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Add "assist app" capability

Under Android "Settings > Apps & notifications > Default apps > Assist app" you can choose which "assist app" to run when long pressing on the home button. The default is to run Google Assistant. I currently use Home Button Launcher as a custom "assist app" to run a Tasker task (I use this to lock the screen), but it would be nice to have Tasker provide an "assist app" client configurable to execute a task directly. This would make "Home Button Launcher" unnecessary.

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It's already available :) You just need to use an Assistance Request event in Tasker and then it'll show up as an assist app in Android settings.

Hope this helps!

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Wow, I had not found it! I would suggest to always show the Tasker assist app in Android settings, to make this feature more visible to the user.

Thanks for your hint!!

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