Automate This Commitment Contract?

[4U2]

Hi, I’m trying to find an app or set of apps working together that will charge me a fine for not being at certain places at certain times (It’d use GPS). It’s for something other than working out. I want something that doesn’t rely on me using someone else.

I want to set it for specific days with different times.

For example, I’d want to be at “A” at 8pm Tuesday through Thursday, be at place “B” at 5am Monday through Friday and be at place “B” at 7am Saturday and Sunday.

Do you know of anything like this?

Thank you in advance for any help.

 

[Thom]

Yes you can do that with Tasker. Hopefully it isn't your first Tasker project ... it is rather complex.

How long would you be at A and B?

I would schedule them in the calendar and when the day/time came up trigger a reading from GPS and then process the result.

Downside is that GPS eats battery. I am not root-ed and Tasker no longer permits toggling GPS on/off without user interaction or being root-ed.

... Thom

 

[4U2]

Thom,

Thank you, how would the fine come into play? I've never used Tasker before. How would I start? Is there a set of instructions I could use? Sorry for all the questions.

I've really been wanting to do this.

I'd be at B for about 1.5 hours and A for about 3 hours but I need to be able to change these settings in the future.

 

[Thom]

Tasker is great and in my opinion saved Android. The down side is that Tasker has a VERY long learning curve.

The kind of project you are talking about is the sort of thing you would attack in Tasker in your second year.

I suggest that you do something in Tasker to see what it is all about.

Create a task that when you run it it makes a Beep.

When that is working, create a profile that when a specific date/time is reached it will trigger the task that makes the beep.

When that works add an exit task to the profile that when a specific end time is reached it triggers the task that makes the sound twice.

That will give you an introduction to Tasker.

You can Google "Tasker" and get all kinds of information and examples.

It the preceding exceeds your interest ... take a look at Macro Droid instead of Tasker.

... Thom