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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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Validate TextEdit in Tasker

How to validate a textedit field in a tasker scene. Requirement: I have a textedit field and a submit button in a tasker scene. Once the submit button is clicked i need to validate and see if the textedit field is empty or not. What i tried:…
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Search and Parse Large XML Index from Tasker

The site: http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/index.xml; is an index of US weather stations tagged with Lat/Lon coordinates that gives current local weather observations. Of the 2257 stations in the file, each 10 line segment looks like…
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What command is sent from Android Wear when you click "Open On Phone"?

I'm trying to make a tasker profile that sends a command to my PC to open different websites when I click the "Open on Phone" option. I'm going to set it up using an AutoWear command filter and Unified Remote. I'd like it to have it set that if I…
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FireReceiver help in Android Tasker Plugin

I'm trying to get started with creating Android plugins for the Tasker app. I've started by downloading the 'toast' example and read the documentation. I'm still playing wit the example, but when I comment out the toast action and replace it with…
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Multiple hosts/per app host/dynamic hosts file, Android

I have one app in particular (Sonos Controller) that doesn't work well with custom hosts files that are large in size 9+ MB. Other apps eg. eBay app relies on some internal adnetwork lookup and therefore doesn't even load. So the question is, can…
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Using Tasker to know if I'm at work for more than a minute

I use Tasker's Wifi Near option to activate some tasks in my phone when I arrive at my workplace. My problem is that sometimes I pass by my workplace, with no intention of entering, and the tasks get activated. Is there a way to make Tasker activate…
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set PHP variable with Tasker / HTTP Get/Post Raspberry Pi

So I have this code
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Cloud function Parse.com with Tasker

Im trying to call cloud function from parse.com at Restask in Tasker I already configured custom headers, parameter, etc. But it always returns 400. And return body empty. Not sure why.
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Tasker Turn bluetooth off at time only if not connected

I've made a tasker profile which turns ON my Bluetooth at 0700 and off at 2230. It also turns Bluetooth OFF when Wifi is connected and back on when the wifi disconnects throughout this time period. What I would now like to make happen is for the…
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Is there a way to take a picture on android when flashlight is on(torch mode)

I am using tasker to take pictures automatically, I am using front camera because my back camera is broken. The thing is, I need to take pictures at night too, but front camera don't have flashlight. So I downloaded a plugin to set flashlight on for…
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Tasker Android - Repeatedly keep volume high when headphones plugged in

Android now has the annoying 'feature' of turning down my volume when AUX is plugged in, thinking I'm using headphones. I'm looking at Tasker to keep the volume raised up in Kodi. Here's what happens. 1 - Kodi Opens 2- Tasker profile on Kodi raises…
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How do I create a Tasker program that will open a browser URL only at certain time of the day?

I am anew to Tasker and the like. I have a passion for learning programming skills. Here I wanted to create a task where in the chrome browser would run at any point of time of day, however I would not be able to run any social networking websites…
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How to go through menu items and tap actions in tasker

Being an amateur user, I just stick to basic operations on tasker like creating a zooper widget and toggling settings, running ussd. But I was thinking about interacting with output of the ussd code, I don't know if it is possible but I hope someone…
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Tasker variable editing add commas

I need to edit the string value in variable. So, 00343755932 should be converted to: 0,0,3,4,3,7,5,5,9,3,2 because I must define each number as an variable array for readable one by one.
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Android Tasker only fires intent every other time

So I have been playing with Tasker for Android and have it firing intents to my Service running in the background. However my service only receives the intent every other time. I have another task on the same profile that displays a notification…
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