Common Problems

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    Get Location v2 suspends all other tasks

    JasMan · 3 · Last reply by João Dias

    Hey,

    I noticed an issue with the "Get Location v2" action. It seems that the action suspends all other actions/tasks when the location update is running.

    When I stop my car and the bluetooth connection to my mobile phone gets inactive, the variable %BluetoothConnection is set to "None", which triggers two pofiles to do an location update (Location Update@Out of Car) and check the audio profile settings (Check Audio Profile@Bluetooth).

    According to the Tasker log (see below) both profiles are triggered and also both tasks (Force Location Update & Set Audio Profile) are started. But when the Get Location action

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    Galaxy Tab S2 (SM-T810) Android 7.0 display time out

    helipus · 2 · Last reply by helipus

    I'm using Tasker on Galaxy Tab S2 (SM-T810) to turn on and off my display regarding my presence.

    After it Turn-Off the display the display timout is always set to 1second.

    I can't change this value with the task display time out.

    I also can't enable the lock options as described here: https://tasker.helprace.com/i514-turn-off-bug-with-android-p because I get an error that this is only available in Android P (9.0).

    My tablet uses Android 7.0 nu further updates available.

    What should I do?

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    have to raise tasker before each event or it fails

    Thomas B. Clark · 1 · Last reply by João Dias

    I am using tasker on a Chromebook to watch for a file open, then send a page_down keypress event to the foreground (target) app.  It works perfectly...one time.  All subsequent file open events generate correct log entries in tasker.  The file open event is noticed by tasker, and it correctly fires the keyboard input task; however, it does not result in a page_down action in the target app.  If I bring tasker to the foreground momentarily, then the cycle works successfully again one time.  Minimizing and restoring the target app does not work.  Focusing an unrelated app does not work. 

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    Autotools SSH key

    Recently I have been trying to try and ssh from my android to my linux machines for some basic thing that I do need to manually do everyday and I do not want to use cronjobs as my android do play a certain amount of role in those tasks.

    Autotools is using a deprecated authentication format (SSH-RSA) and that would not work on any updated linux machine unless one explicitly weakens the security of that machine (which won't be an issue on a local network but poses high risks when it comes to the ssh over internet) which is not recommended.

    I

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    Display Timeout

    EricW · 0 · Posted

    Hi,

    I think this problem (https://tasker.helprace.com/i514-turn-off-bug-with-android-p) has returned in version 5.14.6. I'm using a fairly old Galaxy S7 Edge. The task I use has been working perfectly until recently, when the Display Off action changes Display Timeout (now sets to 1 second) and the brightness level (is turns completely dim). I'm not able to check the Lock option .. that's Android 9 and above.

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    Created in JavaScript variables not appears in autocomplete list

    Yuriy Lipchey · 0 · Posted

    Variables that are declared in JavaScript script are available from actions in the task, but autocomplete list doesn't display them.

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    unknown class android.telephony.CellInfoNr

    Steve Rothkin · 4 · Last reply by João Dias

    New Pixel 6 Android 12. I started seeing the attached error in Tasker that I never saw in Android 11.

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    AutoNotification and Toast problem again

    StaffanT · 3 · Last reply by João Dias

    I haven't noticed this until today but it seems like AN no longer intercepts toasts. I reported this some 9 months ago here https://tasker.helprace.com/i1145-autonotification-not-working-on-samsung-a51-with-the-new-one-ui-3-0 and got a fix that worked but I can no longer get it to work. Maybe the October update caused this? Notifications are intercepted fine. I'm running Tasker 5.14.6 with AN 4.2.3 on Android 11 and One UI 3.1.

    Cheers!

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    Multiple error messages with new beta

    Steve Rothkin · 3 · Last reply by Steve Rothkin

    This is a follow-on to https://tasker.helprace.com/i1326-unknown-class-android-telephony-cellinfonr (I wish you hadn't closed it as solved because the beta https://drive.google.com/file/d/19w0kkEle9oinGusDHMe-1f1u6_xuuifD/view?usp=sharing simply changed the messages being displayed).

    Now I'm getting the messages shown in the attached screen shots. I don't have any ADB WiFi actions (though I do have actions to turn WiFi on/off as well as to check WiFi state).

    I've attached runlog and backup to help you figure out what this is referring to.

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    Calendar Profile interferes with alarm on lock screen

    Will · 1 · Last reply by João Dias

    If I use a profile triggered by a calendar entry, the lock screen shows a nonexistent alarm that just adds 10 minutes to the time I lock the phone.

    Android 12 on Pixel 6 Pro

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    Пересылка СМС

    Masnev Yuriy · 1 · Last reply by João Dias

    При получении сообщения с содержимым "/" пересылка не происходит.

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    "File Modified" event never triggered on OnePlus Nord 2

    Michal Podařil · 1 · Last reply by João Dias

    Hello,

    I have created profile using File Modified event. But this profile is never triggered on my OnePlus Nord 2 device. Even Tasker can see/browse that file.

    So, I have created backup and restored the same configuration on my older Xiaomi Mi 8 device. And it works...

    It seems that tasker cannot see modifications on file system on OnePlus Nord 2 device.

    Please, any idea how to fix this?

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    Problem with empty body in HTTP Request

    Azek · 1 · Last reply by João Dias

    I think I found a bug. I tried to get information about my Dropbox account: (documentation) %token, of course is set in task's settings. But I got an error: So I put brackets {} in body, and got another error: How to deal with it?

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    Alert > Popup Creates Scene Popup Conflict

    Mike Rubin · 3 · Last reply by Rich D

    Using the Alert > Popup creates a scene named "Popup".  This creates a conflict when trying to import any other project that also has a scene named "Popup".  Since scene names must be unique, no one can import my projects from Taskernet for this reason.   

      

    Perhaps create a scene with a random name that is unlikely to be in use elsewhere for Alert > Popup, or allow duplicate scene names across projects?

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    Google Calendar Entry - State in Profile

    Chris · 3 · Last reply by João Dias

    I created a profile that detects if a calendar event is active using the State>App>Calendar Entry function.  It has worked for a number of years.  This past week it stopped working.  It is not detecting when the event is active.  I tried adding a new calendar to the Google Calendar and accessing it through Tasker and it does not display.  I have also tried toggling the calendar permissions in Tasker and that has not helped.  It seems Tasker is not accessing the Google Calendar at all.

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    Task doesn't continue after Take Screenshot action

    Azek · 1 · Last reply by João Dias

    I've got Take Screenshot action, Continue Task After Error option is checked, but task stops after error.

    Task: Test Take Screenshot A1: Take Screenshot [ File: test Insert In Gallery: On Continue Task After Error:On ] A2: Variable Set [ Name: %myerr To: %err Max Rounding Digits: 3 Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ] If [ %err > 0 ] A3: Flash [ Text: %myerr Continue Task Immediately: On Dismiss On Click: On ]

    Log: 20220219 20.48.11 E Start ID0:0.0 TaskService 20220219 20.48.25 T Running ID261 Test Take Screenshot 20220219 20.48.25 A OK ID261.1 Test Take Screenshot.Take Screenshot 20220219 20.48.27

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    Auto XML backups corrupted

    Colin Hemming · 2 · Last reply by Colin Hemming

    I have just tried to read the most recent automatic backup XML, but it's not a valid XML file. Manual files created are fine, but the automatic ones have no carriage returns (not critical, but irritating) and the tags have missing spaces, making them invalid, for example: <TaskerData sr=""dvi="1"tv="5.14.6">

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    Parse/Format DateTime linked to wrong documentation

    Anthony · 1 · Last reply by João Dias

    Parse/Format DateTime help is linked to https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html for documentation on the formatting codes to use. However, using e.g., u gets an IllegalArgumentException. From the exception it appears Tasker is using Joda, so the doc link should be https://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/DateTimeFormat.html instead.

    ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/sx6nwo/help_illegal_pattern_component_u/hxqzv0j/?context=8&depth=9

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    Failure to assign non-default TTS on first "Say" command

    Fmstrat · 0 · Posted

    Using the attached task, the expected behavior would be:

    • Say "Test one" in `com.google.android.tts:eng-gbr`
    • Say "Test two" in `com.google.android.tts:eng-gbr`

    However, if you let the device sit for a while (~2 minutes) and run this task, you instead get:

    • Say "Test one" in default Android TTS
    • Say "Test two" in `com.google.android.tts:eng-gbr`

    Device: Galaxy S9+

    Android version 10

    This could be related to https://tasker.helprace.com/i234-tasker-say-voice-engine-bug, but I chose to post separately to not conflate a 3 year old report.