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Getting Started With Tasker

Getting Started With Tasker
Many of us have probably had a similar experience with the first time we used Tasker. We download the app, take our clothes off, get into bed and then realize we just aren't ready for this. So I thought I'd put together a small getting started guide for Tasker.
What is Tasker?
Tasker is an Android app that allows you to create automated tasks that are triggered based on selected circumstances... Ok that's already confusing so let me give you an example. I can program tasker to open up my shopping list every time my GPS location shows that I'm at the grocery store. I can also program my phone to to lock my texting app when I go to sleep so my girlfriend doesn't snoop through my phone. Now all I need is a girlfriend.
First be sure to download the app from the Play store.
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Scenes
Scenes are user interfaces that you can create in Tasker. Think of a scene as a box that contains various elements that you would normally find in an app interface, like buttons, text, text input, images, sliders, and so on. Normal Tasker actions can be tied to these elements, so that you can have a button that runs a task, a text field that lets you write text to a variable, or a slider that controls screen brightness.
Scenes can be all kinds of sizes, and be displayed in different ways: As a pop-up box, full screen like an app, as an overlay over another app, and so on. The size and type of scene depends on what you need the scene to do. I will quickly go through the basics of creating a scene, and then I will go through multiple examples at the end to show how everything works in practice and for different uses.
Tasks
Tasks are a set of customized actions. You can create tasks like "If the battery is below 50%, mute volume." Creating tasks is usually the part where most people give up. After all it looks like you're solving advanced algebra problems. Stick with it and mess around with it until you get the hang of it.
Profiles
Profiles are conditions that will trigger your tasks that you've created. I can create a profile that will trigger my mute volume task that I created above to only activate on the weekends. So then I know that every Saturday and Sunday my volume will mute if my battery is below 50%.
These settings will also take a bit to get used to. Don't worry, you wont hurt anything by messing around with them until it all makes sense.
This will get you started to the point where you can create your first automated task. Just start simple and then experiment with more complex tasks.

Is it possible to set a task to run between more than one time range?

I think that I know a way to accomplish what I am looking to do but it would require several profiles and several tasks. I'm new at this so I'm still working on wrapping my head around how tasker thinks and what it takes to get from point A to point B. I'm not looking for a step by step how to but more 1) to know if what I am trying to do is even possible 2) some pointers to get me pointed in the right direction if it is.
What I'm trying to accomplish, is a work profile that connects to wifi (that is the easy part) but then between the hours of say, 6 and 8, turn the volume down, turn the volume back up at break, turn the volume back down after break until 11am for lunch, turn it back up at lunch, and then back down for the remainder of the work day. What I am hoping, is that there is a way to create a task that allows me to turn the volume down if the time is between x and x or x and x or x and x.

Create two tasks. Task1 will put your phone on vibrate. Task2 will take phone off vibrate.
Create profiles for the time you want on vibrate calling for task1. On the profile you created, long-press the task and select an exit task. This will be task2.
Do this for all times you want using the same tasks.
Here is an example of how it should look...
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Thanks! That was exactly what I had done. I was just wondering if inside of the tasks themselves, you could set up time frames to do the specific tasks.. Its probably not an intelligent way to think or go about it.. I was just curious.

pulgoki said:
Thanks! That was exactly what I had done. I was just wondering if inside of the tasks themselves, you could set up time frames to do the specific tasks.. Its probably not an intelligent way to think or go about it.. I was just curious.
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Well as long as it is all set to specific lengths of time, you could use task/wait and have the task actually running all day. But I don't know what that would do to battery life...

Can't you do it by time and have conditions? For example
IF %TIME > 07.59 And %TIME < 09.00
ELSE %TIME > 08.59 And %TIME < 10.00
ELSE %TIME > 09.59 And %TIME < 11.00
End if
Also just to mention the time stated in that variable seems to be 24hr format, regardless of system settings.

Auto deleting notifications by phrases or keywords

Please advise tasker newbe about blocking/deleting unwanted notifications which contain defined phrases from any application (e.g. muting notifications about Google Play Framework missing (which is frozen)).
In other words, if any application displays its notification in the NotificationBar, and this notification has in its content any phrase from the list (defined somewhere by user before), then Tasker will remove this notification not to bother a user.
Probably it needs some variables:
- Notification ID
- Notification content
- List of phrases
In a profile there must be:
- Appearing a new notification
- In a loop, checking for every phrase if notification content holds it (grep ?),
- If it holds it then notification ID is written to variable and:
- Task is fired:
"close notification of given ID"
And how to code this into Tasker's language???

Please help in defining this, is it possible?

Look at AutoNotification. You can intercept other apps notifications and clear them.

Any possibility to code it in Linux style without third patty gui plugins? Anyway thank you!

pawwaap said:
Any possibility to code it in Linux style without third patty gui plugins? Anyway thank you!
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Tasker can detect notifications, but can only read the title, I believe. It should also be able to clear them, though, I haven't look into it.
AutoNotification is better at handling notifications, that's for sure.

Yes, but maybe some text console Android system commands can read a notification content?
And also clear it, because can't find in Tasker any action of clearing a notification.

Tasker can do anything if you have sufficient knowledge. Learn how to create an app that does what AutoNotification does then use Tasker's intents/scripts to replicate it.
But then (and I say this a lot), why would you want the overhead of Tasker's framework? The whole point of plug-ins is to extend Tasker's capabilities.

And again, Automagic does it as easy as abc:
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Please, seriously asking, how advantageous is Tasker over Automagic (excluding rubbish like ease of use, clear GUI etc)?

Different strokes for different folks

Please, seriously answer, probably there is some trade-off between ease of use and effectiveness, stability etc?

I like how Tasker reacts on "shake" trigger, there is possibility to accurate define what sort of shakes, in which axis (left-right, to&fro) etc.
Automagic fails do it in such nice way.

activate a activity when in location HELP

Hi everyone. I set up an activity that should be activated with the location via GPS and the network. however it does not work even if they are in the exact position. Could someone tell me if these functions on the position work immediately and with the screen off or is it useless that I continue to study? thank you

Yeah, it works. I use it every day.
Can you explain your profile? Maybe I can help.

aleavenger said:
Yeah, it works. I use it every day.
Can you explain your profile? Maybe I can help.
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please help me:
i have the necessity to open google assistant and then play a media of a command with my voice. this when i arrive near my door elecric automatic that opens with a scene of IHC app (broadlink). i already tested the command and it works. now i set the tasker so:
in profiles i set position (network and gps) set at 30 mt. range.
in activity i set: open app (google assistant) and play media (my registration vocal)
when i execute the activity voices all work, but if i go near the door nothing execute.....
perhaps i wrong something, please can you help me step by step?
i hope and thank you

myabc said:
please help me:
i have the necessity to open google assistant and then play a media of a command with my voice. this when i arrive near my door elecric automatic that opens with a scene of IHC app (broadlink). i already tested the command and it works. now i set the tasker so:
in profiles i set position (network and gps) set at 30 mt. range.
in activity i set: open app (google assistant) and play media (my registration vocal)
when i execute the activity voices all work, but if i go near the door nothing execute.....
perhaps i wrong something, please can you help me step by step?
i hope and thank you
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Tasker location is not precise like that, you can try a geofence with autolocation plug-in, but you can't make it precisely activate when you are near the door. And Tasker checks locations based in configuration (check in Tasker preferences, monitor: GPS check seconds and Network location check seconds).
In your situation a NFC trigger is better.
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Tasker location is not precise like that, you can try a geofence with autolocation plug-in, but you can't make it precisely activate when you are near the door. And Tasker checks locations based in configuration (check in Tasker preferences, monitor: GPS check seconds and Network location check seconds).
In your situation a NFC trigger is better.
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NFC or auto barcode for that matter

[TUTORIAL] How to bring back Google Discover App Shortcuts

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For some of the categories like Sports, Weather, Finance, etc. you would have seen a prompt like the one above on the Google Discover feed.
If you choose 'No, thanks', you may not see it again. Google app doesn't provide a way to add these to your homescreen (only Google knows why) if you change your mind later.
One way to bring back the prompt is to delete Google Play Services data, something which is often NOT a viable option. If you have paired your smartwatch with your phone, you shouldn't delete this data as it holds the pairing key for your watch. You'll have to factory reset your watch, pair it again with your phone and redo all the setup on your watch from scratch. For me who is having 300 apps and watch faces installed on the watch, with no way to backup and restore the data, this is an option that is untouchable.
HOW TO BRING THESE SHORTCUT PROMPTS AGAIN?
1. Open a Chromium based browser with Google as it's search engine.
2. Open Incognito (Private) tab.
3. Type Sports (or any category whose shortcut you want to add) and start the search.
4. It will open the Google Sports web app in the browser and the prompt to add shortcut will show up.
5. If you click on Add, you'll see this:
6. Click on Leave. This will then give the option to add the shortcut to the homescreen:
I have seen that this launcher prompt above doesn't always show up (not sure if this is because I already have this shortcut on my homescreen). In that case, close the incognito tab, open a new one, and go through the steps once again and it will show up.
Tested to work on Android 13 on multiple devices.
7. The shortcut on your homescreen will now open in Google app (not the browser that was used to create it), and this is what we want.
Hope this helps.