Tasker stops working after awhile

[berky93]

I've noticed a problem with Tasker. Often (as in, more than once a day) it just stops working. Tasks simply don't occur when they are triggered, even when I press "test." A reboot fixes the problem, but I never know if its necessary until some important task doesn't run. And I shouldn't have to reboot every four hours to keep basic functions working. Is there a way to fix this?

 

[ironass]

Just a thought... but you wouldn't by any chance be switching it off with another app would you?

 

[berky93]

I checked my running processes and it is still running. And like I said even the test function doesn't work from within the app.

 

[ironass]

You could try going into Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Tasker and clearing the data to see if that helps.

Failing that, you could uninstall and then reinstall.

 

[BookLover]

Do you have a task killer installed?

 

[UncleMike]

Your best bet is probably the Tasker forum, where the developer can respond directly.

 

[berky93]

I THINK I have it working again. Or, at least, it hasn't had the problem all day. I cleared the app data (after backing up my profile of course) and set the app to run in the foreground. I DID have a system monitor/task killer that I uninstalled, but the problem persisted after that so I don't believe it was the cause. I'm not going to reinstall it anyway just in case.

 

[Rob.G]

That is most likely what it was. This is from Tasker's help screen for that option:

"When it runs in the foreground, it's unlikely to be destroyed by Android when resources on the device are low, and so likely to be more reliable."

Although, it would be nice to do away with the text in the notification bar altogether.