It is easier than "Run Task" because the syntax is significantly easier. However, the drawback is that if you have one task that triggers a command and another that gets triggered by it, the first one has no way of knowing if the second one finished without problem, as there's no "return variable" option and no way to logically allow it.

I propose a "Wait until command" action (or a option in the "Wait Until" action) that halts the task until a given command was broadcasted

The most time consuming for me is to interact with the device and Tasker (Typing complex shell commands and navigate between the tasks and screens.

I understand this is big, but I would want some way to connect my laptop to Tasker and use Tasker as WebApp (with mouse and hotkeys)

- 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

SecureTask is also very vulnerable to external apps because it performs no password verification when it receives the plugin fire intents, even if you enter a password in its configuration. Besides, it would be much more secure to have Tasker holding the Device Owner permission than a plugin, the only problem being that you CANNOT have ANY accounts setup on the device when provisioning Device Owner to Tasker, so Tasker's licensing checks would fail. But sometimes it can get even more complicated than that.

Here are some features of Device Owners (this is a very abbreviated list — taken from SecureTask's Play Store page):

1) Dump logs (Android 6+)

2) Block camera access

3) Wipe data

4) Read/Write secure settings (Android 6+)

5) Use fingerprint sensor (Android 6+)

6) Clear/Set pin/password

7) Read lock info

8) Wake screen

9) Read data usage stats (Android 6+)

10) Freeze apps (Android 7+ and device owner needed)

11) Kill apps (Android 7+ and device owner needed)

12) Block uninstall apps (Android 5+ and device owner needed)

13) Hide apps (Android 5+ and device owner needed)

14) Reboot (Android 7+ and device owner needed)

15) Change lock screen info (Android 7+ and device owner needed)

16) Remove and set Keyguard (Android 6+ and device owner needed)

17) Install/Uninstall apps silently (Android 6+ and device owner needed)

18) Change system language (Android 5+)

19) Enable/disable status bar (Android 6+ and device owner needed)

20) Enable/disable android backup (Android 8+ and device owner needed)

21) Send USSD phone requests (Android 8+)

22) Change apps permissions policy (Android 6+ and device owner needed)

23) Change system update policy (Android 8+ and device owner needed)

24) Change NFC status (Android 6+)

25) APN settings (Android 9+ and device owner needed)

26) Clear data and cache apps (Android 9+ and device owner needed)

27) Block mobile access for each app (Android 9+ and device owner needed)

28) Set time and timezone (Android 9+ and device owner needed)

29) Mute device (Android 5+ and device owner needed)

30) Change permissions other apps (Android 6+ and device owner needed)

31) Change private DNS settings (Android 10+ and device owner needed)

32) Get phone identifiers (Android 6+ and device owner needed)

33) Airplane mode action (Android 6+)

There are sooooo many more features available than just that though! Plus some new ones have been added to Android API since he initially wrote SecureTask.

These are Android-level APIs, NOT Play Store APIs, so they're not subject to Google's frequently changing opinions on things.

(Caveat to all of this: Device Owner breaks many vendor-specific features. In the case of Samsung, it cripples Knox, preventing Secure Folder, Cloud sync (although I found a workaround), and other features from being available at all.)

KeyguardManager  |  Android Developers

Please add support for the new KeyguardLockedStateListener class so that, in addition to the, "Display Unlocked" we may also have, "Display Locked." From a security hardening perspective, this is an essential feature.

This allows for features like putting the device into a paranoid-level of security so that -- in the case of a malicious actor -- if someone uses known-exploits (via USB) to remove a user's secured lockscreen while the device is on and logged into, Tasker can protect the user. This, combined with amazing features like an "Overlay+/Allow Outside of Boundaries" Scene, allows us to add a secondary keyguard using Tasker to which there are no known (to me, at least) exploits to remove.

Other applications seem to accomplish this same end result without requiring API level 33 (Android 13), but this is the most proper way.

Would be great if a torch status profile could be added to allow actions to be triggered based on whether the torch status is on or off.

Thanks as always

1. Allow named groups in the regex to automatically create variables and values within the Task.

2. Allow multiple replaces at one time in the Action by inputing a group name along with its replacement value.

Pairs should likely be created/input using the format of the new Task/Profile/Project variables feature, where you press a " + " button, and a new pair of fields appears.

For full detail and code examples please see this reddit post.

I know that the Implicit Grant Flow is less secure, but some APIs include additional functionality in the Implicit Grant Flow. For example, Fitbit's API requires re-authorization every 8 hours under the Authorized Grant Flow, but allows longer-lived tokens (up to one year) under the Implicit Grant Flow.

Thank you!

It would be much more convenient to send out a group message from my phone using Tasker rather than relying on my tablet.  I always travel with my phone, but I don't carry the tablet everywhere I go.  Leaving the tablet at home is more convenient at times, but if I need to make a change to a group message, I have to go home and use the tablet to set everything up, then send out the message. It's a workable system, but instead of being abandoned, it needs to be improved.

This would be so much easier when there are quite a few actions to be selected and you have to scroll the list.

However, in order to get around the limitation of the clipboard,

Tasker will pop up a transparent overlay temporarily (or switch to the built-in input method when it has been granted WRITE_SECURE_SETTING permission) to access clipboard data when the content was copied.

Can you add an option to enable or disable access to clipboard data on Android 10 in Tasker?

Because my device has been rooted, I don't need to access clipboard data with this method.

What I wish to have is a task where I can select apps manually, and let the task return those selected apps and store them in an array by package name, app name and icon. Similar to App Info task's return value but in an array.

Why?

After the release of 5.9.2 beta, we now have the new feature called ADB WIFI, where we can run some root commands, my particular use for this is the app killing adb command, 

am force-stop %app_package

with this requested feature, I can loop through all of my selected packages and stop them. This is more like a greenify BUT with adb commands, no root, non-intrusive.

A good answer to this is to have a simple checkbox item in Tasker's Preferences labelled something like "Restore Settings" Enabled By Default". And that way anyone who wants it NOT enabled by default when creating new Profiles can have it that way.

    getDateFormatted (519)
        Run Both Together
        <%par1: epoch time in ms
    %par2: date format, e.g. ww yyyyMMdd hh:mm
    returns: formatted date>
        A1: Anchor 
        A2: Java Function [ Return:dt Class Or Object:Date Function:new {Date} (long) Param:%par1 Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: ] 
        A3: Java Function [ Return:df Class Or Object:SimpleDateFormat Function:new {SimpleDateFormat} (String) Param:%par2 Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: ] 
        A4: Java Function [ Return:%res Class Or Object:df Function:format {String} (Object) Param:dt Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: ] 
        A5: Return [ Value:%res Stop:On ]