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Sneak Peek - Major Requested Feature Is Coming to Tasker!
A lot of people have requested this, and I was finally able to add it:Shizuku integration is here, and you are the first ones to try it! :)You can download the version with Shizuku support: Google Play VersionDirect Purchase VersionFor now what you can do is:Use the Run Shell action with Shizuku, so you can run any command with elevated privilegesUse the Wifi, Bluetooth and Kill App actions without Tasker Settings, Root or ADB WifiUse the Wifi Tether action on Android 16 again (it was broken with the upgrade to 16)For those who don't know, ...
I'll See You in a Bit!
I'm not going to be around for a little while (probably until mid-September), so unfortunately, until then I won't be able to respond to any requests. Sorry! 😅When I get back, I'll go through all pending requests and address them all. Until then, I hope there aren't any big issues.If you bought a license through Patreon and it's not showing up here, please try clearing the website's cache or using a different browser and then check again. That usually takes care of the issue.See you soon!Cheers!
Sneak Peek - Something Big Is Coming to Tasker!
I've decided to add something to Tasker that could open a lot of new automation possibilities, and you're the first ones to know about it!Check outRemote Action Execution!Check out the video demo above to see how it works.Remote action execution gives you a new field in some actions that allows you to run that action remotelyon one of your other devices!Remote action execution is totally transparent to you! It looks and behaves just like any other action. The only difference is that it runs on another device!You can use remote actions a...
Sneak Peek: Run Tasker Tasks (with parameters) With ChatGPT!
EDIT: I've now released this for everyone. Check here: https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/14a66ez/dev_taking_chatgpt_to_the_next_level_allow_it_to/Old post text below:OpenAI have released a new feature on their ChatGPT API that allows you to define functions and then ask ChatGPT to run one of those functions with natural language!Naturally I had to use this with Tasker 😄This is kind of in an unfinished state for now (I'll make it more polished later), but for now, to get it working, you need to import the project here and enter...
Sneak Peek - Tasker Home Automation
I'm adding experimental Matter support right into Tasker! :)This means that in the future no more plugins should be needed to control your home automation devices!I'm really excited about this because for the longest time Tasker had no easy way to control your home automation devices. Now, with Matter, that should change!And since this supports Matter, it's not vendor specific, so in the future a lot of devices should be supported!You can find a new action called Matter Light in Tasker that allows you to control Matter enabled light...
AI Tasker Art
Recently I tried out stable diffusion just to see how it works and naturally I had to try some stuff with the Tasker logo. Some of these look pretty cool!! 😁Enjoy!
Sneak Peek - AutoInput Actions v2
Here's a new feature in AutoInput that hopefully you'll enjoy! :) This is a sneak peek exclusively for Patreon members and is not available anywhere else yet!AutoInput will have a new action called Actions v2 which will hopefully make it easier for you to setup and perform UI based automation.It gives you the option to do multiple UI related actions in a single Tasker action and has a much better helper to help you get setup.Check out the video above to see it in action! :)Also, if you want to give it a try yourself you can get the APK ...
Christmas Break
Hello everyone! Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm going on Christmas break and will probably be back early January :)I've detailed this in the following link: https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/zqkv1c/dev_status_update_updating_woes_and_christmas/I wish you all a super awesome time and hope you enjoy yourselves! 😁
Live Creations #62 - Different NFC Actions Depending On Orientation
First of all, very sorry for the long delay between live creations! 🙏Updating all my apps has kept me super busy and I haven't had time for much else lately.🎄Also, since I'm feeling festive, I'm making this one available for everyone instead of just the usual "Access to Live Creations" tier.🎄So today I wanted to show you how to do different actions when scanning an NFC tag depending on how the phone is oriented when scanning the tag!BTW, to actually turn lights on or off you could use this: https://www.youtube.com/w...
I'm going away for a month 🤗
Hello everyone!I just wanted to announce that I'm not going to be here for the next month so I won't be able to assign any new direct-purchase licenses or respond to any comments during this time.When I get back I'll assign all pending licenses ASAP!Thanks for your patience!See you soon! 😁👍
Sneak Peek - New Tasker Version
Here's an early peak at what's coming next week :)Here are the main new features: Added option to have a progress bar in the "Progress Dialog" action: https://youtu.be/i6_1HPQQSmc Added option to perform a task when long-clicking a Tasker quick setting tile: https://youtube.com/shorts/XlTFzOyNspI?feature=share Added "Change Device Lock Screen Password/Pin" option to the "ADB Wifi" action's helper: https://youtu.be/YU_cdosOX_k Profile names will now scroll if they are too big: https://youtube.com/shorts/uA45mo...
Sneak Peek - New Tasker Dialog Action!
I think it's time for a much needed action to make your tasks just a little bit nicer... 😅This time I added the Progress Dialog action which allows you to show a dialog while a task is running in the background.The idea is: you show the dialog with the new action you run whatever task you want in the background you hide the dialog with the same actionIn the dialog you can even add a custom animation to show instead of the default Tasker one.This one is exclusive to Patrons for now so enjoy! 😎Download here: https://drive.google.com/fil...
Sneak Peek - Tasky Update
After another week or so of going at it (after having to suffer through the all the emails that piled up because of not answering many the previous week 😛), I think I'm at a point where I can share this in a public beta.I'm not doing that today because it's Friday though, so this will be Patreon exclusive for the weekend 😁.On Monday or so, I'll probably post this to Beta on Google Play!Here's the updated APK, enjoy!
Tasker and... Mario 64? 😅
I came across this today, so I thought I'd do a little experiment 😅
Tasky - First Look
So I've spent this past week frantically coding this. 😁Hopefully this will bring a new age of Tasker where absolutely everyone can use it!Keep in mind that everything you see here is very much subject to change after user feedback. :) This is just the first version and I'm pretty sure that it will change a lot!Just for you, my dear Patrons, here's this version of Tasker that has the Tasky variant! I would be very curious to know what you think of the new experience and if you have any feedback!Download here.I can't guarantee ...
New Tasker Release Wallpaper
So, the new version of Tasker was released yesterday.For the release video I created a new 3D model that I could animate for the intro.I think that parts of it are rather photogenic. 😅So here is a closeup of a part of that model that I think makes a cool wallpaper.Let me know if you'd like more info/more shots or anything else about the 3D models I use in my videos!Enjoy!
I'm back, and I come bearing gifts!
First of all, sorry for being gone for so long! 😅 I had about 1000 emails/requests to go through after I got back from my break and today I was finally able to go through almost all of them!You may recall my last post where I showed you a preview of some new features in Tasker created with Jetpack Compose. Well, during my break I had the urge to practice building apps with Jetpack Compose a bit more (it's super fun) and since my kids are super into Pokémon these days I created a couple of apps for them!I thought that some of you (or you...
A preview of what's to come!
Hi dear Patrons. 😊 It's that time of the year again where I'm going to go away for a few weeks (plan to come back around January 11th).Before I go though, I wanted to leave you with this special version of Tasker.This version doesn't work with the App Factory yet, so if you need that please stay away.Also, this version was built in a different way (a new build process), so I'm still not sure if it works normally for all use cases. I use it on my Pixel 5 and it runs fine though :)The main thing about this new version is that (...
Potential Wallpaper?
I don't know, I just thought it looked nice! 😄👍 Thought I'd share!Enjoy!
AutoVoice Sneak Peek - Trigger Alexa Routines!
This could revolutionize Smart Home for Tasker!Suddenly any device that you can control with the Alexa app you can now also control with Tasker!That means that potentially thousands of different Smart Home products can now be controlled from Tasker! 😁 You don't even need an echo! You can simply install the Alexa app (which is free) and it should work!This uses the AutoVoice Smart Home skill for Alexa and is currently in invite-only beta.If you want to be part of the beta please follow the procedure below: let me know what email you use t...
Tasker Related Wallpaper
Just wanted to share a Tasker related wallpaper I created that I think looks kinda cool 😋What do you think?Check out how it looks on my S9+ in the example!
Sneak Peek/Live Creation - New Tasker Action!
This week I'm giving you a mix of live creations and sneak peek with the new Simple Match/Regex action!Try the new action right now with this special Patreon exclusive versionThis action allows you to use a simple matching pattern to match some text and get some info out of it!For example, if you have some text like His name is Jack and he's 20 years old, you could use a simple pattern like name is $name and he's #age years old. This would create %name and %age variables in your task that would have the values Jack and 20 respective...
Sneak Peek - New Tasker Features!
Check out this unreleased version of Tasker with 2 new exciting (at least for me 😜) features exclusively in early access for you!Download here!Parse/Format DateTimeFor the longest time people have been using the clunky Run Shell action to handle their time conversions/formattings (or maybe AutoTools which is a bit more robust). The time has come to leave all of that behind with the ultimate way to handle Date and Time conversions!You can parse multiple dates and format them to any number of formats in a single action! Check out how you can e...
Sneak Peek - Tasker Native Easy JSON Reading
The other day I had this idea that it could be fairly (if not totally) compatible to add easy JSON reading to Tasker and today I tried it out! :)In this version of Tasker, if you have a local variable with some JSON data in it you can easily read it with the dot notation!For example: %person has the value {"name":"João", "location":"Portugal"} You can read the name by accessing %person.name You can read the location by accessing %person.locationIt even works for multiple values (arrays)! Let's say you have %...
Sneak Peek - Tasker 5.11 Release Video
I'm going away for about 3 weeks starting today but before I go I wanted to leave you with a sneak peek of the release video for Tasker 5.11 😊Initially I wanted to release this version this week but then I thought it would be best to not release a major update like this and not be here to handle the potential issues that could occur so I postponed it until after the holidays 😅Hope you enjoy the video and have a great Christmas everyone!
Sneak Peek - An early preview of the future of Tasker
Here's my current idea for Tasky, a very simplified version of Tasker that anyone can use.The idea is that when a user first installs Tasker they get a choice of Tasky, or full blown Tasker.If they choose Tasky, they'll get what you see in the video. Users will be able to switch between the 2 versions at will.Of course this is all very early and will most probably change when the final version is out but I thought I could share what my ideas for it are so far.What do you think? :) Any feedback on what you see here?Thanks in advance!
I was on the All About Android podcast!
Long story short, the host of the All About Android podcast invited me to be on and so I was :)If you want you can also get an audio-only version here: https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-androidEnjoy the talk! 😊
Tasker 3D
Hi! I've been really into learning 3D modelling and animation lately (started exploring on my vacation) so I wanted to share a few of the animation examples that I did for Tasker.Personally I think my favorites are: taskerrealisticclose.mp4 (60 fps; makes for a great video wallpaper) taskercoinsdark.mp4 taskericonsparks.mp4What do you think? 😄
I'm back!
I'm back from my break! :)Sorry it's been so quiet around here lately but now I'm back. Hopefully I can get around to posting more updates now! :)In my time away I did a few things: Helped my kids release an album (also on Apple Music and YouTube Music) Learned 3D modelling in Blender and created this 3D Tasker intro :) (and also this little test). Plan on doing all kinds of small 3D animations for my videos. Started to learn how to play the guitar (wanted to do this for a long time) Thought about the future of Tasker and had a few ...
Make Google Assistant Work With YouTube Music
Since Google is phasing out Google Play Music and its excellent support for intents and Google Assistant actions, we're going to be stuck with YouTube Music,Check out how to make voice commands to open stuff on YouTube Music on your phone using Tasker, IFTTT and the YouTube API.It's not perfect, but at least it's something.Check out all the instructions and import the project here: https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8ne7oO4s%2BaDx%2FwlzjdFTfVMWstg1ay5AkpiNdrLoSXEZdFfw1IpXiyJCVLNW0yn&id=Project%3AYouTube+Music+VoiceEnjoy! 😊
