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Tasker????

Is anyone using Tasker on their Bionic successfully? I have a couple of dock profiles set up but they don't seem to be working.
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I have it but haven't ever taken the time to really learn it. I guess I should, and I'll get back to you!

Calla969 said:
Is anyone using Tasker on their Bionic successfully? I have a couple of dock profiles set up but they don't seem to be working.
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I have Tasker setting profile sounds and turning off and on my bluetooth and it is working fine. What specifically are you trying to get it to do that it isnt doing?

I want Tasker to adjust my screen brightness, media volume, and notification volume to where i want them when it is in either the car or desk dock. It doesn't seem to know when it's docked. I'm wondering if this is because the bionic doesn't use the magnetic switch. The same profiles worked fine on my D1.
I have it set as follows
Docked-Desktop
Auto brightness -off
Brightness -custom level
Notification volume-off
Media volume -custom level
Exit tasks
Auto brightness -on
Notification volume-max
Media volume -max
Similar setup for car dock.
I'm fairly new to Tasker, but that worked on my D1.
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tasker works fine for me. when you connect your phone to a dock it should ask you if you want to start the car dock app or if you want to use tasker, tell it to use tasker and remeber this selection (if you want)

I know this is a little off subject but i am trying to set up a task when the w\mic headset is plugged and i click mic button. I want it do not play voice commands. I just want it to play/pause my music. I can freeze voice commands with tibu if i have to. Any ideas?

Tasker

Has anyone started building Tasker Tasks for use from their Pebbles yet? Integrating anything? Displaying anything on your Pebble from Tasker?

pbrauer said:
Has anyone started building Tasker Tasks for use from their Pebbles yet? Integrating anything? Displaying anything on your Pebble from Tasker?
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I've done some small things..
Set up to click watch to take picture on phone... I'm a teacher so it is good if a student lifts my phone when I put it down.
And set up to push watch to start recording on my phone.
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yes
With the new long press and long menu the app is fantastic!
Tasks I use:
Call wife
Silent mode
Volume up
Google voice search
Trigger sound (fart) via remote.
Record sound
Take picture

shafter09 said:
With the new long press and long menu the app is fantastic!
Tasks I use:
Call wife
Silent mode
Volume up
Google voice search
Trigger sound (fart) via remote.
Record sound
Take picture
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Are you using glance to access your tasks?
I managed to tie in the Ringer up/vibrate into one toggle task.... Saves space.
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Glance and Pebble Tasker work great with Tasker
Task functionality in Glance and Pebble Tasker work great with Tasker. Glance has three tasks and Pebble Tasker has three buttons plus a menu of up to 20 tasks.

Using Glance and dynamically changing based on locations. Glance Labels are variables, Home, Work, Class are Tasker profiles controlled by variables. Glance Label variables and %key actions are variable based on if %work=1, else if %class=1, else.
Default:
WiFi Hotspot Toggle
Call Wife
Turn on Silent (need to setup a toggle)
Work:
Turn off Work Profile (%work=0)
Open Canvas Watchface with Starbucks mobile payment barcode (haven't tested but heard it works, need to find a programmatic way to return to Glance too)
Open LevelUp on phone (need to setup like Starbucks)
Class
Turn on WiFi
Call Wife
Open Starbucks Watchface (same as above)
Tried but turned off:
If connected to SSID attwifi (Starbucks standard SSID) with a very strong signal, open Starbucks mobile payment barcode watch face via Canvas. Exit Task: return to standard Canvas watch face.
I'll use this again if I can find a programmatic way to return to Glance instead of a Canvas watch face.
Glance Actions Task Screenshot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

I made a few toggle lights and fans for my home with remotestick (controls relays with tellstick) + Pebble Tasker and toggle scripts in tasker so i can turn on/off most things at home without finding the remote / phone. I also got temperature sensors hooked up so I can check inside, outside, fridge, server room temperature from the watch. Works really well even when not at home.
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Bender303 said:
I made a few toggle lights and fans for my home with remotestick (controls relays with tellstick) + Pebble Tasker and toggle scripts in tasker so i can turn on/off most things at home without finding the remote / phone. I also got temperature sensors hooked up so I can check inside, outside, fridge, server room temperature from the watch. Works really well even when not at home.
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Any chance of a tutorial on the remotestick / Tasker integration?
EDIT:
Ok, had a wack at it and can now control on / off bedroom lights and open / close garage door from Pebble
Only wish there where more buttons....
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reidar.ostrem said:
Any chance of a tutorial on the remotestick / Tasker integration?
EDIT:
Ok, had a wack at it and can now control on / off bedroom lights and open / close garage door from Pebble
Only wish there where more buttons....
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Good did you do toggle on/off scripts or use separate on/off?
Toggle was not that hard to set up,
Create a task and add task -> If
%RSD_<yournumberfromremotestick> matches 2
Add a plugin task to turn ON same device.
Add another task -> Else if
%RSD_<yournumberfromremotestick> matches 1
Add a plugin task to turn OFF same device.
The time you can turn on off the same device depends on the poll interval set in remotestick, so if it's set to 5min you have to wait 5min to turn off a device you just turned on with the toggle task.
At least it saves a slot for more devices you can also use long press for alternative task and the 20 tasks menu.
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pbrauer said:
Has anyone started building Tasker Tasks for use from their Pebbles yet? Integrating anything? Displaying anything on your Pebble from Tasker?
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Bender303 said:
Good did you do toggle on/off scripts or use separate on/off?
Toggle was not that hard to set up,
Create a task and add task -> If
%RSD_<yournumberfromremotestick> matches 2
Add a plugin task to turn ON same device.
Add another task -> Else if
%RSD_<yournumberfromremotestick> matches 1
Add a plugin task to turn OFF same device.
The time you can turn on off the same device depends on the poll interval set in remotestick, so if it's set to 5min you have to wait 5min to turn off a device you just turned on with the toggle task.
At least it saves a slot for more devices you can also use long press for alternative task and the 20 tasks menu.
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Hi,
I'm using Glance for my Pebble, and unfortunately it only supports 3 tasks.
I have no earlier experience with Tasker, so I just did 3 separate tasks and mapped them to the buttons
Currently having on and off the bedroom lights (TOP and BOTTOM) and garage open / close (CENTER). The garage only uses one as it's a potential free relay.
Maybe I should try Pebble Tasker as i see they have 20 tasks in list ... but don't know how that will work in conjuction with Glance (?)..

You can also set up PebbleTasker to make a menu based system. Each of its three main tasks can rewrite the tasks to new ones on the fly.
My first set of three are "car", "garage", and "music". If I press car, I get a new set of "lock", "unlock", and "start", which do as they suggest. The other tasks operate in a like manner. You can go as deep as you want.
I actually made a mock up of a text input setup with it, based on an example app.
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jon_ks said:
Using Glance and dynamically changing based on locations. Glance Labels are variables, Home, Work, Class are Tasker profiles controlled by variables. Glance Label variables and %key actions are variable based on if %work=1, else if %class=1, else.
Default:
WiFi Hotspot Toggle
Call Wife
Turn on Silent (need to setup a toggle)
Work:
Turn off Work Profile (%work=0)
Open Canvas Watchface with Starbucks mobile payment barcode (haven't tested but heard it works, need to find a programmatic way to return to Glance too)
Open LevelUp on phone (need to setup like Starbucks)
Class
Turn on WiFi
Call Wife
Open Starbucks Watchface (same as above)
Tried but turned off:
If connected to SSID attwifi (Starbucks standard SSID) with a very strong signal, open Starbucks mobile payment barcode watch face via Canvas. Exit Task: return to standard Canvas watch face.
I'll use this again if I can find a programmatic way to return to Glance instead of a Canvas watch face.
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Still need to figure out how to do a ringer on/off toggle?

Pretty much everything I do on the Pebble is via Tasker, so the list is fairly long. Some highlights:
Home automation controls
Dynamic Music Boss switching that automatically controls phone media players outside, but PC media player (including metadata support) at home
Custom bus schedule system
Custom notification back end for greater control over when notifications are sent
Integration with custom todo list
Dynamically changing Canvas watchfaces controlled by and with info from Tasker
NFC chip on strap for unlocking phone
etc

I use tasker and secure settings to remove pin lock when phone is connected to the watch and relock if not. As I always have my phone and watch on me, it makes life easier, but I know the information on my phone is secure if I leave it somewhere or loose it
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I did the same thing. If my oebble is conn3cted to my phone, my lockscreen is disabled. If my watch disconnects, then my phone asks for a PIN.
I used Pebble Tasker to make my top right button launch Google Voice Search, but it wasn't waking up my phone before launching the app. I was able to figure out how to map my bottom button to wake up the screen. As it stands now, I press the bottom button to wake up the phone, and then top button to open voice search.
I haven't yet been able to figure out how to combine those into one routine. Ideally, with one press of the button, I would like my watch to 1. Wake up the phone, and 2. Launch Google Voice.
I'm not literate enough in Tasker to figure it out yet, but I'm pretty sure it can be done.
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Dugan1017 said:
I did the same thing. If my oebble is conn3cted to my phone, my lockscreen is disabled. If my watch disconnects, then my phone asks for a PIN.
I used Pebble Tasker to make my top right button launch Google Voice Search, but it wasn't waking up my phone before launching the app. I was able to figure out how to map my bottom button to wake up the screen. As it stands now, I press the bottom button to wake up the phone, and then top button to open voice search.
I haven't yet been able to figure out how to combine those into one routine. Ideally, with one press of the button, I would like my watch to 1. Wake up the phone, and 2. Launch Google Voice.
I'm not literate enough in Tasker to figure it out yet, but I'm pretty sure it can be done.
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Just use the 'wait' command to be sure there's enough time for the screen to fully wake, then call out for your 2nd task inside the first one.
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shafter09 said:
Trigger sound (fart) via remote.
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Lmao! :thumbup:
I use it to launch Google Search and then with "Okay Google" voice command, can get a lot done without touching the phone.
Also, the possibility of using Pebble Tasker in conjunction with Home Automation is incredibly appealing. Quick off topic question, what are u guys using for that? (I'm looking into Vera Casa Verde)
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what about speaking the weather for life of me i cant get the httpget to work or varibles for that matter does anyone have a task i could use? or just one that would push the weather to my pebble

[Q] Which app can I use to set volume for specific apps when launched?

Hello. I am looking for an app I can use to auto set the volume for Scout, (my gps app), to high when started, then revert the volume back to the way it was when the app is stopped.
Is there anything out there like that? There should be, right?
I currently use Volume Locker just to lock my ringer volume, but it appears that app doesn't have the functionality I'm looking for.

johnequickiii said:
Hello. I am looking for an app I can use to auto set the volume for Scout, (my gps app), to high when started, then revert the volume back to the way it was when the app is stopped.
Is there anything out there like that? There should be, right?
I currently use Volume Locker just to lock my ringer volume, but it appears that app doesn't have the functionality I'm looking for.
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have you tried Volume Control +
or there is always Tasker

Tasker is definitely the one.
Thank you.
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fastest way to flashlight?

on my previous phone with cm7 i could draw patterns on the lock screen to launch apps/activities.
the only one i had was toggle flashlight.
is there anything similar that can be done with 4.4.3?
if not, any good rom to have that?
thanks
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gcbxda said:
on my previous phone with cm7 i could draw patterns on the lock screen to launch apps/activities.
the only one i had was toggle flashlight.
is there anything similar that can be done with 4.4.3?
if not, any good rom to have that?
thanks
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The Xposed module GravityBox allows you to have a quick flashlight shortcut. Once configured correctly, on your lockscreen you can hold down the slide to unlock ring to turn the flashlight on and off.

thanks. i still have to give xposed a try!
this will probably be the tipping point.
edit: after installing everything with flashlight on the name and without internet permission from the market, i finally found this:
https://github.com/theUltimateLabs/theUltimateFlashlight
it allows me to turn it on by pressing power button twice! xposed delayed some more
it's gpl. will recommend to fdroid.
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I use "xposed torch" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.torch
and have it set for volume up= volume down=off, I like it because I don't have to turn on the screen to use it or open the flip case I use.

As you guys are talking about flashlight have you guys noticed that the app "Adjustable Torch" doesn't work with Moto X? It was the only torch app I used to use, but it doesn't support Moto X It was the only app which used the flash LED's intensity at it's highest (all other apps use a dim state of LED) and you could even control it! Damn.

devilsdouble said:
As you guys are talking about flashlight have you guys noticed that the app "Adjustable Torch" doesn't work with Moto X? It was the only torch app I used to use, but it doesn't support Moto X It was the only app which used the flash LED's intensity at it's highest (all other apps use a dim state of LED) and you could even control it! Damn.
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i personally only use the dimmest option. some apps have bright mode, always ignored it. dim is already too much
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gcbxda said:
on my previous phone with cm7 i could draw patterns on the lock screen to launch apps/activities.
the only one i had was toggle flashlight.
is there anything similar that can be done with 4.4.3?
if not, any good rom to have that?
thanks
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I use touchless control. I say OK Google now, open torch. Torch is a free app that can be set to turn on the light when app is opened.
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droid light still works. has worked with every moto phone i've every owned.

disable the disable!

Is there a workaround yet to stop Android Auto from disabling the phone.? Once I'm connected to the car I can't see any email notifications (sound/vibrate/LED). It's really irritating and means I have to disconnect my phone every 15 minutes to check email!
Thanks.

Isn't the whole point of AA not to look at your phone every 15 mins while driving ?
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Tell Apple that. Anyone actually have an answer? Thanks.

jamesbond_28_007 said:
Tell Apple that. Anyone actually have an answer? Thanks.
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You can hit the multi task button and open a recent app. Keep your email client open in recents and check it at stoplights.
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ireknole said:
You can hit the multi task button and open a recent app. Keep your email client open in recents and check it at stoplights.
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That's it! Brilliant thank you. So simple but hadn't tried that. I've now installed the caffeine app which also keeps the screen on permanently when connected to a USB. That way the email notification LED light now works when in Android Auto mode.
Thanks again

jamesbond_28_007 said:
That's it! Brilliant thank you. So simple but hadn't tried that. I've now installed the caffeine app which also keeps the screen on permanently when connected to a USB. That way the email notification LED light now works when in Android Auto mode.
Thanks again
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You're welcome!
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jamesbond_28_007 said:
Is there a workaround yet to stop Android Auto from disabling the phone.? Once I'm connected to the car I can't see any email notifications (sound/vibrate/LED). It's really irritating and means I have to disconnect my phone every 15 minutes to check email!
Thanks.
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Or not. That's kind of the point of Android Auto in the first place is to get people off of messing with their phones while they're driving.
The only solution that I am aware I was to buy an Android Wear watch. All notifications still come through on the watch even when connected to Android Auto.

Press multi task button then press home, quickly select app or open app drawer.
I use this method with Note 4
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jamesbond_28_007 said:
That's it! Brilliant thank you. So simple but hadn't tried that. I've now installed the caffeine app which also keeps the screen on permanently when connected to a USB. That way the email notification LED light now works when in Android Auto mode.
Thanks again
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After reading this I also installed Caffeine, it was the perfect app I was looking for to prevent my screen from turning off.

I enabled my email on Android auto unit, and I receive email notification on that..
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Hello and sorry for reviving such an old thread.
I have used for some time the trick suggested by @ireknole with a phone having hard buttons. My new phone, however, has soft buttons and Android Auto disables on purpose the multi-task button. (Mate 10 Pro, Android 8.0).
I have no other option left now to check my phone while AA is connected to the car and running. I need to check the phone for searching for a song or my wife needs to change the song while i'm driving - plus search the internet or whatever else she feels like on long roadtrips.
However, I can still access the notifications drawer and all the shortcut buttons found there (i did not give AA permission to draw over other applications).
Does anybody know:
1) How to place a custom button in the notifications drawer which specifically does that: activate multi-task function or any other function to just put AA in background and allow me to access other apps?
2) How to forbid AA to disable my multi-task button in the first place?
Thank you!

catalin.marin said:
Hello and sorry for reviving such an old thread.
I have used for some time the trick suggested by @ireknole with a phone having hard buttons. My new phone, however, has soft buttons and Android Auto disables on purpose the multi-task button. (Mate 10 Pro, Android 8.0).
I have no other option left now to check my phone while AA is connected to the car and running. I need to check the phone for searching for a song or my wife needs to change the song while i'm driving - plus search the internet or whatever else she feels like on long roadtrips.
However, I can still access the notifications drawer and all the shortcut buttons found there (i did not give AA permission to draw over other applications).
Does anybody know:
1) How to place a custom button in the notifications drawer which specifically does that: activate multi-task function or any other function to just put AA in background and allow me to access other apps?
2) How to forbid AA to disable my multi-task button in the first place?
Thank you!
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I haven't found a way to get the multitask button to reshow, but I have a built in app on my Samsung S8 that allows me to swipe from the edge of the phone and select the "shortcut" "recent apps" that acts like the multitask button. There may be an app that's similar in the play store that lets you open it with a swipe and map a "recent apps" shortcut as an option.
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another way is to install AAWidget. it display a widget on your Android auto screen.
but this only work for AA2.9 since google disable third party apk in AA3.0
AA widget will list down mails, whatapps messages etc as long as theres widget for those apk.
make a clone and aawidget and you can havemultiple widget to read your email/whatsapp etc
but you cant read full email or messages if the email or messages too long. just good enough to check what are the incoming email/messages

Thank you for your answers!
I did not try your solutions because in the meanwhile I found a way to gain complete control over my phone using Tasker.
For anyone interested, create a new profile in Tasker, set the trigger to Apps->Android Auto and the task to "Go home".
What this setup achieves is showing the home screen whenever AA tries to pop up on screen, which solves all the problems
I can use my phone as if AA was not running at all, while AA is completely functional on the car's screen.
I use AA 2.9.57xxxx.

If you are on Nougat you can add a custom tile using the regular android api to launche the home launcher activity. But please don't post any source code or ready to use apk somewhere. This should be something for the "pros" if its too easy to use they come up with a way to block the notification drawer

ktwo said:
If you are on Nougat you can add a custom tile using the regular android api to launche the home launcher activity. But please don't post any source code or ready to use apk somewhere. This should be something for the "pros" if its too easy to use they come up with a way to block the notification drawer
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Thank you! I will also try this approach when I'll have a few hours, as I have some Android development background

catalin.marin said:
Hello and sorry for reviving such an old thread.
I have used for some time the trick suggested by @ireknole with a phone having hard buttons. My new phone, however, has soft buttons and Android Auto disables on purpose the multi-task button. (Mate 10 Pro, Android 8.0).
I have no other option left now to check my phone while AA is connected to the car and running. I need to check the phone for searching for a song or my wife needs to change the song while i'm driving - plus search the internet or whatever else she feels like on long roadtrips.
However, I can still access the notifications drawer and all the shortcut buttons found there (i did not give AA permission to draw over other applications).
Does anybody know:
1) How to place a custom button in the notifications drawer which specifically does that: activate multi-task function or any other function to just put AA in background and allow me to access other apps?
2) How to forbid AA to disable my multi-task button in the first place?
Thank you!
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I just started using AA on my Nexus 5X running 8.1. AA hides the multi-task button, but if you swipe up from the bottom of the screen; the buttons re-appear for a few seconds and you can select it again.
My problem is that AA sets the screen timeout to 15 sec. So when I pull over to check/write an email; the screen constantly shuts off. The Nexus 5X is no longer a "fast" phone, so starting OWA (outlook) takes more than 15 sec. I've gone into the phone settings after connecting the phone and changing it back to 2 min., but this setting will re-set the next time I plug the phone in again.

Latest version and the version before it (3.1 is latest, can't remember exactly what the previous version is) has changed this.. you can now just swipe up on the phone and access it normally when it's connected to Android auto.