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Add a wait period to the flash action

The newer versions of Android have created what I would definitely call a bug with the wait action. Now if I have multiple flashes no matter if the first flash is set to long or not the second flash will immediately overwrite the first. This happens so fast I can not even see the first flash action, leading me to believe it never occurred which makes debugging very difficult. The fix for this is to add a wait action after the flash action. Which means every flash action now I will have to add a wait action after it to ensure I can see it.

I propose adding a wait feature to the existing flash action with the default set to 500ms. This seems to be enough time to be able to see the flash, then if I need it to be longer I can increase the wait time, but at least I will see the flash with the default setting of the flash action and not have to add a wait action for every flash action. 

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This is now available in the beta: https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/qwwenb/dev_tasker_5152beta_target_api_30_for_everyone/

I thought it was just me! The new behaviour is so irritating. Can we set the default wait in preferences? 500ms seems short to me.

RD

I did not make that clear in my suggestion. The way I was thinking it would have a adjustable wait period within the action (just like a "wait action" only the default setting for that wait period would be 500ms, so  you would not have to set it every time you use the action. 

Good idea, thanks!