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Share your favorite watch apps here !!! :good:

I just go to my Pebble at Best Buy today. I was looking for a list of available apps when I came across this one. Looks like I'll start.
Runkeeper.
Android watch face. http://forums.getpebble.com/categories/watchapp-directory
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Had my Pebble about 6 weeks I guess. Here is my list:
Really like Glance. That works very well, use it to view a lot of phone detail, and lets me text from some presets
Playing around with Pebble Navigator. So far not really useful, but shows a TON of potential
Use Navigator. I walk a couple of miles every evening and it lets me see my pace, etc. Really like that.
Other than those, mainly just some watch faces.

I líke runkeeper for excercising
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I use Glance as well. The app definitely has the best weather + notification watch face that I have found so far.
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I use pebble canvas. It's awesome. Check it out
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If you connect audio via Bluetooth in the car pebbledialer is a must. It allows answering from the watch. Also if you absolutely had to you could dial via contact search directly from the watch. Doable but tricky.
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im using Glance in Tasker mode as my "watchface"
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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its cool since you can change the 3 labels dynamically to anything you want with Tasker
including powerful variables
the regular glance is nice but it wasn't showing some things i wanted such as google voice
i made it show missed calls, missed sms, missed google voice, missed e-mail
2nd line: current zip code, temperature, and battery level
3rd line: description of weather e.g. partly cloudy
top right button will refresh zip code/weather
middle right button will refresh everything
bottom right will launch PebbleTasker

phasion said:
im using Glance in Tasker mode as my "watchface"
its cool since you can change the 3 labels dynamically to anything you want with Tasker
including powerful variables
the regular glance is nice but it wasn't showing some things i wanted such as google voice
i made it show missed calls, missed sms, missed google voice, missed e-mail
2nd line: current zip code, temperature, and battery level
3rd line: description of weather e.g. partly cloudy
top right button will refresh zip code/weather
middle right button will refresh everything
bottom right will launch PebbleTasker
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How exactly did you do this? I'm using glance and tasker too; but don't see how to put it in tasked mode.
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PhilPan said:
How exactly did you do this? I'm using glance and tasker too; but don't see how to put it in tasked mode.
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open Glance then Press Middle Right button and again once more to go into Tasker
you will see Loading... for all 3 lines. In tasker, you have the ability to change this text and what happens when you press any of the 3 buttons.
i followed this tutorial to change the 3 lines of text:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/109925457418000128828/posts/WKjzY7rktKz
if you are successful, you can make the 3 lines of text say something e.g. msg:hello world
the trick is changing the Extra msg:line1:line2:line3 to include global variables e.g. msg:%WIFI
To make them indicate stuff for example to make a missed call indicator:
1) make a Profile with event Missed Call, * (you can name the profile if you like)
2) create a task for this profile and make an action Variables > Variable Set
Name: %PBLMISSEDCALLCOUNT, To: %PBLMISSEDCALLCOUNT + 1, check Do Maths
every time you have a missed call the variable will be the last number + 1.
3) make another profile to reset the counter to 0. New Profile > Application > Phone (or whatever phone app you use)
make this profile a new task and again Variables > Variable Set and just like step #2, except To: is now 0.
4) in the msg: line from the tutorial input the global variable e.g. msg:%PBLMISSEDCALLCOUNT missed calls:line2:line3
5) now all you need is to update the pebble when you get a missed call or reset the counter by opening the phone app.
to keep things simple, just add a Task > Perform Task and point it to the task containing uk.co.finebyte.pebbleglance.TASKERSEND,
call this task something like GlanceUpdateLines

phasion said:
open Glance then Press Middle Right button and again once more to go into Tasker
you will see Loading... for all 3 lines. In tasker, you have the ability to change this text and what happens when you press any of the 3 buttons.
i followed this tutorial to change the 3 lines of text:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/109925457418000128828/posts/WKjzY7rktKz
if you are successful, you can make the 3 lines of text say something e.g. msg:hello world
the trick is changing the Extra msg:line1:line2:line3 to include global variables e.g. msg:%WIFI
To make them indicate stuff for example to make a missed call indicator:
1) make a Profile with event Missed Call, * (you can name the profile if you like)
2) create a task for this profile and make an action Variables > Variable Set
Name: %PBLMISSEDCALLCOUNT, To: %PBLMISSEDCALLCOUNT + 1, check Do Maths
every time you have a missed call the variable will be the last number + 1.
3) make another profile to reset the counter to 0. New Profile > Application > Phone (or whatever phone app you use)
make this profile a new task and again Variables > Variable Set and just like step #2, except To: is now 0.
4) in the msg: line from the tutorial input the global variable e.g. msg:%PBLMISSEDCALLCOUNT missed calls:line2:line3
5) now all you need is to update the pebble when you get a missed call or reset the counter by opening the phone app.
to keep things simple, just add a Task > Perform Task and point it to the task containing uk.co.finebyte.pebbleglance.TASKERSEND,
call this task something like GlanceUpdateLines
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Can you send your XML file? How did you include the weather?
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A Couple of Good Ones
If you are on iOS and jailbroken there's Smartwatch+ which adds iPhone battery, stocks, bit coin prices, GPS location, missed calls, emails and texts. Also there's PebbleActivator which adds activator actions to the watch. HTTPebble works on iOS and android, but I don't know what it does pebblebarn [dot] com has watch faces and a ton of other apps so go check it out.

DecayingExponentials said:
I use Glance as well. The app definitely has the best weather + notification watch face that I have found so far.
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But it seems very inaccurate. I.e. it shows rain but my Yahoo! weather and OneWeather app says otherwise. Plus the temperature seems to be off by at least 5 degrees.

Glance and Pebble Tasker with Tasker is awesome... My only gripe is that Google Navigation publishes too many updates. I don't need an update every 10th of a mile...
Glance
Pebble Tasker
Pebble Locker
PebMsg
Pebble Notifier

Glance ist great!
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- Glance (huge tasker integration opportunity, see Tasker thread)
- Music Boss
- K9toPebble
- Pebble Bucks: Starbucks mobile payment watch app. Requires httpebble & some custom building via cloudpebble.net -> forums.getpebble.com/discussion/6185/watch-app-pebble-bucks-httpebble

Phone ring switcher
Pebble calendar
Pebble lock
Pebble dialer
And my favourite.....
Canvas for pebble (best app yet..) I've customised exactly what I want
All are from Android store..
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[GUIDE] Setup Tasker Buttons in Glance

So I recently got a Pebble and discovered there were several ways that one could start Tasker actions using the Pebble. I have become a big fan of Glance and decided since it already supports Tasker I would use it instead of relying on another app on my watch. The instructions on how to set things up on the Glance website aren't the easiest to understand so hopefully this guide will help anyone out who is having difficulty.
-Difficulty: Easy
-Requirements: Pebble with Glance, Tasker on your phone, and at least a basic understanding of Tasker
The first thing we're gonna do is get our buttons put into tasker, these are the buttons on the Pebble that you will be using to launch actions from within Glance. I named my profile Glance Buttons but you can name yours whatever you'd like.
-From within Tasker create a new profile. Select Event/System/Intent Received. In the Action field type:
Code:
uk.co.finebyte.pebbleglance.TASKERINIT
{
"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"
}
This profile is done, now let's make our task for this profile. I named mine Glance Tasker Buttons but again name your task whatever you'd like.
-Click the + to add an action to the task. Select Misc/Send Intent. In the Action field type:
Code:
uk.co.finebyte.pebbleglance.TASKERSEND
Don't exit yet.
For the next part you can substitute everything after msg: with whatever you would like your button labels to be, I will use mine as an example. There are 3 buttons and the first label will be for the top button, second middle and third bottom. Each button will be separated by :
-In the Extra field type:
Code:
msg:ACV On:ACV Off:Voice Recorder
The hardest part is over, now let's make the buttons actually perform a task.
Create another profile, I call mine Glance Assignments.
-Select Event/System/Intent Received. In the Action field type:
Code:
uk.co.finebyte.pebbleglance.TASKERKEY
Now for the task. Use if for the first action, just click + and type if and you will see it. Pictures are easier than words here so setup your if action as shown here in the picture:
So now you need to decide what happens "if" you press the top button (TASKERTOP) It's up to you pick anything you want, just add another action after the "if" action to assign it to that button.
You assign each button this way, one last picture to show you how it looks with each button assigned to an action.
If you found this helpful please hit the thanks button.:good:

Mine

You had a syntax error:
"uk.co.finebyte.pebblelgance.TASKERKEY" <- glance NOT lgance
Needs to be
"uk.co.finebyte.pebbleglance.TASKERKEY"
Took me awhile to catch that one. After that, everything works great. Thanks for the post.

slayorktc said:
You had a syntax error:
"uk.co.finebyte.pebblelgance.TASKERKEY" <- glance NOT lgance
Needs to be
"uk.co.finebyte.pebbleglance.TASKERKEY"
Took me awhile to catch that one. After that, everything works great. Thanks for the post.
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Fixed. Thanks for catching that. :good:

This was really helpful, thank you

CYGNUZY said:
This was really helpful, thank you
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Is there anyway to have Glance conduct hourly vibrates? I find myself wanting this feature a lot but cannot hide from the fact that Glance is just all around awesome.
I have messed around with Tasker very little and cannot find out how to program an hourly task. I tried creating a task that
1. Notify Vibrate - then Wait for 1 hour. It vibrates the first time on the phone then also the watch when I start it but there's nothing time specific. If I start the task at 8:10 then it'll vibrate at that time.
Hope someone can help.

Try making a profile that triggers every hour. Then have a task that broadcasts the intent " uk.co.finebyte.pebbleglance.TASKERVIBE"
The intent will make the pebble Vibrate.
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Quentin.Sheley said:
Is there anyway to have Glance conduct hourly vibrates? I find myself wanting this feature a lot but cannot hide from the fact that Glance is just all around awesome.
I have messed around with Tasker very little and cannot find out how to program an hourly task. I tried creating a task that
1. Notify Vibrate - then Wait for 1 hour. It vibrates the first time on the phone then also the watch when I start it but there's nothing time specific. If I start the task at 8:10 then it'll vibrate at that time.
Hope someone can help.
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Great job. I figured this out yesterday but man it racked my brain. Many thanks and this makes glance a NO brainer for my default app.
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what are some of the actions ppl are using glance+ tasker to perform? I've never used tasker but am willing to learn. I know it's extremely powerful but have never thought of anything I needed to run automatically. I'm sure some ppl have ridiculous profiles and actions setup. I read one guy has it configured to disable his lock screen when his pebble is connected and in range and enables a pass code when not.
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I use Pebble Tasker's ANDROID app, to populate the Tasker actions in Glance, with it's optional feature. Works great, much easier to set up and maintain, then setting it up via Glance's intents. The Pebble Tasker Android app, basically creates the intents for you.
I don't actually use the Pebble Tasker WATCH app at all. The author of Pebble Tasker, said he's adding Long Press Button support to his Glance Support soon! (awesome!) that'll increase Glance's actions to beyond 3!
As far as the Actions, I have my three Tasker buttons in Glance setup to do this:
1.) Flashlight (this triggers TeslaLED which has a tasker intent to toggle flashight / camera flash. One press to turn on, one to turn off.)
2.) Google Now (this opens the Voice Search application, so that I can interact with Google Now and do voice commands etc. I'm extra l33t, so I'm using the SecureSettings tasker plugin, to also first, turn the display on and wake the phone, and then disable keyguard (because otherwise, this won't work with the phonescreen off unfortunatly). It then waits 15 seconds, and re-enabled keyguard again).
3.) Voice Record (This starts recording via a tasker plugin for the app Easy Voice Recorder Pro. So when pressed, it starts a voice recording. Great for stealth recording, getting pulled over, etc. The author of Easy Voice Recorder is going to add a new Tasker option to "toggle recording" so you can start/stop with one button press. If Pebble Tasker adds long press support before that, then i'll just do Long press for Stop recording in the mean time).

somnambulator said:
what are some of the actions ppl are using glance+ tasker to perform? I've never used tasker but am willing to learn. I know it's extremely powerful but have never thought of anything I needed to run automatically. I'm sure some ppl have ridiculous profiles and actions setup. I read one guy has it configured to disable his lock screen when his pebble is connected and in range and enables a pass code when not.
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I use an app called Pebble Locker to disable the lockscreen when my watch is connected (in range). When it's disconnected, my phone then requires a PIN to unlock. I did have this set up in Tasker at one point, but Pebble Locker is much easier.
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Quentin.Sheley said:
Is there anyway to have Glance conduct hourly vibrates?
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This is now a feature IN Glance, doesn't use Tasker at all.

Protonus said:
This is now a feature IN Glance, doesn't use Tasker at all.
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Where?
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Quentin.Sheley said:
Where?
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In the Glance Android app: Customise Watch -> Vibrate on the hour
NOTE - it's possible this is only in the beta version right now, I'm on v0.10b1

[GUIDE][Difficulty: Beginner] Enable Speakerphone when Phone is Placed on Table

If you're busy with something and you get a phone call, it might frustrate you having to put your phone down and manually enabling speakerphone in order to actually talk with the person on the other end. However with Tasker, you can easily enable Speakerphone when you're in a call by placing your phone upright on a flat surface. It works by reading your accelerometer to grab the current orientation of the device. Let's set it up.
Instructions
Create a new Profile and name it "Speakerphone."
Create a new State context, go to Phone --> Call. Set it to "Any."
Create a new task, but there's no need to name it anything because it will only need a single action.
Within the Entry task, go to Audio --> Speakerphone and set it to On.
Exit the task editor, and then long-press on the Call Any,* context in order to add another Context.
Add another State context, and go to Sensor --> Orientation. Set "Is" to Face Up.
Exit out, and now long-press on the Entry task. Tasker will ask you to add an Exit Task. Create one.
Once inside the task editor again, go to Audio --> Speakerphone again. This time set Speakerphone to Off.
{
"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"
}
That's it! Now, this profile will trigger when your phone is both a) within a phone call and b) face-up on a flat surface (the orientation is detected as face-up). On satisfying these conditions, Tasker will enable speakerphone, and when it fails to meet the condition (ie. when you exit the call or pick the phone up) speakerphone will turn off.

maybe little offtopic....but the same feature is available on my oneplus one, slimsaber-rom. in the phone-app under SETTINGS >> CALL u can find the option AUTOMATIC PROXIMITY SENSOR. set it ON and u have the same feature

Not working.. Any setting do I need to change for the accelerometer to recognize? I have done exactly like above..

I click + to add profile and it asks me for a "First Context"
Edit:
1. Create a new Profile, select State context and name it "Speakerphone."
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Trying to create the above and starting realise why I used Locale for so longer.
I must add a task and give it name?

how will this react to having headphones plugged in? at work, my phone is usually in a position that would trigger this but i plug in headphones to talk and listen. i wouldnt want speakerphone to override the headphones at work. at home though this would be fine since i dont use the headphones there.

tykob said:
how will this react to having headphones plugged in? at work, my phone is usually in a position that would trigger this but i plug in headphones to talk and listen. i wouldnt want speakerphone to override the headphones at work. at home though this would be fine since i dont use the headphones there.
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Just Add Another Context for when Headphones are not plugged in, you can play with your own settings. Even by using Ifs but thats another thing you dont need to know now.

fenchai said:
Just Add Another Context for when Headphones are not plugged in, you can play with your own settings. Even by using Ifs but thats another thing you dont need to know now.
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was just coming to make the same comment. added a third state context of headset plugged in > any > invert. seemed to do the trick. thanks!

I did not know I needed this profile until I read it! I have found myself in this scenario multiple times and I never thought to use Tasker to make my life easier! And it is so simple!

I guess it really depends on where the main speaker is located. If it is on the back, then you would want to have the orientation set to the back, otherwise, the front.

It worked on my LG G4, thanks!

dharish said:
Not working.. Any setting do I need to change for the accelerometer to recognize? I have done exactly like above..
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Calibrate your accelerometer in Tasker's preferences. Click the 3 dot menu in the top right, go to preferences, go to the Monitor tab, then scroll all the way down to the Calibrate button under where it says "Accelerometer." Do that then try it again.
lywyn said:
I click + to add profile and it asks me for a "First Context"
Edit:
1. Create a new Profile, select State context and name it "Speakerphone."
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Trying to create the above and starting realise why I used Locale for so longer.
I must add a task and give it name?
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The general idea for any tasker creation is like this: 1) create a context, 2) create a task. The context is what must occur on your phone in order for Tasker to be triggered, and the task is the action that Tasker then performs. In this case, the context is when Tasker detects that the orientation of your phone is face-up AND the fact that you are in the middle of a phone call. Then, Tasker fires the associated task that enables speakerphone. Naming a context or task is entirely optional.

MishaalRahman said:
If you're busy with something and you get a phone call, it might frustrate you having to put your phone down and manually enabling speakerphone in order to actually talk with the person on the other end. However with Tasker, you can easily enable Speakerphone when you're in a call by placing your phone upright on a flat surface. It works by reading your accelerometer to grab the current orientation of the device. Let's set it up.
Instructions
Create a new Profile and name it "Speakerphone."
Create a new State context, go to Phone --> Call. Set it to "Any."
Create a new task, but there's no need to name it anything because it will only need a single action.
Within the Entry task, go to Audio --> Speakerphone and set it to On.
Exit the task editor, and then long-press on the Call Any,* context in order to add another Context.
Add another State context, and go to Sensor --> Orientation. Set "Is" to Face Up.
Exit out, and now long-press on the Entry task. Tasker will ask you to add an Exit Task. Create one.
Once inside the task editor again, go to Audio --> Speakerphone again. This time set Speakerphone to Off.
That's it! Now, this profile will trigger when your phone is both a) within a phone call and b) face-up on a flat surface (the orientation is detected as face-up). On satisfying these conditions, Tasker will enable speakerphone, and when it fails to meet the condition (ie. when you exit the call or pick the phone up) speakerphone will turn off.
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Did it. Never used speakerphone so see if it even works.
Live and learn obscure Taskerisms-2. This profile is stuck as its own entry, not under the "home" listing. Shown as enabled so we shall see.

On the one plus one there was an option, if you took a call, put it to up to your ear, then decided you wanted others to hear the call, you could pull it away from your face, and after 2-3 seconds the phone automatically switched to speakerphone. Is anyone able to replicate that within tasker. It was a cool option.

MishaalRahman said:
If you're busy with something and you get a phone call, it might frustrate you having to put your phone down and manually enabling speakerphone in order to actually talk with the person on the other end.
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Love this Tasker stuff! THANKS for this feature, I DO hate putting that speaker phone on, and I'm always doing something when I get a call..
I've been meaning to update my article for about two years now.. since I last checked... College program is almost done!
If you wouldn't mind I could add this to the list in the future! Feel free to check out my profiles ready for download as well
Last one I remember working on was a failed login/Phone theft preventer which is still sitting half done on my phone.
For this to work, someone would have to attempt to login to your phone 3 times, Tasker would then Lock up the phone, force data and GPS on,
and take a few pictures using the front facing camera. Then send them through email, or text to give you a better idea of who has your phone.
D'OH!, this is a feature in this form now lol..
Cheers!

SkyboneNoya said:
Love this Tasker stuff! THANKS for this feature, I DO hate putting that speaker phone on, and I'm always doing something when I get a call..
I've been meaning to update my article for about two years now.. since I last checked... College program is almost done!
If you wouldn't mind I could add this to the list in the future! Feel free to check out my profiles ready for download as well
Last one I remember working on was a failed login/Phone theft preventer which is still sitting half done on my phone.
For this to work, someone would have to attempt to login to your phone 3 times, Tasker would then Lock up the phone, force data and GPS on,
and take a few pictures using the front facing camera. Then send them through email, or text to give you a better idea of who has your phone.
D'OH!, this is a feature in this form now lol..
Cheers!
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Yup, you can expand what you want to do based on failed unlocks to whatever you want. Do you have a link to your other profiles? Could you share them on this forum? Thanks!

MishaalRahman said:
Yup, you can expand what you want to do based on failed unlocks to whatever you want. Do you have a link to your other profiles? Could you share them on this forum? Thanks!
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Yeah just in the Sig, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552570

MishaalRahman said:
Calibrate your accelerometer in Tasker's preferences. Click the 3 dot menu in the top right, go to preferences, go to the Monitor tab, then scroll all the way down to the Calibrate button under where it says "Accelerometer." Do that then try it again.
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I can't make it work! When I click at "Calibrate" button nothing happens!!!

this is simply awesome!
Thanks for this =)

I tried this on my s6 edge but it didn't work. Any reason why?
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OK so now after calibrating it works. But unfortunately it doesn't seem to turn off when I pick up the phone. Any reason why?
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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.

Profile triggered by %time variable not firing

Phone is Pixel 3a running Android 10, Tasker is up-to-date.
I have a profile called PwrConnect that runs a task called Clock. The task simply launches my alarm clock app on the phone. The profile is primarily triggered when any power is connected to the phone but it has a secondary condition that specifies the time must be between 10:30pm and 6:00am.
When I plug my charger into the phone the profile is not triggered. If I remove the secondary condition (the time constraint) then the profile triggers when I plug in. But here's where it gets kind of strange. If I include the secondary condition (the time constraint) and I have the Tasker app open when I plug the charger in then the profile fires and runs the task which launches the clock app. Alternatively, I have also tried putting the time constraint in the task (%time > 2230) but that does not work either.
What am I doing wrong??? Or, is this a bug? Anyone else see anything like this?

Do you have "reliable alarms" enabled?
Have you tried a simple profile to just test the time context?

ktmom said:
Do you have "reliable alarms" enabled?
Have you tried a simple profile to just test the time context?
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I'm not sure what "reliable alarms" is. Is that a setting in Tasker or Android?
Anyway, I have done some more testing. I added another step to the Clock task to simply flash a message when the task runs and I have found that the task (and therefore the profile) is indeed being executed as it should be - that is: when power is connected and the time is between 10:30pm and 6:00am. I can tell this because the message flashes on the screen when I connect power. BUT... the clock app only launches if I have the Tasker app open when I connect power. If the Tasker app is not open then I see the message flash but the clock app does not launch.

Reliable alarms is a tasker setting in preferences on the monitor tab. It helps tasker accurately execute time related activities.
What device and ROM are you on?
The following profile works fine for me with Tasker not in the foreground:
Code:
Time: From 11:44AM Till 3:44PM
State: Power [
Source:Any
]
Enter: Open App
A1: Launch App [
App:Clock
Data:
Exclude From Recent Apps: Off
Always Start New Copy: Off
]

ktmom said:
Reliable alarms is a tasker setting in preferences on the monitor tab. It helps tasker accurately execute time related activities.
What device and ROM are you on?
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Device: Pixel 3a, ROM: stock Android 10 (not rooted)
I am fairly certain that the problem lies with the clock app that I am using. When I change the task so that it launches the stock, built-in clock app then everything works as it should. The clock app that I am trying to use (Kaloer Clock) is no longer in the PlayStore so has not been updated in a while. So, I suspect that there is something about it that Android 10 does not like. The app still functions fine and I can manually start it or Tasker will start it IF Tasker is running in the foreground. In fact this app has a setting that should start it automatically when power is plugged in but that stopped working about the time that I upgraded to Android 10, which is why I was trying to automate it with Tasker. I hate to give up on this app though because it is the only clock app I have found that allows me to tap anywhere on the screen to snooze the alarm (or long-press to cancel it). Everything else I have tried makes you tap an on-screen button which is difficult without my glasses.

Using AutoNotification (or any tasker notification listener plugin), a scene and intents, you can make the Google Clock have a full screen snooze/dismiss "button".
I slapped together an example that I put on Taskernet. It's full screen, a tap snoozes and long press dismisses.
To run it as is, you will need AutoNotification installed. The "ktm" after the profile/task/scene names can be removed. I do this to help prevent name collisions with anything already existing during import.

ktmom said:
Using AutoNotification (or any tasker notification listener plugin), a scene and intents, you can make the Google Clock have a full screen snooze/dismiss "button".
I slapped together an example that I put on Taskernet. It's full screen, a tap snoozes and long press dismisses.
To run it as is, you will need AutoNotification installed. The "ktm" after the profile/task/scene names can be removed. I do this to help prevent name collisions with anything already existing during import.
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Ktmom,
I installed AutoNotification and imported your project. I am assuming that I need to delete either step 2 or 3 in the Stop Alarm ktm task. But, the scene does not appear unless I have Tasker running in the foreground when the alarm fires. Just wondered if you have test this in Android 10? Seems as though all my problems started after I upgraded.

dremelts said:
Ktmom,
I installed AutoNotification and imported your project. I am assuming that I need to delete either step 2 or 3 in the Stop Alarm ktm task. But, the scene does not appear unless I have Tasker running in the foreground when the alarm fires. Just wondered if you have test this in Android 10? Seems as though all my problems started after I upgraded.
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The action that you're not using can be deleted or left paused.
And no, sorry, I'm always slow to update to major releases. But, there's something to try.
Edit the scene that your using, without changing anything else, tap the 3-dot menu. Select "properties" and change the "property type" to "activity". Save out of the scene.
Now edit the task -> show scene action that you are using and change "display as" to "activity".
Save out of the task, and Tasker, then test again.