problem: GPS with waze

[pazitp]

I am new to tasker. I want my GPS to be on only when waze (navigation app) is on. I have a profile for that and it works fine. But if I get a call or leave waze for any reason, the GPS turns off and doesn't come back on again. I want the GPS to be on all the time when waze is on, even when waze is not in focus. Is it possible?

Some details: I have a Samsung galaxy note, with a German stock ICS rom. The profile is defined using secure settings+helper.

Thanks!

 

[pazitp]

I thought of a temporary solution: as an exit task, I told it to wait 5 minutes before turning the GPS off. It works, but I'm wondering if there is a smarter way of doing this.

Another question:
I have wifi switched on only when I'm close to certain cellular towers (e.g. at home). But I also have wifi on when I use waze (it helps locating faster). The problem is, sometimes these profiles conflict. If I return home using waze, I switch waze off and then wifi is switched off, the wifi doesn't switch on because I'm close to my home cellular towers. I guess it's because I came close to these cellular towers before waze was switched off and tasker doesn't re-check? Is there a way to resolve this conflict?

 

[chi_ra]

I found a solution in the tasker google groups.

If you do not have an exit task already for waze creating one will solve your issue.
First create a variable %Waze and follow the steps below for creating the exit task.

1. Run Shell command (this will read notifications to see if waze is still active)
tmp=$(dumpsys notification); case $tmp in **waze**) VAR="true" ;; *) VAR="false" ;; esac; echo $VAR
StoreResultIn -> %Waze
2. If %Waze ~ false
3. Disable GPS
4. End If

 

[SUroot]

GPS isn't using power unless it's flashing in the status bar though. Not quite sure on the reason for turning GPS off in the first place.