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Tasker is an application for Android which performs tasks (sets of actions) based on contexts (application, time, date, location, event, gesture) in user-defined profiles or in clickable or timer home screen widgets.

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Tasker is an application for Android which performs tasks (sets of actions) based on contexts (application, time, date, location, event, gesture) in user-defined profiles or in clickable or timer home screen widgets.

This simple concept profoundly extends your control of your Android device and it's capabilities, without the need for 'root' or a special home screen.

Tasker came 3rd in the Productivity category in the Android Developer Challenge 2.

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Android Bluetooth Audio Routing/Audio manage Tasker

I have two audio devices paired. I can use Samsung Quick Connect to select which speaker to play to. It doesn't unpair or repair. It does it instantly. How can I use tasker to do this? Or implement a Java Function in tasker to do this? AudioManager…
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How do I set Tasker to start a countdown timer for an alarm when I scan an nfc tag?

How do I set Tasker to start a countdown timer for an alarm when I scan an nfc tag? I hear people talking about doing this, but not sure how to go about setting it up. I can write and scan nfc tags with Locale NFC Plugin, it's the task that sets a…
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Use Tasker to disable WiFi if not connected

I want to use Tasker to turn WiFi OFF IF it is not connected to my home network. How can I do that with a variable? Thanks.
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HTTP GET: Get Google Calendar Event List via Google Calendar API v3 - invalid key error

I was using an HTTP GET action on Tasker on Android 4.4 for quite some time now in order to get my future google calendar events. This task no longer works due to Google shutting down the v2 API. For the API v3 an authentification is needed. I tried…
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Chat NOT scrolling with the messagesr?

I created a GPT chat using the 'Webview element in Tasker, through a chat.html file. My Tasker GPT projekt here. The problem I have, is that the chat scroll is not scrolling with the messages. I have to manually scroll through messages that are now…
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Force android Gmail sync in background

The Gmail app on my phone is not syncing email anymore unless it is opened in foreground. (This is a known issue on several OnePlus devices after the Android 11 upgrade). Is there any activity or intent that can be used to force the sync in the…
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Can I add Tasker integration to my Cordova app?

Is there a way for me to add Tasker integration to a Cordova App? I want Tasker to be able to open the app and trigger a JS function, and I want the app to trigger a Tasker profile.
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How to repeat a task every 25hours in tasker

I want to create a profile in tasker which repeats a task every 25 hours. I am unable to do it please help me if you can. I tried to create a time profile but it doesn't allow me to repeat every 25 hours.
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Tasker and AutoInput fails to click HTML button by ID field

TL;DR AutoInput does not click HTML buttons with an ID, even though EasySetup sees the ID and suggests it. Background I am making a HTML based board game timer, and I want to hook up a cheap bluetooth remote control to allow ending the current turn,…
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Google Sheet wrong date and time format for Timeline Graph

I import Tasker data source into a Google Sheet, but Timeline Graph does not work. The format of the Date and Time is not understood. The format of my data source is dd-MM-YYYY HH.mm For example: 16-10-2020 00.40 But Google Sheet understands only…
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Moving files sorted by Date from internal storage to SD

I would like to ask you some help to build the right Job to do the following steps: Starting everyday at 4:45 AM, get files from pathX and move it to pathY with these rules: files modified date must be 1 week older from now files size must be at…
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Volume up key to answer Whatsapp voice call

what i'm trying to do is answering a whatsapp voice call with volume keys (usb handset phone) using Tasker (or anything else) on my Raspberry Pi running Android pie, i have followed the following step and the swape is working properly, but when the…
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Android `service` command - how to use compound types as arguments?

I'm trying to automate replies to a group MMS with Tasker. So far, I've been able to write a couple shell scripts with Termux that can poke into the SQLite database where received messages are stored, and get the content of those messages and the…
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How to make tasker wait for a variable to change?

I have a wireless button. When pressed, it sends a signal to tasker (variable %Tap1_Action) I want to start a code when I press the button. How do I do this? I tried Variable set - Name: %Tap1_Action To: startCode then Wait: 5 seconds (waiting…
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How to have newline between variables?

In a text field in tasker, I want to put two variables with a newline between them: %var1\n%var2 But this doesn't work. How can I do this properly?
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