I'm having a problem with a profile that used to work well. I use a "phone ringing" event with caller set to caller group "blocked" to reject calls. However it is no longer triggering when I receive a call from a group member. I decided to re-set the event condition and chose "match against a contact group". The popup that appears is entitled "Menu Timeout" ? and has a a number of duplicate entries including "family" twice, but "blocked" only once. I know the contacts app has had a number of updates and the groups are now 'labels' but what

tasker starts with bluetooth connection and opens miracast app. after that it should click on push2tv

but it wont click on it. i have to do it manually.HTC U12+ Android 8

Hi Joao,

Thanks for the reply but I've updated to the beta app and the event is still not triggering with CG:Blocked.

The group selection popup is still titled "Menu Timeout" with duplicates in the list.

Is there anything else I need to do?

Thanks,

Mark

Hi, phone is Sony Xperia Z1 running 4.4.4, I've installed Tasker and AutoTools and successfully run adb command line to allow WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS. But I can't get Tasker to turn on GPS. Any ideas? Is it possible? Thanks. (phone is not rooted, i was hoping Auto Tools would make that unnecessary)

EDIT - ignore me I was doing it wrong! Works - what a great app!

The Alarm Clock event context does not seem to work on my Galaxy S9 with Android 8.0. I am using the stock alarm app. My Tasker version is 5.5

I have tried both named and unnamed alarms. Here is one of the test profiles I used:

No toast appears when the alarm goes off.

File events work with relative paths, e.g. to watch the Tasker dir you enter "Tasker". However if you use absolute paths, like "/sdcard/Tasker" it doesn't work.

I have a bunch of global variables for various directories, all using absolute paths, e.g. "/sdcard/Tasker", so for convenience it would be great to have these events modified to work with absolute paths. As far as I know all other places in Tasker which take paths will accept both absolute and relative paths.

Tasker is asking for validation. It suggests to back up, uninstall and purchase from play store but there is no way to back up as it jumps straight to validation screen. I have 10 hours worth of commands written (some of which I don't remember how to rewrite). How do I back them up?

In the Tasker preferences -> UI, List Item Dragging has the option When Selecting, With Menu Option. This works perfectly for me, except for one thing.

When selecting a profile, task or scene a 'trash can' icon appears in the title bar so the selection can be deleted.

However, when selecting an action in the task edit screen no 'trashcan' icon appears. The user is forced to cut the actions to Tasker's clipboard to delete them. See attached screenshots.

Tasks that are running when the TaskService is killed are resumed when the TaskService can be recreated (as they should).  In addition completed tasks that should not resume are incorrectly replayed if they were started after a task which should resume.

Example:

• Task "Long" requires a long time to finish.
• Task "Short1" and "Short2" are done quickly.
• User starts tasks in the order Short2, Long, Short1.
• Tasker finishes Short2 and Short1 but is still working on Long.
• Android terminates the TaskService
• Tasker recreates TaskService
• Tasker resumes Long and Short1 even though Short1 had already finished.

Expected behavior: Tasker resumes Long

Hi, 

I think there is a small bug in the calendar event handler. Let me explain.. 

My user story

When a calendar entry (meeting) is starting, I would like to mute my phone. But I want to exclude the meetings where the location is set to 'DSN'. These are all-day events that remind me to work on a different work location, so they are not really 'meetings'. I have a calendar event profile with location set to '!DSN' . 

The problem

The calendar event variables are set to a default value when not present in the event.

Example: I have

When I create and add an exit task in Tasker it appears in the UI as a standard starting task (green arrow pointing to the right). I  created many exit tasks before and it seems after a Tasker update Tasker has this UI bug where the exit task never shows with the red arrow pointing to the left like it used to.

Hi

in Scene Layout we can replace Pictures (Scene>>Object Picture).

In my Scene´s i replace many Material Design Icons with the same, but in a other Color.

e.g. "car.picture" in white, replace with "car.picture" in green.

The Problem:  When i would replace it live in the active scene with a button, it dont change the Object Picture, because the Filename dont change, only it´s Color.

I have imported a tasker project from my mobile phone to an Nvidia shield TV, when I execute the task I get an error message by a "Custom Setting" action:

A1: Custom Setting [ Type:System Name:screen_brightness_mode Value: Use Root:Off Read Setting To:%autobright Continue Task After Error:On ]

results in error:

21.29.47/E Custom Setting: missing 'modify system settings' permission, start proxy 21.29.47/E start proxy ProxyTransparent, wait, time limit 20s 21.29.47/E add wait type Proxy Group time 20 21.29.47/E add wait type Proxy Group done 21.29.47/E set proxy: true (startProxy) 21.29.47/E add wait task 21.29.48/E Error: 1

What I'm wondering is why

Hi,

It appears that from tasker V5.6 causes custom set live wallpaper and lock screen image to always revert back to defaults when reset or screen turned off.

I'm running Ironman Rom V1.2.0 on Note 8 NS950F Android 7.1.1. 

This issue did not occur prior to V5.6.

Thanks Gordon

Lock code protection is not functioning properly in Tasker and security is compromised:

1. Tasker is lock code protected

2. Long-pressing Tasker icon on the phone's Home screen opens a popup with options such as Settings, Run Log, Edit Task.

3. Tapping Edit Task, for example, takes the user straight to the editable Tasker task with no lock code prompts

4. Now, selecting Cancel from the task takes the user to the task list, i.e. giving an unauthorized user full access to do whatever (s)he wants with Tasker

Tasker 5.6

Android 8.0

Notifications created by using the Notify, Notify Sound or Notify Led can not be expanded and will only show the first line of text.

Can I arrange them vertically?

Hi!

Just purchased Tasker and really like the possibilities. I am using a Samsung Galaxy S9+ and want to rotate and change display brightness when launching a defined app. But no actions is executed. Also used the ADB Tool (Galaxy S9+ Developer Settings activated, USB Debugging enabled) to send the command to activate android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS like recomended in the guidelines. Still no success. Simple Tasks (like Beep, Pop-Up) work perfectly. Also activated logging - don't see any Errors there.  

What am i missing?

Regards, Martin  

I want to play a random song from a folder when I shake my phone and it usually works but sometimes it just doesn't play a song. I turned off random to see if it always happens at the same place and it happens after all the other songs have been played once.

Hello,

The "scan media" action does not seem to work on my "Note 8" with Oreo. I believe this is a bug that needs to be addressed.

Instead, I am using the following shell command with root:

am startservice --es volume "external" com.android.providers.media/.MediaScannerService

There is also an app that works for the "scan media":

https://github.com/zhuowei/scanmediaplz