Newbie here trying to fiqure out how to get the blackberry messaging service to bring up a list of matching names from the contact list when typing a name in the To: field of a new message. The same as it will when you are composing a SMS or Outlook message. I would think it is a registry setting, but I do not know where to begin looking?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Hello to all. I was hoping someone would be able to tell me if a shortcut could be created with Bettercut/Anycut that would create a new message? I know that a direct shortcut to a specific contact can be created easily with these apps, but I was hoping a shortcut to a blank message that I could then choose the contact could be created. I use Chompsms as my default sms app (don't know if that matters) but would like the shortcut to use Chomp to create the blank message but the Android messaging app would be fine too. I know that Bettercut/Anycut have the make your own option and that it might be possible to create this shortcut that I am looking for. Unfortunately I am not knowledgeable enough to create this shortcut myself and my searches have come up empty so far (I tried many forums with no success). If anyone would be willing to help me with this I would greatly appreciate it and I'm sure others would as well. I know that it only takes a few seconds to open Chomp and click new message but a shortcut direct from the home screen would really be awesome. Thanks in advance for the help (If in fact this is even possible). I know this is probably really easy for a lot of the users here but im just no good at stuff like this. Hope someone can help.
You can make a "contact" and just name it something like "Blank" then just put a single number, 1 for example, for the phone number. Then use that. When it pops up the message for it, just erase the "Blank <1>" from the To: field, and put in which ever contact you want. Not really blank, but does the job good enough I'd say. Only one press and one button click to erase the "Blank <1>" thing from the To field.
using Any Cut, you can select "Make your own" and enter the following to create a new SMS shortcut:
Action: android.intent.action.SENDTO
Data: sms:
Type: <leave this blank>
Works on my rooted Hero nordic, YMMV. You can probaby enter "mms:" in the Data field to make the new message an MMS, but I haven't tried that.
Good luck!
Hey guys,
I am currently struggling with tasker. I have made a dozen of trials myself but can't get it to work so far.
I want the following to happen.
Whenever someone texts me, tasker checks if the contact is added or not (pretty easy: Does the contact have a name or just a number starting wiht a '+' sign?)
If the contact is a number, then auto add him to my contact list and name him for example "a".
How can I do it? Either everytime someone new texts me or I want to fire up whatsapp and then let tasker go thru my whole conversation list and add people that are not added yet
***12/15/2017*** The method below has been replaced with the following improved method: Text Messaging with Google Home and AutoVoice
**Updated 5/27/2017**
After installing this profile you will be able to say "OK Google, text <name of any contact or a ph#>" followed by "message" then <the body of your message>.
Video Demo - 1
Video Demo - 2
Part 1.
1. Download and install the Tasker, AutoContacts BETA and Pushover apps. Also download the Send_Message.prf.xml (you will make use of this file in Part 3).
2. Open AutoContacts, grant all permissions and allow it to load your contacts (I recommend that you upgrade to the full, paid version or you will only have access to a limited number of contacts).
3. Open Pushover and create an account (it’s free).
Part 2.
1. Go to IFTTT.com and create the following two applets:
Applet# 1:
a. “This” – Google Assistant channel - “Say a Phrase with a Text Ingredient”
i. Under “What do you want to say?” – Enter “please text $”
ii. Under “What do you want the Assistant to say in response?” – Enter “ok, text $ , would you like to send this message”
b. “That” – Pushover channel - “Send a Pushover notification”
i. Under “Title” enter “text”
ii. Under “Device” select your device’s name. You can leave, or change, the other default entries according to your preference.
Applet# 2:
a. “This” – Google Assistant channel - “Say a simple phrase”
i. Under “What do you want to say?” – Enter “please send message”
ii. Under “What do you want the Assistant to say in response?” – Enter “ok, sending message”
b. “That” – Pushover channel - “Send a Pushover notification”
i. Under “Title” enter “text”
ii. Under "Message" enter "send"
iii. Under “Device” select your device’s name. You can leave, or change, the other default entries according to your preference.
Part 3.
1. Place the "Send_Message” xml file in your device’s Tasker/profiles folder (if these folders do not exist then create them).
2. Open Tasker and long-press “Profiles,” then select “Import” and import the xml file from Part 1.
3. Back-out of Tasker to save the profile. Done!
To send a text message, use the following command format:
1. “Ok Google, text <name of your contact> "message" <followed by the body of your text message>." GH will read back your message and ask if you want to send it.
2. Say "Ok Google, send message" to send or, restate your message to make corrections. Enjoy!
**Important**
- You must say the word "message" after you state the name of the contact to message and before you state the actual message body! The Tasker profile identifies the word "message" as the "splitter/separator" between the name of your contact or ph# and the body of your text message.
- Turn off battery optimization for Tasker, AutoContacts, and Pushover or your device may disable these apps when idle.
Other Google Home Projects:
- Ask Google Home - Who Called?
- How-To Hear Missed Call and Unread Text Message Reminder on Google Home
- How-To Make Google Home Announce Incoming Calls and Auto-Read New Text Messages
- Google Home - Quick Todoist Update and Recurring Reminder
- Google Home Spotify Alarm
- How-To Reply to Text Message with Google Home
- How-To Have Google Home Read Your Last Text Message
- How-To Initiate Phone Calls via Google Home
- How-To Create Calendar Events using Google Home
- Google Home - Announce Incoming Notifications
- Start Navigation with Google Home
thanks for posting this great tip but I have a problem
I've setup everything as per your instructions, my GH understands the voice commands I give it, but no text message is actually sent
I wonder if there is some setup of autocontacts that I need to do? I'm new to tasker so don't fully understand how it all works together
edit: I got it to work, needed to upgrade autocontacts to the beta version. thanks again for all your great GH tips
lonespeaker said:
thanks for posting this great tip but I have a problem
I've setup everything as per your instructions, my GH understands the voice commands I give it, but no text message is actually sent
I wonder if there is some setup of autocontacts that I need to do? I'm new to tasker so don't fully understand how it all works together
edit: I got it to work, needed to upgrade autocontacts to the beta version. thanks again for all your great GH tips
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My bad, I forgot to mention and link to the BETA version of AutoContacts. Glad that you figured it out. OP updated.
Thanks for the guide, I followed it and ran into the same problem as the first comment. I realized I also did not have the beta version of AutoContacts so I followed your link to download it and ran into a message on GooglePlay saying "Your account isn't currently eligible for this app's testing program" Is there anyway to get added to this or make regular AutoContacts to work with the rest of the set up?
Thanks
rayma39 said:
Thanks for the guide, I followed it and ran into the same problem as the first comment. I realized I also did not have the beta version of AutoContacts so I followed your link to download it and ran into a message on GooglePlay saying "Your account isn't currently eligible for this app's testing program" Is there anyway to get added to this or make regular AutoContacts to work with the rest of the set up?
Thanks
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I have never encountered that issue. Try going here to sign up for BETA and see if that works: https://joaoapps.com/beta-testing/
I have followed every single step and on the tasker profile keeps giving me an error on the Variable Split.
Variable split: can't split unset value to set %pushovermesssage
Do I need to be rooted to use it? I have the galaxy s8
thanks
mrniceguy1849 said:
I have followed every single step and on the tasker profile keeps giving me an error on the Variable Split.
Variable split: can't split unset value to set %pushovermesssage
Do I need to be rooted to use it? I have the galaxy s8
thanks
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You don't need root. Make certain that you are phrasing your message properly, i.e. "text <name> message <body of your message>" Open the pushover app and confirm the message is coming over correctly.
muniz_ri said:
You don't need root. Make certain that you are phrasing your message properly, i.e. "text <name> message <body of your message>" Open the pushover app and confirm the message is coming over correctly.
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I checked the pushover app and it is coming over correctly but I always get a message on my own phone from anonymous with the text % pushovermessage2.
When I run the pushover task in tasker I get an error in line 6
thanks
mrniceguy1849 said:
I checked the pushover app and it is coming over correctly but I always get a message on my own phone from anonymous with the text % pushovermessage2.
When I run the pushover task in tasker I get an error in line 6
thanks
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Can you send a test message and post a screen shot of the pushover message?
muniz_ri said:
Can you send a test message and post a screen shot of the pushover message?
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This is what I get thanks
mrniceguy1849 said:
This is what I get thanks
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That doesn't help me. I need to see the message coming over from IFTTT to pushover like this:
I'm having a similar issue. Pushover is receiving the messages but the phone is not sending the texts.
mrniceguy1849 said:
I checked the pushover app and it is coming over correctly but I always get a message on my own phone from anonymous with the text % pushovermessage2.
When I run the pushover task in tasker I get an error in line 6
thanks
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I'm having the same issue.
GrazedNutsack said:
I'm having a similar issue. Pushover is receiving the messages but the phone is not sending the texts.
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Please post a screen shot of your pushover message like the example that I posted a couple of posts above.
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Please post a screen shot of your pushover message like the example that I posted a couple of posts above.
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This forum won't allow me to post images atm. I'm having the same exact issue as 'mrniceguy1849'.
GrazedNutsack said:
This forum won't allow me to post images atm. I'm having the same exact issue as 'mrniceguy1849'.
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I suspect the issue is user error which is why I need the screenshot to confirm. mrniceguy1849 never posted the screenshot when requested.
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I suspect the issue is user error which is why I need the screenshot to confirm. mrniceguy1849 never posted the screenshot when requested.
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I guess but it's strange that we both have the same exact 'user error'. I was fiddling with it all night last night and couldn't get it to work properly. I'd post screenshots if I could.
I think the problem people are having is they're not saying "message" after they say the contact name and before the text content. If you watch the video, the formula is:
Hey Google text <contact> message <text contents>
Hey Google send message
If you never say "message" the program never knows that you stopped saying the contact name and started the message body.
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I think the problem people are having is they're not saying "message" after they say the contact name and before the text content. If you watch the video, the formula is:
Hey Google text <contact> message <text contents>
Hey Google send message
If you never say "message" the program never knows that you stopped saying the contact name and started the message body.
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Exactly!
I'm getting unknown plugin for autocontacts, is there a fix/reason for that?
Hi everybody.
I'm trying to use WhatsTasker plugin to automate my Whatsapp messages: Tasker Schedule Whatsapp message with Whatstasker Plugin - YouTube
I know this is very old plugin, but it still works fine while sending messages to individual contacts. However, I have issues with sending messages to groups. I know we need contact ID and I obtained it from mgstore.db file. Individual contacts get mesasges sent with WhatsTasker just fine. But when Im sending messages to groups, I can see in my Whatsapp that the message was sent, but other group members are never getting it. Killing Whatsapp and relaunching it changes nothing. I wonder if anybody of you succeed in making it work? Or maybe you know any other way to send automated messages directly to groups?
Ill add Id like to do it with screen locked and turned off, of course with root access.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
I've found another solution with querying Whatsapp database directly (link at the bottom), but I can't get it work...
Although the OP's task doesnt work with groups, it seems that other user successfully updated it to support groups as well. Anyway, in my case the task is always end with Error 127 when running shell action, regardless if I try to send message to an individual contact or a group. I'm not sure if I filled everything as it should be... I'm not that skillful.
Could somebody try and tell me if it's working for you? Thanks in advance
https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/gx46pm