Tasker’s main menu offers commands and options that help you use and manage how the app works. Access the main menu via the capacitive Menu key or the virtual Menu button (three dots icon) at the upper-right corner of the screen. You’ll find these on the menu:
Browse Examples — redirects you to a list of pre-made example profiles, which you can download and import to Tasker.
Data — for clearing, backing up, or restoring backed up data.
Info — contains information about the app and how to use it.
Preferences — opens the Preferences page (more about this in the next section).
Enable/Disable Tasker — enables or disables Tasker.
Search Tasker — search data or feature within the app; not available in Beginner Mode.
Exit — closes the app.
Run An Action — performs a single action (e.g. maximizing screen brightness).
Run Log — records events and procedures done through the app.
Developer Options — advanced options for devs; not available in Beginner Mode.
Related
Quick note for 4.4.2 and higher: I've upgraded to 4.4.2 and this method seems to have the reverse effect. The following tutorial applied to 4.3 and 4.4. If you have already followed this tutorial, upgraded to 4.4.2 or later, and Car Mode is not launching, disable or delete the "Kill App" action in the task.
Overview
If you are like me, you have a car dock and love to use the Car Mode on your HTC One. I'll let you know my setup below, but I believe this workaround will apply to any HTC One and car dock regardless of model. Keep in mind this is not a bug fix, rather a workaround.
My Setup
HTC One 64 GB (AT&T)
Rooted
ROM: Android Revolution HD 41.0 (at the time I wrote this)
Android 4.4 (tested on Android 4.3 as well)
HTC Car Dock
Symptoms
Docking your phone in your car dock after starting your car intermittently launches Car Mode.
Docking your phone prior to starting your car will launch Car Mode successfully every time.
When Car Mode does not successfully launch, you have to reboot your device (soft or hard reboot) to get it to work again.
What you need
Root
Tasker
Using Tasker to set up a workaround
Note: These are the steps to set up the profile and tasks. Alternatively, you can extract the attached ZIP file and import the XML file to Tasker.
In Tasker, go to the 'Tasks' tab
Click the '+' icon (New Task Name)
Enter a name for the task. I used "Car Mode Off'
In the Task Edit view, click the '+' (New App Action)
Select Action Category 'App'
Select App Action 'Kill App'
In App Selection, choose 'Car'. You will go back to the Action Edit view and the Car app/icon will be selected.
Check "Use Root" (I believe this is required since Car Mode is a system app)
Tap the back button twice to go back to the Tasks tab.
Go to the Profiles tab.
Click the '+' icon (Add Profile)
In the Context menu, select 'State'
Select State Category 'Hardware'
Select Hardware State "Docked'
In the State Edit window, select the Type 'Car'
Click the back button to display the Task Selection menu.
Select the task name from the menu that you created in Step 3.
If the new profile is not already expanded, tap the profile name (by default it will be named "Docked Car"
Long press the Task that currently shows as an Entry Task (green arrow pointing to the right) and choose 'Move to Exit'
Now that your profile is set up, press the Back or Home capacitive button on your device to save the profile.
After I did this, I had 100% success rate in launching Car Mode. I did have one issue after playing around with the profile a bit, so if you find that you have a static, non-clearable notification in your Notification Bar that says 'Speak' is running because Car Mode is active, know that it is a liar. It's not actually running. You can verify this by doing a three-finger tap on your screen and find that nothing happens. If Car Mode was indeed running, the Speak app would launch and ask for a voice command. To get rid of this notification (which is pointless anyway, IMO), do the following:
With your phone NOT in Car Mode, go to Settings > Apps > All > Speak
Uncheck 'Show Notifications'
From my readings I think this cannot be done but I will ask anyway.
I have a simple task that I occasionally run manually from within tasker itself (not from the shortcut app on my phone that runs the app) so obviously for this I start tasker manually, go to the "Task" tab, click on my task to open it and press the play button. I would like that at the end of my task, tasker goes back automatically to my "variable" tab
That simple
Any idea?
Sure you can. Assuming you have root, just add two "run script actions" with the command "input tap X Y". The X Y are the coordinates of the tap location. Turn "pointer location" on in settings -> developer options to find them. The first tap location is the arrow to exit out of the task that you're running manually. The second is the location of the variables tab.
If you're not rooted, the AutoInput plugin can also do this.
If you're running this task from a shortcut as well as manually, you might want to set a variable when entering from the shortcut so the tap actions don't run.
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
Tasker’s preferences and options reflect the flexibility of the app. To some people, this can be truly discomfiting, but to those with elevated understanding, this actually shows what Tasker and Android are all about— freedom and flexibility.
Beside many of the options on the Preferences screen, you’ll see big question marks. These can offer relief if you start to scratch your head about what an option might be for. However, some of the help tips are clouded in developer or programmer language, and an idiot like me may need some time to completely digest the info.
Tasker’s configuration options are grouped into four tabs. You can customize the app’s user interface via the UI tab. On the Monitor tab, you can set personal preferences for the app’s monitoring behavior when the display is either off or on.
On the Action tab, you can set values for camera delay, task execution priority for widgets or shortcuts, displaying warnings and/or errors, and maximum number of queued tasks. On the Misc tab, you can specify how long to keep backups, whether to allow other apps to run tasks, and debugging options.
In the next section, you’ll continue to learn more about how to create a task and assign one or several actions to a task.
Hi guys
Tried importing a profile which will recognise three repeat keys and trigger an action, but, unfortunately this isn't working.
I created two test profiles, one based on camera button press, another based on shake. Simple result is beep and pop-up, but even that isn't working.
I have heard about key guard and not sure if this may be related tasker is enabled, but on swipe down 'no profiles are enabled' even though all three are checked orange and should be switched on. Phone has been restarted and its still not working...
Any ideas?
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A profile is active only when it's context(s) are all meet. That's different than being enabled.
Assuming you're using tasker 5, the toggles switched to the right and colored indicate enabled. The profile name being colored indicates active. When active, the tasker notification will show the name of the profile as active.
Try a simple test. Create a profile that has a context of application -> select one app like calculator or something -> use the arrow top left to exit the app list. Now create a new task when prompted and add an alert -> popup action. Just put testing in the text field and save. Now back out of tasker using the device back button multiple times. Open calculator and a pop-up should appear. The tasker notification should show the profile as active.
Now, it's hard to know what is happening with the profiles you're attempting without more information. You should export and post the DESCRIPTION of the profile whenever asking for help with a profile or task.
Long press on the profile name -> 3-dot menu -> export -> export "DESCRIPTION" to clipboard (not XML). Then paste here.
Beginner mode must be off and the profile must be named. If you didn't name it, there will be a default name created from the first context. You need to actually name the profile by long pressing and tapping the "A" at the top.
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
For the third day I've been trying to work out how to use Tasker Scenes to browse my favourite apps in fullscreen - removing the status bar and navbar.
I have successfully created an activity based scene, and task which uses the Display As "Activity, No Bar, No Status, No Nav" option. I then have this set to show when i open up Chrome, Kiwi, Shopping Apps etc.
The issue I've been experiencing is when the scene is activated it disables all elements within the app, i cannot scroll, or touch anywhere on the screen. The overlay is somehow blocking all touch input despite me using an activity rather than a layer option.
The irritating thing is I've tried all the options i can think of and i know this must be easy to fix?!
As a side note, Tasker does have all permissions granted. Any ideas?