Do Not Disturb Feature?

[2euro]

Hey tasker gurus. I was wondering if you can help me out with my current task. It's not working properly. Currently its sending everyone to voicemail no matter what for my Do Not Disturb profile.

What I want
A "Do Not Disturb" feature similar to iPhone. Where if on, sends the caller to VM unless you are in my starred list.

My Tasker settings. I noticed 9 and 10 are reversed. I've fixed that.

Do Not Disturb end

Widget icon button

 

[D-U-R-X]

Sounds like it would be a useful feature

 

[SUroot]

Totally different approach to what I did. I simply turned the volume down, then had a task triggered by a contact calling me that turned the volume up.

Wouldn't know how to start with voicemail though.

 

[bberryhill0]

You have %CNUM in your context. That will always match the incoming number because it is the incoming number.

The Contacts action shows a list of contacts.

* This might help:
http://tasker.wikidot.com/block-calls

 

[2euro]

Still no luck...

Anyone with more tasker experience care to add a how to?

 

[bberryhill0]

How many numbers do you want to let through?

 

[2euro]

How many numbers do you want to let through?

About 4

 

[bberryhill0]

You could write a profile for each one.

 

[2euro]

So, I've decided to go this route until I find a better option for turning on/off the "Do Not Disturb" feature.

When ON if a call comes in and they are not in my favorites list it will go straight to voicemail. Call Block basically has an EndCall task. To turn on unfortunately you have to open up tasker and click on the check. otherwise its got the red circle. For some reason I cannot create a widget icon on the desktop for an on/off method if its setup as a profile.

 

[bberryhill0]

Widgets activate tasks so you could write a task that keeps the state (on or off) of the call blocker and switches it.

 

[2euro]

Widgets activate tasks so you could write a task that keeps the state (on or off) of the call blocker and switches it.

I'm scratching my head on this... what would be the option to check for state under task?

 

[bberryhill0]

A variable that the new task maintains to keep track of whether the call blocker is on or off. Then use action Tasker> Profile Status to switch your profile on or off.

 

[2euro]

Awesome!! Thanks, bberryhill0! I got it working. I'll post my profile later if anyone is interested in the same feature.

 

[2euro]

Here's the task I had created. Once you create this task you can then just create a widget to place on your main screen for the on/off switch. Also, you'll need to set up the profile on post #9 to accompany this.

The set tasker icon basically puts a lock icon on the notification bar. This is so that I know if the DnD is turned on or off.

 

[2euro]

and... to make things more easier... I've included the profile and task xmls.

Dropbox...
Task - DnD (you may have to rename to DND.tsk.xml)
Profile - Block Calls (you may have to rename to Block_Calls.prf.xml)

 

[bberryhill0]

If you use Else on line 7 you don't need the Goto on line 6 or the Stop on line 12.

 

[2euro]

If you use Else on line 7 you don't need the Goto on line 6 or the Stop on line 12.

good looking out!