
eqthat checks if two strings are exactly as each other. Most efficient.~that checks a string matches a simple pattern that may include*globs etc. Medium efficient.~Rthat checks a string matches a java regex pattern. Least Efficient.=if two numbers are equal to each other. You will get errors in tasker launch popup if you compare non-digit strings with this and comparisons would of course be faulty as well.
The %stroke_length is a number so use the math operators = etc, but since it would be really hard to match against an exact number like 10 since length is number of pixels, use something like >10 && <20, unless you have mastered pixel-perfect control of your fingers :p
The %stroke_dir are literal strings that would ideally always be the same unless joão breaks something. The values are Up,Down,Left,Right,UpRight,UpLeft,DownRight,DownLeft. So use eq check. Try to use the most efficient comparison that will get the job done. Although, simple matching would not always be more efficient, it would depend on the comparison being made, but is generally more easier to read. Check Pattern Matching Docs for more details.
%aladdress is an array. %aladdress() returns all elements of the array, separated by commas. %aladdress(n) returns the nth element of the array.