A new Tasker is out! Download it here! This one’s quite special…
Logcat Entry Event – creating thousands of triggers for Tasker
This is the big one. Now everything your Android device generates in its Logcat can be used as an event in Tasker!
And, believe me, there’s a LOT of stuff in the Logcat! 😁
For example when you unlock your phone with your fingerprint a log is generated with the id of the finger that unlocked it. You can use that to, for example, make your middle finger open your camera as you unlock your device!
If you have a Samsung device you can import a Tasker project for this here and it should work right away. For other devices, check out the tutorial below:
Just to give you a few examples of stuff that was done with it in the short time I tried it:
- Augment Pixel 4’s motion gestures
- Do different stuff for each finger when unlocking the device
- React to snoozing an alarm
- Do different stuff for when you unlock your device with your finger or with a pattern
- React to the Back button being held for 1 second in any app
- React to the software keyboard being shown/hidden
- Do different actions on Samsung devices depending on if the power button was double clicked or the Bixby button was pressed
The possibilities are almost almost endless! Can’t wait to see what useful logs other Tasker users out there can find!
Some AutoApps Integration
I probably should not be cannibalizing my own apps but against my better judgement Tasker 5.9 now implements AutoShortcut and AutoAlarm natively! 😊
The new Shortcut action allows you to call other app’s launcher shortcuts…
…while the Get Next Alarm action allows you to get the time of the next alarm in Android, allowing you to do stuff like gradually raising the brightness of your screen 5 minutes prior to the alarm going off. Import the project for this here.
Media Button Trigger
You can react to media buttons (such as those on most headsets) and do whatever you please with them! Import an example project here!
Faster and More Precise Location
The new Get Location v2 action gives you access to Fused Location. This means that getting your precise location now usually takes a couple of seconds instead of more than a minute! You even have some advanced options like making sure that the location has the precision you need, or that it is over a certain speed limit.
The action even gives you a bunch of very useful variables as a result such as a URL to your location on Google Maps!
Customizable Assistant
You can make Tasker react to an assistance request (usually by long pressing your home button or squeezing your phone) and then do different stuff based on the app you’re in!
And since Tasker now also has a Set Assistant action (which allows you to switch your assistant between Google, Tasker, AutoVoice etc) the assistant button (or squeeze) on your phone just became a whole lot more useful!
Enable/Disable Camera System Wide
Recent news of camera related vulnerabilities should be taken seriously. To help out with this Tasker now allows you to automate system wide camera enabling/disabling. No app will be able to spy on you with this!
Import this quick setting tile here.
App Actions With App Name
Tasker has some actions that relate to apps such as Launch App, Media Control, Network Access, etc… You can now use the app name directly on all of these instead of the package name!
This means that you can now easily launch an app or control a music app’s playback by voice, simply saying the app’s name!
Full Changelog
There’s a LOT more to check out on this release. The full changelog can be found here.
Comment On Release
You can comment and give feedback on this release here. Enjoy! 😊
