All Topics| Tasker Feature Requests

The ability to use OR in the context!

Ryan Wilson — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:41:39 +0000

Creating profiles that basicly do the same thing can take up alot of space. So I would like a way to put a OR in the context. Such as wifi connected OR Bluetooth connected do this or that.

Or maybe even something in the task such as a if statement have a OR statement. I know there kind of is but would like to have that option alone in Tasker.

Scene layouts

John Doe — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 12:20:40 +0000

Creating a scene for several device is just a pain, the activity layout should scale according the screen size of target device, it shouldn't use any absolute layout or fixed aspect ratio.

Fingerprint sensor event

Lssong99 — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 03:57:31 +0000

Add a fingerprint event so Tasker can respond to fingerprint scanner from any screen.

This will enable things like turning off screen with fingerprint sensor, as well as execute any task with a touch of finger.

Better have options to respond only to registered finger, as well as gestures (fingerprint swipt down... Etc.)

Tasker on Android TV

Andy — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:07:26 +0000

Support for Tasker on Android TV.

- Download / Update via PlayStore

- Opening without Sideload Launcher

- DPI adjustments, so the top bar with burger menu isn't cut off on some devices

- Bonus: usability with tv remote

- Bonus: ability to recognize / simulate tv specific keys like input or netflix

Speakerphone action not working on many devices

Robert L Ryan — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:36:41 +0000

Many users are reporting that the speakerphone action is broken. I know that it never worked on my Motorola Droid Turbo 2 with Nougat or my Samsung Galaxy S9 with Oreo.

OnePlus and Pixel devices are also experiencing this issue.

Support for built in VPN profiles

Sierd — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 12:18:53 +0000

Support for built in VPN profiles on Android so you van connect or disconnect with tasker

App Factory: Operation not permitted

João Dias — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:39:37 +0000

When exporting an app with App Factory the attached issue happens on some devices.

Allow renaming variables to be as convenient as renaming tasks.

Noel Yap — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:19:57 +0000

As development progresses, refactoring, especially through renaming tasks and variables, becomes important. When a task is renamed, Tasker does what it can to rename all references to that task. It would be really helpful if the same happened for variables.

improved debugging

Lynda Howell — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:58:59 +0000

I'd like to see improved debugging options. Like many people, I use Flash actions to check on progress of a complex task. But those extra Flash actions have to be manually turned off or deleted or they clutter up the screen when the task is actually running. And then they have to be recreated or turned back on when I need to tweak or troubleshoot the task.

I'd love to see another Alert type (or an option on the Flash action) that displays only in debug mode, and then an option at the task/profile level to turn debugging mode on/off for that task/profile.

Ideally, I'd like this debug Flash to include helpful information automatically, such as the task name, action number, caller, %err %errmsg if set, etc. But probably everyone would want different things included, so that might get unwieldy.

Unlock Tasker using Fingerprint

Rodrigo Souza — Thu, 10 May 2018 14:05:09 +0000

Would be great the ability to unlock Tasker using fingerprint, not just PIN (as it currently occurs).

improve file system explorer for file/dir selection or allow user to use a third party one

Macadamia Owl — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:06:43 +0000

Its hard to read and not very useful especially for low vision person. If possible find a solution for:

Icons, font are too small,
colors not well choosen,
no preview for pictures,
no sorting or searching option
no ability to choose number of rows/columns or setting view as a list.

Or allow user to choose favourite file explorer

Grouped tasks.

R. Tyson Vance — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 00:00:07 +0000

I have several groups of tasks that work together I would like to be able to select them as a group and have that group collapsible for easier management of tasks and make for a cleaner default task screen.

Additionally it might be nice to be able to turn on or off all grouped tasks rather than having to use several on and off tasks.

send emails without request

luca malatesta — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:15:30 +0000

I think it is really useful to insert a function to send emails without request (being able to configure the various smtp parameters), now I can do it with an external plugin but it would be better to have it integrated.

Element Create scene action loses its content after opening it again

SmartPhoneLover — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:42:31 +0000

I want to report a bad behavior related to the Element Create action, under Scene category.

The problem is when the user loads that action again, after being created and edited, all the text content disappears. So, even you have an Anchor action where to save the current configuration (to be edited if needed), it has to be created again.

Note: A demo is included as an attached file.

Grace period for sensible state contexts to activate/deactivate

Flavio Delgado — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 10:16:27 +0000

An option in seconds the state must remain in the same condition until it finally (de)activates.

This will make profiles more reliable and easier to use, instead of adding waits and conditions in tasks.

Net: BT/Wifi connected

Phone: Signal strenght

Sensor: Magnetic field

Support Advanced Messaging (RCS)

Glenn Wood — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:40:06 +0000

Newer Android phones have "Advanced Messaging" which isn't recognized as SMS or MMS messages so Tasker is not able to capture or react to these events. Would like to have Tasker support this new message type. Samsung Galaxy S8 and S9 phones on ATT in US support this feature. See ATT info here: https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1062086

See more info here from other Tasker users: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/tasker/rcs%7Csort:date/tasker/4IRssi2DWO4/AH3a9a-CAwAJ

New Global Variable %SCENES to List All Scenes Created (visible or not)

Tasker Pro — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 21:12:58 +0000

Right now there's variables for current Tasks running (%TRUN) as well as Profiles Active (%PACTIVE), Profiles Enabled (PENABLED), etc.

However - there's no Global Variable that contains a list of all Scenes currently 'created' - meaning they're active, whether showing or not.

So I am putting forth a request for a new Glboal Vairable %SCENES to contain the name of all active Tasker Scenes. Then using any of the names in this list a "Query Scene" action can be run to ascertain if it is visible, hidden, etc.

sliders in Tasker actions difficult to control

Malcolm — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:17:47 +0000

Could the sliders (SeekBars) used by Tasker actions be improve or made customizable in settings? I find it impossible to use the press-and-drag method -- they just don't move, and the click method is very hit-and-miss. Using the arrows is often impracticable when the value range is large since the arrows change the value by only +/-1. Also in some cases a "logarithmic" (actually "exponential") scale would be more appropriate, e.g. for setting a Beep tone frequency where getting somthing in the middle of the audio spectrum on a linear scale that goes from ~0 to 16000 is extremely awkward. Or a simpler solution might be to include a keyboard edit box by clicking on the value.

Enhanced Run Log

Anthony C — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 22:53:52 +0000

Can we expand on the run log please? Currently the run log fails to do the most important aspect which is to tell you what exactly went wrong. It shows you the task that failed, but you can't view the error. Often times running the task/profile again makes it go through without a problem. It would be great if we could tap on the errored action and view the error that task showed just like it does when it fails in the edit screen.

Furthermore if we can actually see the Plugin task name it would be very helpful as sometimes there are tasks using all sorts of different plugins in a row and trying to decipher what com.android.something.doesnt.fit.allthewa can be fairly difficult. If we could replace it with AutoTools - Secure Settings or whatever the plugin name might be that would be great.

If I'm being greedy another amazing feature would be to see what parameters the action has been run with. Say if you [Flash: %hello] where %hello = "Hello World" tapping in the Flash action in log show a pop up with relevant information like the %hello variable and what it's set to at the time.

undo button

Jacques Aucamp — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:36:53 +0000

An undo button would be really helpful to revert any changes to tasks (such as accidental reordering)