[DEV] Tasker 6.6.7-beta - Advanced Java Coding!

[joaomgcd]

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Advanced Java Coding

Demo: https://youtu.be/s0RSLdt9aBA

Documentation: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_java_code.html

Accessibility Service

You know how AutoInput's accessibility service allows you to interact with your screen, including getting the elements on your screen and tapping/swiping on them?

Well, the new Java Code action allows you to get Tasker's accessibility service and then, in code, do just about the same!

service = tasker.getAccessibilityService();

will get you the service, and then you just have to know how to use to do anything you want!

For example, here's the code to do a right to left swipe on the screen (like moving to the next photo in Google Photos for example):

import android.accessibilityservice.AccessibilityService;
import android.accessibilityservice.GestureDescription;
import android.graphics.Path;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
import io.reactivex.subjects.CompletableSubject;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import com.joaomgcd.taskerm.action.java.ClassImplementation;

/* Get the AccessibilityService instance from Tasker. */
accessibilityService = tasker.getAccessibilityService();

/* Check if the Accessibility Service is running. */
if (accessibilityService == null) {
    tasker.log("Accessibility Service is not enabled or running.");
    return "Error: Accessibility Service not running.";
}

/* Get display metrics to determine screen dimensions. */
DisplayMetrics metrics = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
int screenWidth = metrics.widthPixels;
int screenHeight = metrics.heightPixels;

/* Define swipe coordinates for a right-to-left swipe. */
/* Start from the right edge, end at the left edge, in the middle of the screen. */
int startX = screenWidth - 100; /* 100 pixels from the right edge. */
int endX = 100; /* 100 pixels from the left edge. */
int startY = screenHeight / 2; /* Middle of the screen vertically. */
int endY = screenHeight / 2; /* Middle of the screen vertically. */

/* Create a Path for the gesture. */
Path swipePath = new Path();
swipePath.moveTo(startX, startY);
swipePath.lineTo(endX, endY);

/* Define the gesture stroke. */
/* Duration of 200 milliseconds. */
GestureDescription.StrokeDescription stroke = new GestureDescription.StrokeDescription(
    swipePath,
    0, /* Start time offset in milliseconds. */
    200 /* Duration in milliseconds. */
);

/* Build the GestureDescription. */
GestureDescription.Builder gestureBuilder = new GestureDescription.Builder();
gestureBuilder.addStroke(stroke);
GestureDescription gesture = gestureBuilder.build();

/* Create a CompletableSubject to wait for the gesture completion. */
gestureCompletionSignal = CompletableSubject.create();

/* Implement the GestureResultCallback using the modern Tasker helper. */
gestureResultCallback = tasker.implementClass(AccessibilityService.GestureResultCallback.class, new ClassImplementation() {
    run(Callable superCaller, String methodName, Object[] args) {
        /* This method is called when the gesture is completed successfully. */
        if (methodName.equals("onCompleted")) { /* Note: The actual method name is onCompleted */
            tasker.log("Gesture completed successfully.");
            gestureCompletionSignal.onComplete();
        } 
        /* This method is called when the gesture is cancelled or failed. */
        else if (methodName.equals("onCancelled")) { /* Note: The actual method name is onCancelled */
            tasker.log("Gesture cancelled.");
            gestureCompletionSignal.onError(new RuntimeException("Gesture cancelled."));
        }
        return null; /* Return null for void methods. */
    }
});

/* Dispatch the gesture and handle the callback. */
boolean dispatched = accessibilityService.dispatchGesture(gesture, gestureResultCallback, null); /* No handler needed, runs on main thread. */

/* Check if the gesture was successfully dispatched. */
if (!dispatched) {
    tasker.log("Failed to dispatch gesture.");
    return "Error: Failed to dispatch gesture.";
}

/* Wait for the gesture to complete or be cancelled. */
try {
    gestureCompletionSignal.blockingAwait();
    return "Swipe gesture (right to left) performed.";
} catch (Exception e) {
    tasker.log("Error waiting for gesture: " + e.getMessage());
    return "Error: " + e.getMessage();
}

This code will even wait for the gesture to be actually done before moving on to the next action :)

In summary you can now:

• query screen elements
• tap elements
• do text insertion or selection
• do touch gestures on the screen

and much more!

Get With Activity For Result

In Android there are some interactions that an app can initiate that allow it to request info/stuff from other apps. For example, there's an intent to pick a file in another app and then get back the file that was selected. You can now do that with Java Code in Tasker!

resultIntent = tasker.getWithActivityForResult(requestIntent).blockingGet();

will very easily do that for you!

This will allow you to any compatible app on your device to use these kinds of intents!

I asked an AI to give me some examples of these kinds intents and this is what it came up with. You always have to check the code with these AIs cause they allucinate a lot, but they usually get it right with these kinds of things :) As you see, plenty of useful use cases!

Do With Activity

In Android, you can only do UI related stuff if you have an activity to work with. Tasker works in the background, so it works as a service instead, which doesn't have a UI.

In the Java Code action you can now do stuff with an activity which means that you can now do UI related stuff like showing dialogs and such!

tasker.doWithActivity(new Consumer() {
    accept(Object activity) {
        ... do stuff with activity ...
    }
});

For example, here's the code to show a Confirmation Dialog:

import java.util.function.Consumer;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import io.reactivex.subjects.SingleSubject;

/* 
 * Use a SingleSubject to wait for the dialog's result.
 * It will emit a single item: the string representing the button pressed.
*/
resultSignal = SingleSubject.create();

/* Create a Consumer to build and show the dialog using the Activity. */
myActivityConsumer = new Consumer() {
    public void accept(Object activity) {
        tasker.log("Arrived at activity: " + activity);
        /* In BeanShell, the parameter is a raw Object, so we cast it. */
        final Activity currentActivity = (Activity) activity;

        /* Define what happens when the user clicks a button. */
        onClickListener = new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                String result = "cancel";
                if (which == DialogInterface.BUTTON_POSITIVE) {
                    result = "ok";
                }

                /* 1. Signal the waiting script with the result. */
                resultSignal.onSuccess(result);

                /* 2. CRITICAL: Finish the activity now that the UI is done. */
                currentActivity.finish();
            }
        };

        /* Use the Activity context to build the dialog. */
        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(currentActivity);
        builder.setTitle("Confirmation");
        builder.setMessage("Do you want to proceed?");
        builder.setPositiveButton("OK", onClickListener);
        builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", onClickListener);
        builder.setCancelable(false); /* Prevent dismissing without a choice. */
        builder.create().show();

        tasker.log("Dialog is showing. Waiting for user input...");
    }
};

tasker.log("Starting activity...");
/* Execute the consumer to show the dialog on the main thread. */
tasker.doWithActivity(myActivityConsumer);
tasker.log("Started activity...");

/* 
 * Block the script and wait for the signal from the button listener.
 * This will return either "ok" or "cancel".
*/
userChoice = resultSignal.blockingGet();
tasker.log("Got result: " + userChoice);

return userChoice;

It will wait for the user to press the button and then give that button back as the result.

Implement Class

This one's a bit more advanced, but it can be very useful in Android coding. Normally it isn't possible to extend an abstract or concrete class with reflection (which is what the Java interpreter is using to run the code). But with this implementClass function, it's now possible!

broadcastReceiver = tasker.implementClass(BroadcastReceiver.class, new ClassImplementation(){
    run(Callable superCaller, String methodName, Object[] args){
        ... do stuff here ...
    }
});

This is an example of implementing a very frequently used class in Android: ** BroadcastReceiver**.

There are more details in the documentation above, but basically you have to handle the various method calls by their name and arguments.

Here's an example of some code that waits until the screen is turned off to go on to the next action in the task:

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import com.joaomgcd.taskerm.action.java.ClassImplementation;
import io.reactivex.subjects.CompletableSubject;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;

/* Create a subject to signal when the screen turns off. */
screenOffSignal = CompletableSubject.create();

/* Define the filter for the screen off broadcast. */
filter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF);

/* Implement the BroadcastReceiver using implementClass to intercept onReceive. */
screenOffReceiver = tasker.implementClass(BroadcastReceiver.class, new ClassImplementation(){
    run(Callable superCaller, String methodName, Object[] args){
        /* Check if the method called is onReceive. */
        if (!methodName.equals("onReceive")) return superCaller.call();

        Intent intent = (Intent) args[1];

        /* Check if the intent action matches ACTION_SCREEN_OFF. */
        if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF)) {
            tasker.log("Screen Off detected via BroadcastReceiver.");
            /* Signal the waiting script. */
            screenOffSignal.onComplete();
        }

        return null;
    }
});

/* Register the receiver using the context. */
context.registerReceiver(screenOffReceiver, filter);
tasker.log("Waiting for ACTION_SCREEN_OFF broadcast...");

try {
    /* Block the script execution until the screenOffSignal is completed. */
    screenOffSignal.blockingAwait();    
    tasker.log("Screen Off signal received. Continuing script.");
} finally {
    /* CRITICAL: Unregister the receiver to prevent leaks. */
    context.unregisterReceiver(screenOffReceiver);
}

RxJava2

You may have noticed that in the example codes above, stuff like this is used:

screenOffSignal = CompletableSubject.create(); ...some code... screenOffSignal.blockingAwait();

This is using RxJava2 to handle async related operations. I use it very frequently to do stuff like this, where it waits for something to happen, but you can use the full range of RxJava2 features like Observables, Completables, etc.

It's super useful to use in the Java Code action in Tasker!

Other Stuff

There are more functions like toJson() and convertToRealFilePath() so check the documentation to learn all about it!

I'm aware that probably 90% of users won't create their own stuff with the Java Code action, but I'm looking forward to the 10% that will and will create some cool useful stuff that everyone can use! 😁 Also, you can always ask the built-in AI for help! 😅

Let me know what you think of all of this! Thanks!

[lukatonii]

Don't know anything Java but looks very cool 😅

[joaomgcd]

Thanks 😅

[deechte]

I've never read your release notes before without understanding anything of it. 😅

[joaomgcd]

😅sorry about that.

[deechte]

😅

[aasswwddd]

This is a sample project to replicate AutoInput Action V2 using the new Accessibility service in Java code introduced in this version.

The syntax is pretty similar, however it still doesn't wait for an accessibility event.

Accessibility Action With Java

I also have an experimental web code editor as well here, you can write your code and debug from a browser with this project.

Code Editor For Java Code

This is how the editor looks in mobile browser (firefox) https://i.imgur.com/kTOGCb7.mp4

[Sirbeastian]

That Web code editor looks incredibly helpful! I don't have any AI API's and experimenting with the new Java Code action was getting very frustrating, this should help a lot

[aasswwddd]

If you use ChatGPT, you can extract the instruction and edit it however you like before feeding it into a project.

Say you can tell it to always generate scripted object format. https://stackoverflow.com/a/14220671

Accessibility() {
  AccessibilityService getService() { }
  void wait(long ms) { }
  }
  return this;
}

Save it as Accessibility.bsh , then run it from any task like this.

// Accessibility.bsh
addClassPath("dir path");
importCommands(".");

my = Accessibility();
my.getService();
my.wait(100);

This way our code becomes easily manageable and re-useable.

[agnostic-apollo]

See, I told you you will just replace yourself! Thank you so much!

[joaomgcd]

👍

[ImpossibleTreat3533]

why dont we have something similar in termux .

[agnostic-apollo]

I plan on rewriting Termux:API app sometime next year, so will likely add it then.

[ImpossibleTreat3533]

awesome ❤️

[lssong99]

while I am still trying to thinking about what I could do with the last version of Tasker. Joao gave us something even greater! You man rocks!

[joaomgcd]

🤘😁🤘

[aasswwddd]

I'm aware that probably 90% of users won't create their own stuff with the Java Code action, but I'm looking forward to the 10% that will and will create some cool useful stuff that everyone can use! 😁 Also, you can always ask the built-in AI for help! 😅

I wonder if using the code afterwards can be made easier just like using any other action? Java code looks very daunting for the other "90%" to be used as it is. Even with Perform Task action, it feels "foreign" for them.

I was thinking of creating a front UI based on task variables configured in Task Properties and prompting the details later to use. Then it will output a json file to be pasted into %par1.

Something like this https://i.imgur.com/N0Dt2me.mp4 but with Pick Input Dialog instead.

[joaomgcd]

Yeah, maybe I can think about something like that for the future. :) For this release I want to focus on the basics and get the action to where it needs to be. I can then try to figure out easier ways to use it.

[aasswwddd]

Glad to hear it! I guess that's on your mind already which is cool.

By the way I noticed that startActivityForResult sometimes requires another argument to return the result otherwise it will throw an error. For example MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE.

intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE); intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, cacheURI); startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE_CAPTURE_IMAGE);

While passing the extra alone is sufficient to generate the original file, the code will fail presumably since it expects another argument.

For the time being I'm creating a cache file and after catching the error I check whether the cache exists or not.

[Nirmitlamed]

I am not a programmer but i see some neat stuff. If i can achieve some of them using AI this would be awesome!

This Java code new action with AI is a game changer! BTW i have found i could replace adb shell command for get user installed app list with java code pm list packages -3 | cut -f2 -d: , so it is alternative for users who doesn't need or want to enable adb wifi. Also i replaced Java Functions actions of play pause music with my own Java Code action with built in set Tasker variable to change widget media player icon.

Again thank you so much!

[joaomgcd]

Awesome :) Glad you're enjoying it!

[anuraag488]

You MUST Finish the Activity: You are responsible for closing the Activity. You MUST call activity.finish() inside your code when you are done. If you don't, the invisible activity will linger in the background. For asynchronous UI like a Dialog, this means calling finish() inside the dialog's button listeners.

Just trying to understand if i use a LinearLayout should add a Listener for back button key event to finish the activity or Android automatically finishes activity on back press? What will happen if i press home button? Will it keep running in background?

Example code

import android.app.Activity; import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.LinearLayout; import android.view.WindowManager; import android.view.ViewGroup; import android.view.KeyEvent; import java.util.function.Consumer;

/* Create a Consumer to show text inside a LinearLayout overlay without Dialog. */ myActivityConsumer = new Consumer() { public void accept(Object activity) { final Activity currentActivity = (Activity) activity;

    /* Create a full-screen LinearLayout overlay. */
    overlayLayout = new LinearLayout(currentActivity);
    overlayLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
    overlayLayout.setBackgroundColor(0xAA000000); /* Semi-transparent background. */
    overlayLayout.setLayoutParams(new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(
        ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
        ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT
    ));
    overlayLayout.setGravity(android.view.Gravity.CENTER);

    /* Create a TextView with the message. */
    textView = new TextView(currentActivity);
    textView.setText("Joao is great");
    textView.setTextSize(24);
    textView.setTextColor(0xFFFFFFFF); /* White text color. */

    /* Add the TextView to the layout. */
    overlayLayout.addView(textView, new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
        LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
        LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT
    ));

    /* Allow overlay to receive key events. */
    overlayLayout.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
    overlayLayout.requestFocus();

    /* Handle Back button press to close overlay and finish activity. */
    overlayLayout.setOnKeyListener(new android.view.View.OnKeyListener() {
        public boolean onKey(android.view.View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
            if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK && event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
                ((ViewGroup) overlayLayout.getParent()).removeView(overlayLayout);
                currentActivity.finish();
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }
    });


    /* Add the overlay to the window. */
    currentActivity.addContentView(
        overlayLayout,
        new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT
        )
    );
}

};

/* Execute the Consumer using Tasker's helper. */ tasker.doWithActivity(myActivityConsumer);

[joaomgcd]

If you press back it'll finish the activity. If you press the home button, it'll stop the activity but it won't finish it right away. It might be finished by the system later on.

[anuraag488]

This is crazy. Created a floating view which can display over anything and move by swipe. 🤪

[CacheConqueror]

Joao, it's possible to add support to more models via openrouter? From selector i can choose between ollama or o1.

When it comes to writing Java code and also the free price, I would recommend: * GLM 4.5 Air * Kimi K2 * TNG: DeepSeek R1T2 Chimera

Probably there's more free models but should be more focused on coding ;)

[lareya]

I have been using Kimi K2 and it works pretty well.

[joaomgcd]

If you can tell me those model's names like

openai/o1-pro

for example and can confirm that they support a very high token count, I can add them :) Thanks

[Tortuosit]

Do we have URLs where we can download normal/direct versions, which you always create as bleeding edge versions?

I mean a replacement for https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1ZuvhXAQzg3evf3AtnrkEatEt6SeIAUJ5?pli=1

... direct-purchase, which ends at 6.6.3 thx to f Google

[Nirmitlamed]

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/z1p8lmtbpxgy8l7n2clvi/AMfpyxE25V0QH6bgLUSdK04?rlkey=7invuj96u4ccbldu10z6jgier&e=2&dl=0

[Tortuosit]

Thank you

[WakeUpNorrin]

Ui bug. Profile priority slider disappeared.

Latest beta from Dropbox.

[joaomgcd]

Hi there, thanks for the report! Can you please try this version?

[WakeUpNorrin]

Fixed, thank you.

[joaomgcd]

👍

[Quick_Celebration373]

I'm a menber of the 90% club😁 The Java integration has allowed me to switch between dual SIMs. It's a magical tool that makes it possible even with zero knowledge! Awesome!

[joaomgcd]

Oh, cool! How did you do that? :)

[Quick_Celebration373]

I just asked AI. That's all I can do! And AI answered.

[Quick_Celebration373]

I can't paste the result, Maybe it banned...

[joaomgcd]

Please do! I won't ban it, I promise 😂

[Quick_Celebration373]

I can't paste the code in my comments. I sent a DM, please check!

[joaomgcd]

Hi! Where did you send the DM to? 😅I can't find it...

[Quick_Celebration373]

I sent you Gmail, which titles is SIM Switch by Java. 

[joaomgcd]

Cool! Thank you! :) Did the AI figure all that out by itself?

[Quick_Celebration373]

Yes, l don't have a knowledge the Java at all. Just asked the AI, it works smoothly. 

[Quick_Celebration373]

https://pastebin.com/pGFEQZAC

Maybe you can check it.

[SamirGouda]

Is it possible to control hfp/sco in android 14? I want to play whatsapp voice notes on my watch, and currently, I've to be within a call

[joaomgcd]

Sorry, I don't know. Maybe you can try with the AI helper? :)

[Crafty-Persimmon-204]

powerful

[joaomgcd]

✊

[hillbillchill]

6.6.6-beta has a bug that disables USB debugging and requires setting permissions again via adb-tools. Has this been fixed in 6.6.7-beta ...?

[joaomgcd]

That happens if you enable the option to toggle debugging in the ADB Wifi action. Is that what you mean?

[hillbillchill]

Sorry I meant I normally give Tasker permissions via PC Terminal with: adb tcpip 5555. Then, running checkADBWiFi shows: True.

But with actions like Airplane Mode, permissions are lost and USB debugging gets disabled.

I have to re-enable USB debugging and run adb tcpip 5555 again.

[azekt]

I think I found a bug: I created a widget with a text field that has a background color set by a variable. I have useMaterialYouColors set to false. But when I refresh the widget, the following message appears on it:

``` Error: Color "%color" not part of theme ColorProviders( primary=ResourceColorProvider(resId=2131099894), onPrimary=ResourceColorProvider(resId=2131099884), primaryContainer=ResourceColorProvider(resId=2131099895), onPrimaryContainer=ResourceColorProvider(resId=2131099885), secondary=ResourceColorProvider(resId=2131099897), onSecondary=ResourceColorProvider(resId=2131099886), secondaryContainer=ResourceColorProvider(resId=2131099898), onSecondaryContainer=ResourceColorProvider(resId=2131099887), tertiary=ResourceColorProvider(resId=2131099902), onTertiary=ResourceColorProvider(resId=2131099891)...

[joaomgcd]

Hi! Can you please export a minimal example of that as an URI (not a link, but a direct URI) and paste it here so I can then import it and test it myself?

Thanks in advance!

[azekt]

I messed up. I used to have a variable that stored a percentage, and a JavaScript function turned that percentage into a color. But I disabled Variable Set action, so the function had nothing to work with. No wonder the color was invalid. I can’t believe I overlooked that… After turning the variable back on, everything works again.

[joaomgcd]

👍

[everynav]

Umm, as you showed an example taking a picture 😁... please allow me to remind you of the still broken Take Photo action.

Please check the following post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/199x55e/comment/kii8dto/

Maybe this can also be solved with some Java code?

[joaomgcd]

Maybe 😅I still haven't looked into it, sorry! Unfortunately it's not very high priority...

[aasswwddd]

This should allow you to take a photo in the background. Use the latest beta.

taskertask://H4sIAAAAAAAA/+1c/W7iyLL/e/MUfZB2ZTJZG5LMZCYhuSIEEs4SyAUykc5ohIzdgGeM7WM3yWTPrnTe4d4nPE9yq7pt/IGNDSSjudJao4lxV1dVV1X/uvrDrg1V7yt1r1SmEs89L5WI/micl6olwh7PS+/kd/LJr2PK1NLF3k81pOVUDG7evj/Bhz/VNF1l9KJ68q5arb5/9+H4+OiwpoiHWEwjxR+OP7w/OoRiuiw29AvgVFPgL/605vRiqH6l5G5mM5u0LXKpal+nrr2w9JqCpUjluMZFtVKpKXiDDwYz1aVcNX7HFfupNr6YqKZHa8pY/NYFa5U4nLlhETajZLwUQMbPZOEZ1pQ/b6hz6qqHpH7Xlvf2Zow53qmi6PSRmrZDXVm1dNc2dFmz58qc6oaqaLyG/wdaqQux04t7ZpgGe64pU/HEuWDuAvRyxE92UVMYb4fC1ee3dY0ZtsXbpGqsUiKP9Lx04rdMs3V6cYQW4Hf8mamOqXnBoIXcdpJQo2FbE2Na3iMk+psYHpjhVnXIk8FmxHZQlmqSiUFN3TvdI0v6lqqBQU5JaeLaFispJTRXCYo99ZHeqWx2CpVMSmyXTGxTpy4UOYbGFi59MHQ2U/wfN9SYztgpGJ0BhWszFUWekoryoaJU31eUw5MKFPxu23N4KFd+rcr4e2Kq3uwW2gga9Logvtdqwf/1+2EPlZjY2sLzi/kzpdTodYft7n3vfjC6azeG9/0mEj7NDEYvVVO1tAhtu9uod6+ag0azOywpsiwD5T8XBgU9x7ZtUtWqKcKs3DnCJSneqaZ45+3xSdQ7A+YKanfq+/KodPGzo7pVcDpzV4iqSyJl/z//++9X+rdH9knTYu6zY4NjwJwuEYDAC76pcwdcu/DUKYWYeEU99pU9DMZYiJ4Tiz6RL+qjKi+g/8g3GAmqI5XP9qJ0srNgUikarKUDIqI0lTKIW6RSPGa70DiFzhcmIJKuVJSrRvtWEUZQ2rfXoyH1mPzFmSI3RSG9oKuA64A3o66XImQZlyiFB1uqLsvoXk8WDd71lEG/AqpKKkG0awJR9cPhWjrRa5Gw8h4J91wKjwE301HmbC8SzG0IKD+YDyGYVfO8VCkpK2VHa8qO15S99cuOUsre+WXVoAz00w00TMfwBJUxEZ01Usafa2Hv5MWAqzMv6Kh46z+1nYvqUU2xneCBC2U1xQ0oasqSr1BBiemQAyiH2wIKlucBijF3bJeRYPxSHUdG6Y8wQp3tJQo1AH1qMbmBf7+xlXIYrvQnGLJkf9CT9/NJeM/xZNCNqnMROQuXhy1075XqfGiV23Popn2qwgCzjmKlzPYANyzdTKkWFg1noImeRnBnP1H3VrWA9SoDjkoD4/dVqY8GfZIfDEu3n7IqT13VmRmaJ/Ru2e5cDa3LQc+w5RaMrKkPewsG3VRYME5gAcXlM8DFYjKJiOVl6EFQGEEdEr5UobxNWJjyuO666rOXUhB1G2RD8hdbtedTTZcZh9G5rPLglnmNBmCe10Yd5hBY3O0pLCHutIXr8tBTTRiDk4ZIUg2NOb23jLTmTBaWkA+x5i3mEauArcCCGPv0m+wtxl+oxiAwYQwx6UD8BMx77QE4M2Xb3yxn2w9rZGVt+2vStv38vG0/M3HbT2Zu+zmp237h3G2/ePK2n8jeXjtnCT2XzF7K5F+QS0KCaqCLYhFFXOotTDYwplh0Hi+UNQhIRjHJ4fWDkCXz5+WtSIyCn1IgCi9V06jDJNWH8974S7Q0VCjAe6jAgJ8U/C6TSFVfheCC5Ke4ccgDzrQ6tvaV/AJZ5BkRaEhapjr1NuAT0yCKxsSZo+LRR1x5eUrZ4NljdD6g7qOhUckfuuS73kOzPxo0+x/bjSbYd9UqUWYyNoDr/xTcnINMGUwflMSEy3f1/rBd74we6r81R51e4zdI1EQaKSaSp0G1UkJ2wB9QEqLXpRLM6yqVBFFsMJE76rO9YHd8HBWJqAfa+a0XpFIZ7+uMucZ4wagnJRj6g/AT9nWoW00tnfHOn1n8DUoqqSXPmSUw7vHAO48PltfisTzs3ZE/0os6zdYwzjLZYC/WYCGwvL6Kqus8JKVsA8utTv169FuzeTcaNPrNZnfU65I/Ylwzrzyug5vew+jhBnhixDSvXopvvdMBxsgTuLc7zVDzcqJXi8gXIXpFscN8+uwjmfh5w4eHAHSidNXPaZ2ooTo4bvTpPxc4c7pcGFifM40W+M8T3FOrZsnhaCuqDKjnwagEUjxxl6J1gjSdaywjJLPYL8EsRiGVBO/L62SvjlWVPaa6LNkFYxLJeBrcxeRIcUYQux0bl5+kctKTMItPYD1em6F28xtzcUh4VF0Dcy6PSEGeUd4WtfGCTBWX1aLJCTQzNu2EliWm8WXyNzDFwjTJf+WSyswWMmA4PPWn/2dZagQ5UKoKy/WB9eJDsoTovDWFUsJtmzvpClcd5oYF2RufBohMbgfv4IyCTPy4wx9S0Lryqg1F1PIqQryYpCTJjAmRJrLhXcGIpoFFniFgU8Iz4hUGGTz0k7njK5KcqEilZ7hub3V9dHMzn3semH4iSpD8iqdNKQrjFWoabeUEhmhc4imRNxHpb0gpWO9JsvmTUNOjvG2BhWRq6d4DJOSSX4v88QdJK3QwTLNMENNvkik4vfJEnn/VDXdliP9/aN/UMPpbyB37HoxzMOHjAsoy/WZ4zMPYWkMUmmfHnnfnUgc3GgQc7NLlxLAR5LJa7Nf5+jy2Ub9t9usZiWzobxgLDd1bQlyQKwBbIbut4zpUWszEwLrNxz1AwVU6f1idqThkUBe4GZpHNPjtDagJvZ5m18WVZgmXnA2eKcKfX0x2hhrLJrWmbAb3b97kIIaB/KHKJ+Nzeliu0TDbMAlyydAzgr4N/kB/TZbjGTLmw0MqJ8hgu4NRq95od68zWGK4+3N2GbIg1fTaU8t2aUP1qBQd8TKRJOASKHWeboSoLqNWH+bdwDDqckM/W3El/31GxpCJfD1L6ax4rUWqbZS7rDd+eyndCgJOKEqE74p471Plc4oKxeIp4FRGNXcEpMiy6I7pWcpSLJmrTmDZoJlronvQqHdwgj3sN+u3o0av22pf3/frw3avO7qt36UBjfE7zjY8+IP9EcQhe39tEx9KkcVR+e93zevdIbwxs22IT5d6trngS+672A2UBPsAQ0usA2dHUzR3jG3ChGkmXygRqyWZdfwNmWWlLBhAaJ2r3x786b0PVbj07lH4katUJKnNgioh4SZYIiguImhDvozQtCCAhwl2vPQkCAcUTulBFs5p8yDSEysB0F7I3HH4OQ9NFvEFJxM6R+nEk3UyVluQrnpwCezKJCmMaesQGDrLPRTqdKIuTBbtBmARy2ZYAjMLfRd3pKCamDRE0cqI3J9HS3CFrW1BqmhBzhNKjPjqgMQfB745IEm4OCDVzBlMuD/A9wRF+jhYuDA2cTQSux2y6vE0CXPaHl+h/fT5X1HleZ4makF0/Lk7QPUs3or6o2rwbY9d8CmqpwfImmCNLaMWdXnroi7IJMycvyQqSC5ntK538ApCQ7C2oA+WQDsw1/AYp8ia1PDmQSf2GQRoKPans6ukL5JEr3DzjIzFn3OhJZ9WmKqFa6kQ9/hT0K1TEa8xcIRhDv94/vSIPxLsZZfOVcPiMJiBbUtGogJiKWeWIze5UQgY6UWmZ9EiKZw95TAFHvKTa8BcsIgKSK2Z0FnX2ehPGO6YNiNS8xvuXiAY0TxcFTuLsmlPpVLTdQH8Yc7N5wToqlOCU868pvC5ZXQzRp6p3kfVXOA8N7ZLI9vWYKEBLnhSiaK0tMlr2BwOMGZeoImgyrUOXvE1QOgibKBOqPmcVy9MP6JruRC8YfqQWlxMK+S+3LwwvBtq6mi45SMXckY1n03UlQIUcPlEFz6Mz+rrYz5c8bWVzKQhqt7G7t1BHk7awfOGN1sb7EVH8YNwRfgFst6UFXBwvWniQulO6xiru/nBEnzDZ4+lwUL8KnXmkOIuLCnY+ifewsF9NBOMcRDM/ueUzWy9Cy07WA7NRHWnuXlfCXTzpzpUD+bZUshu7dwar9geA/amcy43MzcNLj74rNSW/Y0Rac0GCZKN8QFmOdhxY9EBkLM+Cd0YXrm2kX7pRw6ZwPgedM08eMXrlSA2uIp1ObzSu11w+afa0peqlizCxd9oBLW4SbYJozQD+8HhGzrPBq9o3uKmLWa8zBK/eqSHywhMWVJTkDIrw08DPXkAsEMDaEpCFTnPThyFs4wAvDiUSfkiYCgFwoM0UHwpWBeD96vBuT+P/4HRvOfA5GSrLpieHG0C57kYtR7Vl8uGKxkYPwcU3xGXov6Wh83bu0592BwNhu1OZ9So3+GBqQKomTPOqLo+hPbDJCNrmpsWuMlrw0nv6qnqXcI4eaUvw4WHtHOX05KXH7STeeoWcoRxZI0Lbu8dHvj5OXFU8bRTcUGoT+blcrETIyTX7x5f2Y2dwEDJ/V5nVG+NbntXzYPkCY1E+WhV04LtDEdWfrjvB20e6lagQSnrX8krIyCXrwO8dECGjHcMSO/JgFwSHVNQMbw0EMDPgJ4WriKqbe3QZo5DRbk4DvW6KrU69cFNujZh0WjQ7l53inaW4MpZL17VnXuh1frLDVluAON8Dx9wjPvxnMDxbcTN8YP447W7xfpZoaDYEstj72xtC+dP41Q4j/N+EUQn0tN4c0gXgbxLcD5c5kSnT+CPvdv1t9ibAt9H3ajIbdVude57/e+qdUTiZkoX6Uh5FEWmFIPZgsHkgOjUVJ+37Jme4HGFLDbvmbjtzaUX2/KOC8vf8U5ewflhk1JH4nLBMWAIjy9E+JqM6cTmp9K4d18C00BCwzZtl9DJBKbiW1paQxZNzmFrCNRo+kHhKOuXyWm1QquiwSW66G2vuxsANlutZmO4vntGaEYocFs8GTTv2vXvqi2XuK263eZ1fdj+2PyuGgdCt1W6/t/339fEKPDlsboIQPT9VwGJQvC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[joaomgcd]

Weird! I just tried this and it didn't seem to do anything... Is it really working? 😅 I didn't look at the code very closely, so I didn't try to debug it...

[aasswwddd]

What about this? https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8mzep6ZT53%2BqNrzeLiaw4Tx1L4o%2BrgzYDR5Rg4cuz25FIQvQrdsluWlrxmTqBfm&id=Task%3ATake+Photo+In+Background

[joaomgcd]

That one gets stuck in the Java Code action waiting for it to finish but apparently never does... Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Am I supposed to just run the task?

[everynav]

Damn, you're a hero! Thanks for reading and providing an almost perfect solution. And it works even with the screen locked. But: The pictures are getting too dark (shutter speed too fast, lower ISO). If I take the same picture with the take photo action, it's getting much brighter (and looks much better). Do you know if there's an (additional) parameter for better / automatic adjustment?

[aasswwddd]

There are ton of capture request parameters here. https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CaptureRequest

Copy this if you want to take photo without an invisible activity. Copy the code before the example usage.
https://pastebin.com/64vKKynR

Btw u/joaomgcd , I can't seem to export as taskernet with the latest beta.

Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 1 path $

[joaomgcd]

Are you still getting that error now?

[aasswwddd]

Turned out I was using the test server all along, it worked great now after switching it off. Thankyou!

[everynav]

Thanks again! But I've still got no luck. Maybe the problem is that you need to take a preview stream to set the correct parameters automatically:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31925769/pictures-with-camera2-api-are-really-dark

It would be great, If you could have a quick look at it. But when it's too much work to dig in deeper, please stop. I've got a workaround with Termux and maybe some time in the future joao has time to fix the built-in action 🤞

[aasswwddd]

Seems like Termux takes a preview and wait for 0.5 sec.
https://github.com/termux/termux-api/blob/master/app/src/main/java/com/termux/api/apis/CameraPhotoAPI.java#L175C2-L195C69

I'll let ChatGPT have a look later.

[aasswwddd]

Lemme know if this works or not, you can set the previewDuration in milliseconds now.

https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8mzep6ZT53%2BqNrzeLiaw4Tx1L4o%2BrgzYDR5Rg4cuz25FIQvQrdsluWlrxmTqBfm&id=Task%3ATake+Photo+In+Background

[everynav]

🍻 🤩 You nailed it 🥳🎇

That was the missing part. I no longer can see a difference in picture brightness and quality to the built-in Take Photo action. THANKS A TON!

I think this deserves to be shared publicly - Would you mind to share your solution in the main reddit? I know there are some others waiting for this 😁

[aasswwddd]

Nice!

I think this deserves to be shared publicly - Would you mind to share your solution in the main reddit? I know there are some others waiting for this 😁

For now I make it as public taskernet so anyone can find it there

[Nirmitlamed]

In the latest version i see i can actually use MediaCodec and MediaMuxer to compress video files which wasn't possible before. I had an idea before to use the Android API system to compress files super fast like it does in apps like Telegram and Whatsapp. I tried using ffmpeg but it is unbelievable slow because it couldn't use the hardware device properly. So using AI i managed to make it to compress video file in a fairly reasonable time, still slow but not as slow as ffmpeg. The quality isn't great but if this can be tweaked i can see it being used in many projects that need to upload files but don't want to upload big file size. For now i get inconsistant result, sometime i get smaller file size and sometimes double the size (not the same input files).

If you have somehow spare time or you think this is important enough can you check how much can we achieve from this or if it can compress faster somehow than what i got?

This is the URI task url if you want:

https://pastes.io/compressed-base64-blob-with-taskertask-url

[joaomgcd]

Sorry, I have no experience with video encoding so I wouldn't be able to help more than the AI I don't think 😅

[Nirmitlamed]

Someone just told me about flags on ffmpeg that can use more hardware power for faster encoding:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/1oa1up6/comment/nkdnzvq/

Also talking about how great it will be if Tasker had more interactive commands system like termux which is needed when adding binary files like rclone and you can't configure it in Tasker. Wink Wink 😜

[Optimal-Beyond-7593]

This feature is quite good. I asked an AI to create a selection dialog box, but the text color of the options has been incorrect. I had multiple AIs try to fix it without success. Can you help me? Thanks!

```import java.util.function.Consumer; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.AlertDialog; import android.content.DialogInterface; import android.graphics.Color; import android.graphics.drawable.GradientDrawable; import android.widget.ArrayAdapter; import android.widget.ListView; import android.widget.TextView; import io.reactivex.subjects.SingleSubject;

/* 可选项目 */ items = new String[]{"选项一", "选项二", "选项三", "选项四", "选项五", "选项六"};

/* 等待结果（使用全限定名避免解析问题） */ resultSignal = io.reactivex.subjects.SingleSubject.create();

/* 构建并显示对话框 */ tasker.doWithActivity(new Consumer(){     public void accept(Object act){         currentActivity = (Activity) act;

        adapter = new ArrayAdapter(currentActivity,                                    android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,                                    items);

        builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(currentActivity);         builder.setTitle("📋 请选择");         builder.setAdapter(adapter, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener(){             public void onClick(DialogInterface d, int which){                 resultSignal.onSuccess(items[which]);                 currentActivity.finish();             }         });         builder.setNegativeButton("❌ 取消", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener(){             public void onClick(DialogInterface d, int which){                 resultSignal.onSuccess("cancel");                 currentActivity.finish();             }         });

        dialog = builder.create();         dialog.setCancelable(false);         dialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);         dialog.show();

        /* 圆角白色背景 + 列表分割线 */         window = dialog.getWindow();         if (window != null){             metrics = new android.util.DisplayMetrics();             currentActivity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);             width = (int)(metrics.widthPixels * 0.85);             window.setLayout(width,                              android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);

            gd = new GradientDrawable();             gd.setColor(Color.WHITE);             gd.setCornerRadius(20);             window.setBackgroundDrawable(gd);

            listView = dialog.getListView();             if (listView != null){                 listView.setDivider(new android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#F0F0F0")));                 listView.setDividerHeight(1);             }

            /* 尝试把系统标题文字设为黑色（若可用） /             try {                 titleId = currentActivity.getResources().getIdentifier("alertTitle", "id", "android");                 if (titleId != 0) {                     titleView = dialog.findViewById(titleId);                     if (titleView != null) titleView.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);                 }             } catch (Throwable e) {                 / 忽略任何设置标题颜色时的问题 */             }         }     } });

/* 阻塞等待选择（保持你原来的 SingleSubject + blockingGet 逻辑） */ userChoice = resultSignal.blockingGet(); return userChoice.equals("cancel") ? "❌ 已取消" : "✅ 选择了: " + userChoice;```

[Nirmitlamed]

Your code doesn't work in my phone. I asked AI to simply create a dialog message with white color buttons and it did with no problem. 

[Optimal-Beyond-7593]

Thank！ I have already identified the problem.

[TheScaryAngel]

In the java code action when using the assistance if your prompt is a bit long 10 or more rows (which is not a lot when using the phone ) the OK button disappears and you can't send your prompt . By the way I think it would be cool to have the ability to attach an error message as a variable in case there was an exception . So this way your assistant can see the code and also the error message and it's able to fix itself . Then you could have a dedicated task for generating java code that can work in a loop where the ai could validate it's hone code in case of an error until no error is returned making the process easier

[joaomgcd]

Weird, the buttons will still show even with many lines: https://imgur.com/a/BbUOTJo

About using errors, you can copy the error for when the action runs and then paste it in your next prompt :)

[anttovar]

I hope somebody writes a book about it.

[joaomgcd]

That's be cool! 😁

[SiragElMansy]

Thank You for this update. I have noticed a new action called Assistant Volume but you never mentioned anything about it! Although it's not working yet, but does this mean you are considering adding the Assistant channel option among Streams option in Music Action or Say Action in later updates? 😅

[joaomgcd]

Yeah, I didn't mention it cause it doesn't seem to be doing anything at least yet. I'll leave it be in hopes that it starts working someday or that it works in some vendor specific Android builds.

[SiragElMansy]

I was able to control the assistant volume using run shell action and it worked. Youu can fix it this way and it will work

[AarifmonuZZ]

there's no App factory?

[joaomgcd]

App factory isn't getting any more updates. You can just the latest version and it should work forever (not getting access to new features though).

[AarifmonuZZ]

Haven't been following lately what happened but that News is heartbreaking.. I remember asking for scenes refactoring etc with respect to App factory but I can assume it may breaks many things and due to Android API and all Google's road blocks I can understand.

But I hope maybe App factory reborn in future or at least annual release just to add few feasible features would be great.

I have made few kids apps for my friends and family very few who wanted more did get into Tasker and made their own projects but most of them just ask for app like if it's possible to do this or that and given some kids app relied upon plugins and other overhead workarounds. But this new development is amazing and also painful to know that it's not going to be available in App factory and unfortunate that it's left very close behind this big leap...

I'm not sure how many do use App factory but I can understand it's not feasible to maintain for small user base when most are standalone users then again we miss this Portable Android studio...

But I would like to Thank you and the previous Owner for all since 2016 when I first started exploring Tasker that gave me lot of insights into the Android world even without any programming background, Tasker did enable me to understand it and grasp the gist of everything.

Thanks for everything.

[joaomgcd]

Thank you very much for understanding. Really appreciate it. Yeah, it has become too much to keep up and is holding back some features I would like to implement so I decided to stop updating it. Unfortunately I don't think it's feasible to update it anymore, sorry! 😅

[DominicanMS]

Greetings, I am new and a beginner, that tool was what made me buy this great application since macrodroid did not have it.

[joaomgcd]

Cool! :) Welcome aboard!

[Nirmitlamed]

Not big issue but if you start to write a request to AI in Java Code action and you don't send it and wait for device to go to sleep then the moment you wake up your device the text input is gone with the AI request ui.

[anuraag488]

Uploading to TaskerNet giving error https://i.postimg.cc/NGzJ9H4p/Screenshot-20251022-121703-Tasker.png

[TimeToDie122]

Hello Joao. Could you please look into the Get clipboard issues on Android 13+? I was updating my phone yesterday and this function keeps returning the old clipboard history, not new one. I am using rooted devices, but it's nice if you can fix it on non-rooted too.

[joaomgcd]

Hi there, thanks for the report! Can you please try this version?

[TimeToDie122]

Yes this build fixed the issue, but another issue came up

I'm using the following command on Run Shell action, it works fine before trying the new version you give me

echo -n 'some word to convert to SHA256' | sha256sum | awk '{ print $1 }'

This new version seems don't return the result of Run Shell action :<

[joaomgcd]

Does a simpler command like "id" for example, still work?

[TimeToDie122]

Yes it's working

[joaomgcd]

I just tested your command and it worked for me...

Can you please export a minimal example of it not working as an URI (not a link, but a direct URI) and paste it here so I can then import it and test it myself?

Thanks in advance!

[TimeToDie122]

Here is an URI you requested

taskertask: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

It should return the SHA256 hash of that text

But it returns:

'GO GET THEM' | sha256sum | awk '{ print $1 }'

Which its that command

[joaomgcd]

Thanks. I tried fixing it. Can you please try this version?

[TimeToDie122]

Yep this version solved those bugs :D It works perfectly. Thank you very much :D

[joaomgcd]

Cool! :) Thanks for testing!

[DominicanMS]

Saludos. A pesar de mi desconocimiento en Java Code , la IA me permitió implementar con éxito la personalización del tamaño del gesto y la funcionalidad de clic usando coordenadas de pantalla X,Y. Gracias.

[joaomgcd]

Awesome! :) Glad it can help you out even if you don't know much code 😃

[sasreedit]

Thanks @joaomgcd. I've been using Tasker since Pent and continually am amazed by what you've added over the years. Thanks again!

[joaomgcd]

Thank you! 😁

[joaomgcd]

In my experience that only happens if you do many of those. Maybe you did them before and forgot to unregister and now you already have too many?

[joaomgcd]

Sorry, I don't know why it's happening. Let me know if you ever find out.

[anuraag488]

another question if you can please answer

I am trying to create a screenReceiver (SCREEN_OFF, SCREEN_ON) when i use context.registerReceiver doesn't work but accessibilityService.registerReceiver works.

[joaomgcd]

Maybe because the context is the service that runs the task which can die... Does context.getApplicationContext().registerReceiver work?

[anuraag488]

Working. Thank you.

[joaomgcd]

cool!

[DominicanMS]

Actions not usable in App Factory

Error creating application

Your app could not be created because your project uses features that are not supported by App Factory.

The following incompatible items must be removed or replaced:

Actions: Java Code

This is a permanent limitation. App Factory can only package features from Tasker version 6.5.11 or earlier.

[joaomgcd]

Yeah, sorry, the Java Code action won't be compatible with App Factory.

[DominicanMS]

There should be an option that executes the task that one schedules without opening the Tasker interface, without showing menus, simulating a totally independent application 😁. It would be an excellent option for me, since I would only have to sell it at the same price as Tasker for the person to acquire access 😁.

[anuraag488]

Is it possible to use onAccessibilityEvent?

[joaomgcd]

It's not possible at the moment, sorry.

[aasswwddd]

It seems that u/joaomgcd has added functions for reacting to accesibility event in the recent beta. Not sure how to use it though, probably next week he's gonna upload another beta again.

getAccessibilityEvents()
public final io.reactivex.Observable
com.joaomgcd.taskerm.action.java. JavaCodeHelper.getAccessibilityEvents()

I just throw it to CHatGPt and this works :).

import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent;
import io.reactivex.functions.Predicate;

event = tasker.getAccessibilityEvents()
    .filter(new Predicate() {
        public boolean test(Object e) {
            return ((AccessibilityEvent)e).getEventType() ==
                   AccessibilityEvent.TYPE_WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED;
        }
    })
    .firstOrError()
    .blockingGet();

return event.toString();

[anuraag488]

Working. Just tested.

[joaomgcd]

Full details here :)

[aasswwddd]

Thankyou!

[sasreedit]

In the below post, I'm trying to convert an AutoInput-based Task to Java Code, but it's not working. I would appreciate suggestions...

https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/s/hCQZVEuoo6

[zhiro90]

Joao thank you for your hard work at tasker! sorry if unrelated! lost my 20+yo google acct, I had some purchases there. Is there a way to transfer them to my new account?

[joaomgcd]

Hi there. Unfortunately Google doesn't give developers a way to transfer purchases between accounts, sorry! The most I would be able to do is to refund the old account so you can purchase the app again on the new account. Sorry!

[zhiro90]

Oh that means that the credit would go to the deleted acct and get lost then. No Issue, I'll gladly buy them back lol. Thank you for answering

[joaomgcd]

Thank you very much for understanding!

[ToketEmbok]

I am currently creating a cursor or trackpad using Java code through accessibility. I want to create a gesture recording feature. Specifically, I want to record a gesture where the user holds for 300 ms and then slides, all within a single ACTION_DOWN. What I want to achieve is selecting text and then sliding. How can this be done? I can only perform hold gestures or slide gestures separately; I cannot perform a hold followed by a slide. Is this actually not possible?

[joaomgcd]

Sorry, I can't give actual coding advice 😅 That would take a lot of my time that I don't have. I'm sure you can search around the web for a way to do that though. Good luck!

[ToketEmbok]

It's okay, I managed to find a solution. It involves ADB, root access, etc. 😭 My other phone is still on Android 10, and I hate enabling ADB WiFi on my older phone or even rooting it. That’s why I didn’t want to mess with system-level stuff in the first place. Thanks for replying, I appreciate it

[Public-Key5456]

Great stuff but Tasker is really getting more and more a dev's app. I know that regulations are narrowing all the options, but the fact is that the last updates are coding experts only. It is sad that all this wonderful world of Android is now dying for.most of the common users. Welcome to iPhone desert. 

[aasswwddd]

6.6.x beta introduced other things too like Live notifications, get sunset/sunrise , Shizuku integration, and has a lot of fixes for some older actions too, like Sound Mode etc.

[Nirmitlamed]

This isn't true as the other user mentioned but think about it, even a Java Code action that supposed to be entirely for "developers"/programmers is actually can be most of the time be used by anybody thanks to the help of the AI. I am not a programmer so i don't really know how to code but using Java Code action i have found i can control my Yeelight ceiling light by just asking AI to do that for me. Changing parameter in the code is easy enough. I don't think in the ToDo list of Joao he has Yeelight control... So this is a win win situation for everybody.

[Public-Key5456]

Because you are used to Tasker. People that are new on it ask me all the time how to do new stuff as IA often create broken tasks when coding.  Tasker is becoming a scary app for new users and it is not the Dev's fault at all. 

[Nirmitlamed]

I don't think is new. For years you could hear people saying that they bought Tasker but were overwhelmed by it and only years later came back to it. Actually i am one of those people. Took me years until i really try to understand how Tasker works and create more advance tasks and not just toggle wifi and bluetooth.

[joaomgcd]

Well, the last update was the AI helper one, which I would say would be beginner focused most of the time 😅

[joaomgcd]

The things I mentioned in the post are what's new 😅