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    Tasker 5.7.2 - Beta through Beta 3

    Tasker 5.7.2 Beta was released. Documentation … https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/bk94yh/ … Thom
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    Tasker 5.7 Release Questions

    Some of us require Tasker and Tasker App Factory. https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/bioopz/ spells out the planned increment natal release of Tasker 5.7 followed by the release of Tasker App Factory 5.7 means that all users like me have to wait and no estimate is stated. I am a Beta...
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    Tasker Tasks of Interest

    Identify the last SMS message received and read it out loud j unless device is in Silent. LastSMS A1: If [ %SILENT ~ off ] A2: Variable Set [ Name:%date To:%SMSRD Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] A3: Variable Split [ Name:%date Splitter:- Delete Base:Off ] A4: Variable Set [...
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    Tasker 5.7.0 - Beta 3 through Beta 16

    I was waiting on Beta and preparing to go to Beta 2 and Beta 3 was released. I went with Beta 3 on Android 6.0.1 and Android 8.0.0. I have been using 4.9u4m on Android 7,0 for almost a year because of the problem with App Factory. I can now successfully run … Dev1 A1: Flash [ Text:- Dev1 -...
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    Help 5.6.5b Silent Ringtone

    In Tasker 5.6.5b under Android 8.0.0 I tried a simple Beep action on all volume streams. They all work except Ringtone which remains silent. Example … Dev6 A1: Flash [ Text:Ringer Long:Off ] A2: Beep [ Frequency:8000 Duration:1000 Amplitude:50 Stream:2 ] … Thom
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    Tasker 5.6 and App Factory 5.6 Released

    The latest upgrade to Tasker and App Factory has been released. The release notes are at … https://tasker.joaoapps.com/changes/changes5.6.html There is an interesting Turn On action added. For the first time if the screen is off and you want to display a Flash you can do a Turn On followed by...
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    Help Tasker 5.5 Time Trigger

    The following triggers at 8:15p and issues a flash It triggers under Tasker 4.9u4m It does not trigger under Tasker 5.5 Profile: Pro5 Time: 8:15PM Enter: Anon A1: Flash [ Text:TRIGGER Long:Off ] … Thom
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    Tasker 5.5 and App Factory 5.5 Released

    Tasker 5.5 was released. Major new features …. Automation For Everyone: several new features like easy importing and launch tasks when importing make importing existing projects a breeze, allowing absolutely everyone to use Tasker. Demo. TaskerNet: a place to share and import pre-made Tasker...
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    Tasker 5.2 / App Factory 5.2

    The first release of Tasker (5.2) by its new owner (joapmgcd) is now out of Berta and will be available on Play Store. A new version of App Factory (5.2) will also be available. A summary of the new capabilities is at … https://bit.ly/2KhjIGy I have been a beta tester for a while and the...
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    Help Tasker 5.1.5b Beta

    The first Tasker upgrade from the new owner is now in Beta testing ... https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tasker/386EF_qn-9g ... Thom
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    Registered Users

    I was asked a few times and did not know the answers... How many registered users are there currently at Android Forums? How many lurkers are there currently at Android Forums? Is this information posted publicly somewhere? ... Thom
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    Tasker 5.1m Issues

    Tasker 5.1m … I have a simple task demonstrating turning the screen off with a System Lock. This works correctly when run directly under Tasker. It fails when run as a Kid. Is there perhaps a permission that I need to set manually when doing the Kid creation? Dev1 A1: Popup [ Title: Text:[...
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    Minutes From Last Midnight and To Next Midnight

    I thought this was rather interesting ... Min_F_T A1: Variable Set [ Name:%times To:%TIMES Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] A2: Variable Convert [ Name:%times Function:Seconds to Date Time Store Result In: ] A3: Variable Split [ Name:%times Splitter: Delete Base:Off ] A4...
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    Help Permissions - Music Play - Play Ringtone

    There is a strange behavior of the Play Ringtone action when executed from a Kid. (The file tlaABC6.mp3 is in the Ringtones folder of Internal Memory.) The following operates correctly directly under Tasker and as a Kid. App Factory inserted the permission READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. Dev6 (1) A1...
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    Moto Insta-Share Projector

    My Moto Insta-Share Projector arrived today. I frankly would never have considered purchasing it. Since it was free I figured I would check it out. First ... it works. When you consider what it is doing there will always be a keystone effect where the top and bottom of the projected image...
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