for something that is supposed to make your life easy. i have been trying to get just one simple useful use for this so called wonder app . you should look at the guides that you have wrote as i still don't know what you are talking about and I am not a computer expert but I am doing a course in computing at the moment.To put it simply this app sucks and if anyone wants to place a step by step to a basic function of this wonder tool I would love too see it. gshock
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Anyone using Tasker?
- Thread starter myko14
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If you are having a problem creating a profile post what you want it to do in this forum. I have come across a lot of cool profiles people have posted questions about how to set up and another person has come along to explain how to create it. It has also helped me in creating my own profiles.
Tasker does make my life easier. When I first started using it, I dint know what to do as there is so much it can do.
Basically what I did was think of what I wanted to do, go to Tasker wiki or ask around, use it as a reference and make my own. From there on slowly tweak it to how I like and slowly add features.
Bottom line, u have to think what u want it to do. To list out what it can do is impossible. Is like giving u a blank canvas and then trying to list out what can be drawn on it.
Btw..... u will have to read and spend time on it ALOT
..... I know I did
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chrlswltrs
Extreme Android User
You only have 2 posts and both of them are bashing one of the best apps on Android because you don't know how to use it????? If you had asked before bashing you would have got your answer sooner.
It is simple:
New profile - "Application", choose Maps and Places (that way the profile will activate when you select either one), then select "Done"
Select New Task - Select the "+" in the bottom left corner, then select "Misc", then select "GPS", choose "On" under Set then select "Done"
-Select the "+" again, now select "Net", scroll down to "Mobile data", select "on" under set, then select "Done"
-Then select "Done" on the task list => profile created to do exactly what you want
Was that too complicated? I didn't think so. Your welcome
Trippmcnealy
Lurker
total noob here checking in.. i have read through most of this thread and have to say im blown away. Just got a thunderbolt and had know idea the possibilities.
Just givin some praise.
Just givin some praise.
chrlswltrs
Extreme Android User
total noob here checking in.. i have read through most of this thread and have to say im blown away. Just got a thunderbolt and had know idea the possibilities.
Just givin some praise.
Welcome to the forum, and just ask if you need any help!
gcobb
Android Enthusiast
Trial and error is a good thing to try when you don't know how to do something. I didn't know any more than this gshock guy when I installed Tasker. But I looked at examples and followed them enough to know how to do what I wanted.
There is no instructor available, only examples and help in the forums.
There is no instructor available, only examples and help in the forums.
They make the perfect phone for people like you.....it's available on AT&T and just recently Verizon.
Tyseyh
Android Expert
Does anybody know how i can make a on/off widget of a pre defined task i have set up?
I have a task that goes like this.
time based 12am till 7am.
The last person to text me will automatically get a message back saying
"im currently sleeping and i will get back to you when i awake from my slumber"
Though id like to set this as a widget instead of time based, so, for example, i can change what it says to a general unavailable message and turn in on when, for example, im at work.
is this doable? Im getting the hang of tasker but there is still much i dont know about it.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I have a task that goes like this.
time based 12am till 7am.
The last person to text me will automatically get a message back saying
"im currently sleeping and i will get back to you when i awake from my slumber"
Though id like to set this as a widget instead of time based, so, for example, i can change what it says to a general unavailable message and turn in on when, for example, im at work.
is this doable? Im getting the hang of tasker but there is still much i dont know about it.
Any help would be much appreciated.
CriticalCritic
Android Expert
Hey everyone. I've been having some trouble with my profiles recently and wanted to post an observation that I made (that would have helped me immensely if I had known).
If a profile has an exit task that has a higher priority rank than a profile activated later, any conflicting exit contexts from that earlier profile will override the newer contexts, and the new context will never go into effect.
It was my belief that, upon exit, the settings would be changed according to the exit contexts, and would stay that was UNTIL any other profile was activated. But now I realize that the exit contexts stay active, period, until a profile with a higher priority rank AND conflicting contexts is activated.
Example: I had my 'Home' profile set to a very high priority, and the exit task set to timeout=30secs. Then I had my 'Car' profile set to a lower priority, and timeout=never. So when I would get in my car, and the car profile would activate, the phone would dim after 15secs (because screen timeouts always dim 15secs before the screen goes off), though it would never actually turn off because of the 'never' context.
Anyways, hope that makes sense and is helpful to someone.
If a profile has an exit task that has a higher priority rank than a profile activated later, any conflicting exit contexts from that earlier profile will override the newer contexts, and the new context will never go into effect.
It was my belief that, upon exit, the settings would be changed according to the exit contexts, and would stay that was UNTIL any other profile was activated. But now I realize that the exit contexts stay active, period, until a profile with a higher priority rank AND conflicting contexts is activated.
Example: I had my 'Home' profile set to a very high priority, and the exit task set to timeout=30secs. Then I had my 'Car' profile set to a lower priority, and timeout=never. So when I would get in my car, and the car profile would activate, the phone would dim after 15secs (because screen timeouts always dim 15secs before the screen goes off), though it would never actually turn off because of the 'never' context.
Anyways, hope that makes sense and is helpful to someone.
staffsmatt
Well-Known Member
Hi Tyseyh, you could have the widget launch a task which has a Variable query in it (say %SETREPLY)
Then your responce task could use %SETREPLY as the body of the text.
This would mean you have to re-type the responce everytime though....
There may be some way around this by pointing the body of the text to 1 of 2 local files (that you could create on your phone) depending on what you set %SETREPLY to. So for instance if %SETREPLY is 1 then use the contents of /sdcard/message1 if %SETREPLY is 2 use the contents of /sdcard/message2.
Not entirely sure how well that would work though...
http://androidforums.com/members/tyseyh.html
Then your responce task could use %SETREPLY as the body of the text.
This would mean you have to re-type the responce everytime though....
There may be some way around this by pointing the body of the text to 1 of 2 local files (that you could create on your phone) depending on what you set %SETREPLY to. So for instance if %SETREPLY is 1 then use the contents of /sdcard/message1 if %SETREPLY is 2 use the contents of /sdcard/message2.
Not entirely sure how well that would work though...
http://androidforums.com/members/tyseyh.html
Hi all,
I've been using tasker now for a while and I'd like to create a task that notifies me 10 minutes after I've rang a certain number! Would be useful for when I call a takeaway! I've been looking around and I can't find a context along the lines of:
"After I've rang this number"
I think I'd then put a 10 minute wait in here then an alert with the title "Go get your food" or something similair.
Any ideas?
Thanks
I've been using tasker now for a while and I'd like to create a task that notifies me 10 minutes after I've rang a certain number! Would be useful for when I call a takeaway! I've been looking around and I can't find a context along the lines of:
"After I've rang this number"
I think I'd then put a 10 minute wait in here then an alert with the title "Go get your food" or something similair.
Any ideas?
Thanks
staffsmatt
Well-Known Member
You could set up a shortcut on your homescreen which points to a task.
The task could be:
+ Phone > Call > "Take away Number"
+Tasker > Wait 10 minutes
+Alert > popup task names Text - Go Get Food (use task names so that it doesn't time out and go off the screen on it's own)
+ Alert (any other alert that you want.
If you want it to time from when you hang up you would probably need to set a variable when you call that number (say %TAKEAWAYCALL being set to 1).
Then have another profile with 2 contexts of call ended and %TAKEAWAYCALL matches 1. Have the task for the 10 minute wait start on this profile (same as above but without the Phone bit). edit:- just remember to clear the variable after the alert goes off (otherwise you'll get it 10 minutes after every call you make after the one to the takeaway!)
I'd probably go with the first one (and maybe extend the wait a little bit to cover conversation time) but you could do it either way...
The task could be:
+ Phone > Call > "Take away Number"
+Tasker > Wait 10 minutes
+Alert > popup task names Text - Go Get Food (use task names so that it doesn't time out and go off the screen on it's own)
+ Alert (any other alert that you want.
If you want it to time from when you hang up you would probably need to set a variable when you call that number (say %TAKEAWAYCALL being set to 1).
Then have another profile with 2 contexts of call ended and %TAKEAWAYCALL matches 1. Have the task for the 10 minute wait start on this profile (same as above but without the Phone bit). edit:- just remember to clear the variable after the alert goes off (otherwise you'll get it 10 minutes after every call you make after the one to the takeaway!)
I'd probably go with the first one (and maybe extend the wait a little bit to cover conversation time) but you could do it either way...
Tyseyh
Android Expert
i wish there was an easier way, maybe i found something tasker cant do?! :O Shock horror!
that is genius, i was trying to work this out for him/her but i had no idea what to do.
Profile name: Away message
Context: Event: Phone: Receive text
Context: Event: Variable: Variable set %AWAYM value:1
Action: Phone: Send SMS
Number: %SMSRF
Message: I'm at work right now, I'll get back to you ASAP
Store in messaging app: if you want check
Task name: Away
Action: Variable: Variable set %AWAYM to 1
Task name: Away off
Action: Variable: Variable clear %AWAYM
Task name: Away message
Action: Tasker: Preform task Away
Action: Tasker: Preform task Away off
The last task will be the one the widget preforms and you will need to change it to a menu task so you press the widget and can choose either away or away off. Use some sort of icon on the last 3 tasks.
CriticalCritic
Android Expert
I'm trying to make a way to get tasker to either:
1- Disable handcent popups when in a certain profile, or
2- Dismiss handcent popups after a period of time when in a certain profile.
The closest that i have come so far is having tasker monitor for a handcent popup notification, then after 8secs reload the last app that was used. It's a workaround, but it only works for that first popup. It doesn't work properly for any subsequent popups.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Edit:
Also, I'm trying to get my car locator to work with Open Map > Point. It will show an areal view of the general area of where my car was parked, but it never actually has a point showing. Any ideas?
1- Disable handcent popups when in a certain profile, or
2- Dismiss handcent popups after a period of time when in a certain profile.
The closest that i have come so far is having tasker monitor for a handcent popup notification, then after 8secs reload the last app that was used. It's a workaround, but it only works for that first popup. It doesn't work properly for any subsequent popups.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Edit:
Also, I'm trying to get my car locator to work with Open Map > Point. It will show an areal view of the general area of where my car was parked, but it never actually has a point showing. Any ideas?
I don't use handcent so I am not sure if it is possible. Handcent is not an official 3rd party app with tasker so I'm not sure if tasker could actually change settings within handcent. Can you post the profile you have working as a work around for the popup with handcent that only works for 1 message?
The GPS on your phone is not exact, so I don't think it will be able to say your phone is in this spot right here.
CriticalCritic
Android Expert
Workaround:
Context: Event: Notification: Owner Application = Handcent SMS
Context: State: Bluetooth Connected
Action: Tasker: Wait = 8 seconds
Action: App: Load Last App
(I think that what I need is a script to clear specific notifications from the notification bar)
It should be able to tell my exact location. When I open up maps it will show the location arrow with accuracy <6m. When when I tell Tasker to get location, it's not as accurate. I have increased the timeout for the GPS location by 50%. Hopefully that will help.
Yeah I think you need a script to run with the "Run Script" action that will clear the notification bar, however I do not know how to go about writing it. You could try kill app: handcent, but I don't know if it would still allow handcent to work as your sms app, if not you could kill handcent, load last app, load handcent, load last app. I think that would cause some serious lag when the profile is loading and seems to be overkill to clear the notification bar.
Tyseyh
Android Expert
Thank you very much, i will give this ago when im meant to be working tomorrow... i mean..after i finish work
I had tasker set up with SayMyName (now known as Announcify) to say the name of the caller, but I upgraded to the Thunderbolt and now can't remember how to set this profile up. I have searched Google, this thread and the Google Tasker group and can not find a post that shows how to set this up. Would appreciate any help that you could give.
fourringcircus
Lurker
Could somebody please walk me through setting this up? My emergency/priority call list works fine, but max volume right away is a bit much in my work setting. Thanks.
Hi. I just read about a app for android called unlock with wifi that allows you to turn off your phones lock screen when at home. Does anyone know if this is possible with tasker? I allready have profiles set up for certain actions when im at home so im just looking on how to add in this function. Thanks.
chrlswltrs
Extreme Android User
I always have the built in lock screen turned off because I use WidgetLocker. I use tasker do disable WidgetLocker so that I have no lock screen in certain situations.